FAO and Türkiye Partnership

Expanding Mauritania’s Great Green Wall

04/11/2022 With 18% of total degraded land, Mauritania is the Sahelian country with the second highest rate of land degradation. The country is especially affected by the encroachment of moving sand, with severe impacts on people and the environment. At the same time, it also has a very high restoration potential: 19.1 million hectares of land, which corresponds to almost 20% the total land area of the country.

Available at: https://www.fao.org/in-action/action-against-desertification/news-and-multimedia/detail/en/c/1616129/

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