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The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel within the context of Climate Change
Michel Malagnoux
French Scientific Committee on Desertification
http://www.csf-desertification.eu/
Drylands of the World according to UNCCD and CBD definitions © UNEP/WCMC
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
Sand dunes encroachment (Nouakchott, Mauritania)
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster
Algerian Green Barrier near Hassi Bahbah (Djelfa, Algeria)
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The Three North Shelter Belt Project of China
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand (adapted from the map published by the Bureau in charge of the project)
The Three North Shelter Belt Project of China
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand © Bureau in charge of the project
A Green Great Wall (President Deng Xiaoping’s calligraphy)
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Desertification vulnerability in Africa, north of the Equator
© JRC/FAO
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Location of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel
© JRC/FAO
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand Gaïkgoata, Burkina Faso: "Glacis" (degraded land with surface crust) reclaimed in 1997 by contour ploughing and planted with Acacia senegal (Picture taken after 6 rainy seasons).
© M. Malagnoux, 2003
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand
“Plant a tree each time it is possible
and only when it is sustainable”
Michel Malagnoux French Scientific Committee on Desertification
© Georg Gerster © Yann Arthus-Bertrand
“The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel is of utmost
importance in terms of international political mobilization”
“Its activities should be extended to all endangered areas to cope with climate change effects”
Thank you
For more information please visit: http://www.csf-desertification.eu/