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COP15: 'Great Green Wall' still touted as the Sahel's desertification solution

Au Sénégal, à Belvédère, des forêts nourricières voient le jour dans le cadre du projet la Grande muraille verte. Le but est de lutter contre la déforestation. RFI/Sadak Souici.

Lack of communication, funds, and coordination are among the greatest challenges the Great Green Wall Initiative has encountered, 15 years after its launch by the African Union to combat desertification in the Sahel.

Speaking at the COP15 meeting in Abidjan, participants still believe the Great Green Wall project is the African continent’s biggest chance at combatting desertification, if the process would only pick up the pace.

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