Video gallery
Not deserting deserts: Scaling land restoration through innovation
04/12/2024
In Mauritania rising temperatures are fuelling Sahara expansion and desertification, leading to food insecurity and poverty. Watch the video and discover how farmers like Teslim are growing vegetables, fruit, forage and chickens by restoring fertile land with the support of FAO's Action Against Desertification programme.
Action Against Desertification: FAO’s contributions to the Great Green Wall in Mauritania and Sudan
01/01/2024
Desertification is seriously affecting Sahel countries, south of Sahara for decades and is exacerbated by climate change and human activities putting pressure on remaining resources. With most of populations living in rural areas and directly relying on natural resources, environmental degradation has severely impacted those countries’ development.
How Africa’s Sahel region tackles conflict, poverty with restoration
02/05/2023
The Great Green Wall is a spectacular bid to restore savannas, grasslands and farmlands across the breadth of Africa. It’s designed to help families and nature cope with climate change and keep the Sahara from spreading deeper into one of the world’s poorest regions.
Climate Adaptation Solutions: Action Against Desertification (The Great Green Wall)
12/10/2022
All along the Sahel, climate change and desertification are impacting peoples' way of life. The Great Green Wall is an adaptation project running from Senegal to Djibouti, helping to tackle desertification and poverty simultaneously. FAO has been supporting the on-the-ground implementation of Africa’s Great Green Wall through the Action Against Desertification program.
SIF 2022 Interview with Barkissa Fofana
01/01/2022
Science and Innovation Forum 2022 - Interviews with Scientists: Barkissa Fofana, Microbiologist, Institute for Environmental and Agricultural Research (INERA)
Action Against Desertification - Mauritania (Goural)
16/12/2021
Action Against Desertification helps ten African countries - Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan - in the sustainable management and restoration of their dryland forests and rangelands.