{"id":4014,"date":"2024-01-03T11:01:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T10:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnd.ngo\/blog\/2024\/01\/03\/growing-a-world-wonder\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:59:22","slug":"growing-a-world-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnd.ngo\/en\/blog\/2024\/01\/03\/growing-a-world-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing a world wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Great Green Wall is an African-led movement with an epic ambition to grow an 8,000 km long natural wonder across the width of Africa.<\/span><\/span> Ten years on from its inception and with around 15% of the way completed, the initiative is already breathing life back into Africa’s degraded landscapes on an unprecedented scale, providing food security, jobs and a reason to stay for millions of people who live along its route. <\/span><\/span>The Wall promises to be a compelling solution to the many urgent threats not only to the African continent, but to the entire global community, particularly climate change, drought, famine, conflict and migration.<\/span><\/span> Once completed, the Great Green Wall will be the largest living structure on the planet, three times larger than the Great Barrier Reef.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The Great Green Wall is taking root in the Sahel region of Africa, at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, one of the poorest places on the planet.<\/span><\/span> More than anywhere else on Earth, the Sahel is on the front line of climate change and millions of local people are already dealing with its devastating impact. <\/span><\/span>Persistent periods of drought, lack of food, conflicts linked to the decline of natural resources and mass migrations towards Europe are just some of the many consequences.<\/span><\/span> However, communities from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the east are fighting back;<\/span><\/span> Since the initiative began in 2007, life has begun to return to the land, bringing improvements in food security, job creation and stability in people’s lives.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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A GLOBAL SYMBOL <\/span><\/span>The Great Green Wall is not just for the Sahel.<\/span><\/span> It is a global symbol of humanity overcoming its greatest threat: our rapidly degrading environment.<\/span><\/span> It shows that if we can collaborate with nature, even in challenging places like the Sahel, we can overcome adversity and build a better world for future generations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

IT GROWS MORE THAN TREES <\/span><\/span>In addition to growing trees and plants, the Great Green Wall is transforming the lives of millions of people in the Sahel region;<\/span><\/span> The Great Green Wall makes a fundamental contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (known as SDGs);<\/span><\/span> a global agenda that aims to achieve a more equitable and sustainable world by 2030.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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