The greening and land restoration along this belt stretching 8,000 km across the continent is alrey underway. The total area the GGW programme encompasses remains limited, with only 4 million hectares out of a targeted 100 million, according to the study. And the study finds that about 50 per cent of the land area involved is currently inaccessible for security reasons. But even taking this into account, land restoration interventions still represent a viable business proposition, the authors say. It puts rural communities at the heart of restoration and upscaling to meet the massive environmental and socio-economic needs.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 16, 2021 18:41 UTC