Abdul Razaq Al Aduani on Desertification in Al Baydha

[@PimpMyTeamShowdown]

I've been waiting for a video for so long! Please upload more about the land and give us an update

[@synalag]

Moi aussi, j'attendais cela depuis longtemps ! Ça me fait grand plaisir de revoir ce projet et son avancement ! Bonjour de France.

[@kwlweapons]

Care to share progress on the swale systems? Greetings from Mexico

[@user-xv4kw5mb7e]

MUST SEE MORE VIDEOS!

[@AmerijamAcres]

It’d be nice to see how the place has developed. The last update for the check dams was 8-9 years ago. Something tells me they have made significant progress since then. It would be nice to see how things have developed.

[@svthho]

I have been waiting a long time for an update as well. Maybe you can set up a patreon page or something similar where we can give money for more movies about the Al Baydha projects progress?

[@albaydha702]

Next time it rains we'll do a video of the site; it's been two years with no rain at the moment.

[@nicotine500]

Al Baydha You need more publicity ..I'm a Saudi and I did not know about this project .. More video and more tweets will bring you the support of the people and the support and facilities of the government..Will bring a lot of optimism to them

[@xxtranZerxx]

Its incredible that there hasnt been any rain in two years! I cant imagine how difficult it is to restore an ecosystem like that. Its too bad that us humans can be so greedy sometimes.

[@fernbutler8630]

Please post more videos! Your channel is an inspiration for anyone working desert permaculture.

[@kathycollins9657]

so sad that people cut down all the trees within his lifetime.

[@crpth1]

There's a video of a not so old guy, maybe in his 40's. On the Sahel. While speaking to the camera. He unveil that when he was a kid he and his brother used to swim in there!! Worth mention that only rocks and dust are to be seen! Yeah! I guess we pretty much mess it all. :-( Wish I could find the link.

[@MRAZZAM1111]

@@crpth1 i can try and find it for you, but what do you mean by Sahel?

[@thomaslang7616]

@@MRAZZAM1111 The region in Africa where the desert meets the savanna.

[@Fas100]

وقت الامطار انثرو بذور السمر والسلم والسدر واللوز هي الي تعيش ب اجوائنا لاكن المشكله بالرعي الغنم والابل تقضي عليها قبل تكبر والسيارات تدهس الاشجار الصغيره القضاء على التصحر يبيله تكاتف وحرص ممن الناس 😔

[@peterbeyer5755]

May Allah send you some rain.

[@AtheistAnarchoCommie]

Please give us a new update on your project. Projects like this are what gives me hope in humanity in these times.

[@peterbeyer5755]

In Australia we are cutting down trees like there is no tomorrow, perhaps we should send our tree cutters to Al Baydha for a few weeks and have this gentleman talk to them.

[@Chris.Davies]

Al Baydha project location: 21°03'05.44" N 39°54'10.87" E - it is extremely hard to find without these exact coordinates. You can follow the site's progress using Google Earth, and witness the transformation of what was a wasteland.

[@synalag]

Il faut aussi installer plein de panneaux solaires ! Longue vie et réussite à vos projets, Al Baydha Bonjour de France.

[@JeremiahJJay]

I’m sad there’s been no update

[@Xatruch504]

Any site updates at the end of 2018? We've been waiting for too long already.

[@kam70111]

Best of luck.

[@osdias]

"People cut trees"

[@drbanana4993]

So dumb

[@nazeemali2098]

Drought, dust and barren land is caused by cutting trees. Human being will never comprehend the importance of trees.

[@BlackLoneWolf]

he said حطابين wich translates to lumberjacks and that's in an erea with not to many trees and a time when wood was the only source of wormth and light in a desert that get to almost 2° in night

[@ArmageddonAfterparty]

I've just been reminded of your videos by Matt Powers The Permaculture student. I remember feeling frustrated with the sudden lack of videos. Is there anything to report on your efforts? I truly hope your endeavours were fruitful, we could do with some hope. Gonna paste this question under my comment if you don't mind: I'm looking for tree-species that make the ground moist and keep it moist, trees that thrive in periodic droughts and give shade to other humidity binding plants without creating a fire hazard with dry leafs; anyone skipping by who knows their stuff, please lemme know. The problem with looking for drought resistant trees on KZbin, they never show you the forest floor, only filming up. Gonna paste this under a lot of videos.

[@tempcadoganenright]

Yes - please tell us how your project is going

[@joyridesham]

Neal you need to stop water run off and make sure the water soaks into the ground especially with all the flooding in Saudi Arabia. Maybe permaculture or the Zai planting techniques. But please plant some trees don't give up.

[@blurryflag6466]

updates please

[@sar808]

Updates pls😊🙏🏻

[@RegeNeal]

Got rainfall two days ago for the first time since April 2017, and first real rain since we cut irrigation in 2016. It's a huge test for our system, and we'll see how well it has all survived. Cutting the irrigation was a big risk, but necessary to make sure that we are establishign both an agriculture and an ecology.

[@zerrinekinci9219]

I was excited for this project but there is no updates lately. Is there any other platform we can see that the project is actually live?

[@albaydha702]

Zerrin there's an instagram page: instagram.com/al_baydha

[@mikeycbaby]

So sad about the trees.

[@wormwood6424]

Were they not perhaps driven off the land by having the trees chopped down?

[@MrMinimalmyth]

No rain lately?

[@albaydha702]

Got 3 floods in one month--check out instagram.com/al_baydha for short updates.

[@LolitasGarden]

Where are the stumps? I don't understand how they would have decayed in the desert.

[@vazev]

Soil erosion + washed away probably. :(

[@PimpMyTeamShowdown]

Also most people here cut down trees by approoting them with a car

[@ahmedalqahtani7270]

The people would drag the trees using 4x4s and cut all of it including the roots. We need environmental protection laws and an agency to patrol the valleys

[@greybeard9396]

@@ahmedalqahtani7270 But, why? I mean, what use are the uprooted trees put to?

[@ahmedalqahtani7270]

GreyBeard well they pull the whole tree including the roots from the sandy soil for firewood which are preferred by the restaurants that do not want pay the cost of imported firewood

[@frydisfjell527]

Plant the same acacia species in this area!

[@fwfeo]

It's crazy that people is the most oil-rich country cut trees to burn!