In response, African nations have undertaken one of the most ambitious environmental and humanitarian initiatives in human history: the Great Green Wall. The goal is simple: to plant as many trees as ...

Consumed by Terror: Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall faces crucial threat (1) On proposed completion in 2030, the Great Green Wall is expected to be the largest living structure on the planet ...

The Great Green Wall—launched in 2007 to combat desertification by afforesting 8,000 kilometers (4,971 miles) across the Sahel by 2030—is faltering under escalating insecurity. Preliminary findings ...