Africa’s Great Green Wall Project is Behind on Schedule
Africa's Great Green Wall just 4% complete halfway through the schedule. The project needs more support if the plan to plant 100m hectares of vegetation is to be realized. The world's most daring reforestation project, the Great Green Wall of Africa, has secured just 4% of its objective region. However, is more than halfway towards its 2030 completion date, as per a status report. The Great Green Wall was conceived in 2007. It is a product of the African Union as a 7,000km (4,350-mile) cross-continental barrier stretching from Senegal to Djibouti. This will help to hold back the deserts of the Sahara and Sahel. “The Great Green Wall is a new world wonder in the making,” said the UN deputy secretary-general. “It shows that if we work with nature, rather than against it. We can build a more sustainable and equitable future”. […]