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The African Great Green Wall project: what advice can scientists provide?

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Escadafal, Richard | Bellefontaine, R. | Bernoux, M. | Bonnet, B. | Cornet, A. | Cudennec, Christophe | d'Aquino, P. | Droy, I. | Jauffret, S. | Leroy, Marc, A | Malagnoux, M. | Requier-Desjardins, M.

Edité par CCSD ; CSFD. Comité Scientifique Français de la Désertification -

This fact sheet summarizes the key points. Three misconceptions should be clarified before being able to shed light on the issue and provide useful advice.. International audience. The pan-African Great Green Wall (GGW) is an initiative that was initially meant to involve the planting of a 15 km wide transcontinental forest belt running from Dakar to Djibouti. This major project is designed to combat desertification. The band of vegetation is to be as continuous as possible, but it may be rerouted if necessary to skirt around obstacles (streams, rocky areas, mountains) or to link inhabited areas

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