Walls
Most ‘great walls’ in history have been built for defence: to divide and exclude. But Africa’s Great Green Wall is being built for sustainability: to unite and restore. Launched in 2007, the vision is to grow a greenbelt of trees 15 kilometres wide, stretching 8,000 kilometres across the continent and spanning more than 20 countries, from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the East. The Great Green Wall is rejuvenating life in every way: creating jobs, reversing desertification, increasing biodiversity, healing soils and making the Sahel region fertile again. Finally, a wall we can all celebrate and support.
— Wayne Visser
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