Wall of Trees To Halt Sahara Desert's Creep South
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A "wall of trees" is to be planted to halt the Sahara Desert's gradual creep south. The plans to create a barrier 7,000 kilometres long and 15 kilometres wide across Africa were initially developed in 2005 but will only be put into action in the next few months.Although funding is still insecure, it is hoped that in time the green belt will also create "reforestation, restoration of natural resources and the eventual development of fishing and livestock breeding," Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo, the Benin-based president of the Cen-Sad summit organising committee told theScience and Development Network.
A report produced by the Observatory of the Sahara and the Sahel outlines a two-stage implementation process involving planting projects beginning either side of Africa. As part of the initial $3 million two-year phase, pilot planting will begin in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal in September. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) hope to finalise similar start plans for the six states in the east Horn of Africa in the next couple of months.
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