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Building Africa’s Great Green Wall: Restoring Degraded Drylands for Stronger and More Resilient Communities

November 2016
Authors: 
Nora Berrahmouni, Lars Laestadius, Antonio Martucci, Danilo Mollicone, Chiara Patriarca, Moctar Sacande
Source: 
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

This publication Building Africa’s Great Green Wall: Restoring Degraded Drylands for Stronger and More Resilient Communities presents efforts by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its partners on mapping the intervention area of the Great Green Wall initiative. The restoration opportunities are based on data gathered through the Collect Earth project. The publication is was produced to support FAO's presentation at the 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech, Morroco.

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Natural Capital, Risk and Resilience
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land-use, climate change, desertification, Food insecurity, drylands, land restoration

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