AfDB pledges $6.5B for Africa’s Great Green Wall

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The African Development Bank has pledged to mobilize $6.5 billion in support of Africa’s Great Green Wall, a flagship initiative led by the African Union to combat increasing desertification in the region. The announcement was made at the 4th One Planet Summit hosted by France virtually.

The Great Green Wall’s plan is to plant an 8,000 km long and 15 km wide mosaic of trees, grasslands, vegetation and plants across Africa’s Sahara and Sahel that can restore the degraded lands and help the region’s inhabitants produce adequate food, create jobs, and promote peace.

Source : Anadolu Agency

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