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Exactly 25 years after the historic world conference in Beijing on the advancement and equality of women, the head of the UN gender empowerment agency declared on Friday that “its significance is undimmed”. Looking back on the Fourth World Conference on Women in the Chinese capital, UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, said in a statement that “we have seen the strength and impact…

Plans for an 8,000km green belt across the Sahel region have stalled, with fresh funds needed to halt desertification and create sustainable livelihoods. An initiative to create a green corridor across Africa is key to the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, ministers have said. Ministers from 11 African countries in the Sahel region met virtually on Monday to take stock of…

Its proponents say it will be a new world wonder. A plan for an 8000-kilometre-long, 15-kilometre-wide wall of trees stretching the width of Africa to hold back encroaching deserts and provide people with livelihoods has been embraced by 11 countries since its launch 13 years ago. Has it worked so far? The first comprehensive status update on the Great Green Wall, released today, paints a…

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Close to 18 million hectares of land have already been restored in Africa as part of the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative, says the first comprehensive assessment status report. The report, ‘The Great Green Wall: Implementation Status and Way Ahead to 2030’, states that over 350,000 jobs were created and around $90 million in revenues was generated from 2007 to 2018…

The Great Green Wall is a long-held African dream, currently taking root on the edge of the world’s largest hot desert: the Sahara. Dubbed the "next wonder of the world", the ongoing project will eventually see the growth of an 8,000km ‘green wall’ made from trees and plants across the entire African continent, from Senegal in the West to Djibouti in the East. The aim? To transform the lives of…

Report calls for more support if plan to plant 100m hectares of vegetation is to be realised. The world’s most ambitious reforestation project, the Great Green Wall of Africa, has covered only 4% of its target area but is more than halfway towards its 2030 completion date, according to a status report. More funds, greater technical support and tighter oversight will be needed if the…