A new study led by Prof. Li Xiaosong from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

Earlier in 2025, political and administrative leaders in Senegal gathered to plant trees in a forest in the country’s ...

Best intentions to create a green wall to capture millions of tons of carbon while tackling desertification are up against a lack of funding and banditry in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria.

Countries in the Sahel region of Africa have made little progress on the “Great Green Wall,” a 5,000-mile-long band of trees planned for the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Even where communities ...

It is with great honour and a deep sense of purpose that I welcome you to the technical segment of the Africa Biodiversity Summit here in Gaborone, Botswana. This gathering marks a pivotal moment in ...

Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometer-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the ...

Africa is fighting desertification with a 7,600km Great Green Wall. Could this be the key to stopping the Sahara from ...

Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and ...

The Inaugural Africa Biodiversity Summit Opens with a Call to Protect the Continent’s Natural Heritage and Ecological ...

The continent’s ability to turn constraint into creativity — to innovate from scarcity rather than abundance — is a defining ...