Life in the Sahel, a semi-arid region of Africa stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, is at threat from persistent degradation of land as the increasing population inflicts ever-greater ...

The Great Green Wall is a project to restore degraded land in nearly two dozen African countries. Deforestation, agricultural expansion, and drought have caused desertification across the continent.

The Sahara Desert has expanded by approximately ten percent since 1920, according to comprehensive research analyzing rainfall data across Africa from 1920 to 2013. This expansion varies significantly ...

Biotropica, Vol. 24, No. 2, Part B. Special Issue: OTS Silver Anniversary Symposium. Resource Availability and Tropical Ecosystems (Jun., 1992), pp. 328-334 (7 pages) Programs for desertification ...

The time for Desert to Power to provide electricity for all in the Sahel is now,” he urged. G5 Sahel heads of state acknowledged that limited energy access and a dependence on fossil fuels underscores ...

Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement, which has planted millions of trees, passed away on 25th September 2011. The first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, she ...

The project demonstrated using the 13 C natural abundance technique in Burkina Faso and Mali that trees play a key role in the maintenance of soil organic matter in the parklands by contributing up to ...

Solar power is at the heart of an ambitious plan to tackle environmental degradation and poverty in the Sahel region. Tom Kenning reports on a programme that, if successful, could bring a multitude of ...