Justdiggit: Restoring dry land in Tanzania | Global Ideas

Sustained droughts are making farming near impossible in Tanzania. The soil is to dry for planting. The organization Justdiggit wants to alleviate the situation by planting trees in a way that encourages moisture collection. Not only do the trees grow better, the soil is can recover in their shade.
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[@PhlegmaticAbsentee]

I love that projects against soil erosion seem to become more wide spread.

[@mehere8038]

agreed! Soil erosion is actually a much bigger problem/solution than trees are, far more carbon lost/able to be kept out of the atmosphere by managing soil than by planting trees while treating the soil like dirt

[@MrLoobu]

What they are doing is trying to regenerate new soil, as most of theirs is gone, blown away after drying out. It's too much inorganic dirt and sand.

[@mehere8038]

​@@MrLoobu yup & carbon holds 70 times it's weight in water, so the more carbon in the soil, the more it absorbs the water to stop flooding & then makes it available through times of drought. Sucking that carbon out of the air & putting it into the soil in solid form is critical for improving land, mitigating against climate change impacts & reversing climate change

[@MrLoobu]

@@mehere8038 Exactly right. My home province for example has tonnes of rain and snowfall, but its 85% forested and so very rarely flood except in spring when snows quickly melt and swell the rivers. They both need to be protected because the water and the soil generate each other in a cycle.

[@stanescubogdan9035]

Excelent. We just have to wait 50 years , cut none of them and hope . And also stop the consumption on which our economy is depended on and change the way we do agriculture because we destroyed the soil with the way agriculture works now. Sounds like something that ignorant people will do??

[@berthalwakatare9319]

As a Tanzanian myself, and one that has first-hand experienced the effects of deforestation and erosion I can certainly applaud this lady and her company to implement such an innovative and inclusive approach to solving the problem of water scarcity. It is amazing seeing local people invested in their well being

[@MoreSomalia]

Can you tell me more about your first-hand experience with deforestation? Currently trying to get an overview of it in Somalia

[@kabzaify]

@@MoreSomaliaThe best solution is to connect people to the electric grid, then they won’t need fire wood to cook. Encourage people to feed their animals at home/cattle post. That’s what works in Botswana

[@frozenrats]

@@kabzaifyfunny of you to assume the local population is one causing the deforestation…

[@gifs_for_the_peasantry]

It's not the local population alone not at all, but ofcourse human activity of that sort will impact deforestation and it's an easier place to start than trying to reverse klimat change, giant reforestationprojects or large scale reintroduction of keystone species.

[@gifs_for_the_peasantry]

@@frozenrats kabzaify It's not the local population alone not at all, but ofcourse human activity of that sort will impact deforestation and it's an easier place to start than trying to reverse klimat change, giant reforestationprojects or large scale reintroduction of keystone species

[@Simte]

My best wishes to this endeavours in such beautiful continent.

[@amidonassoro7982]

Good cantry Tanzania

[@hemanginipr6974]

I love the guy who runs around with Rapunzel style Pan and actually shows people how much important the trees are for us all. much love & cheers to Tanzania. Keep growing my friends. Green is life 😍😍

[@earthmotherdragon4572]

I wish people would not say 'climate change' it is a foul word misused by people who do not understand what they are speaking about. It is all about HUMAN IMPACT, end off. This is a great project and even in the West they need to take heed. In the West they have stopped planting trees and letting forests grow. This impacts places like the Amazon because instead of tending to their own land in the West, they buy trees from other countries cheaper. It is all human impact and at least in the West it is about greed, in Africa it is about survival. This means it is more likely to succeed. Just love watching this and how people come together to do this united. Beautiful. The Wets need to take same measures. We all need more trees and shrubs. x

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Deforestation didn't create the situation like we have now. But yes to cut trees down is not good at all but also burning fields and forest emitting co2 and other bad things

[@josevelez7539]

Changing one village at a time through education! Great work.

[@tsiyone]

✨🙌🏾 beautiful bridge!! Congrats Tanzania 🇹🇿 !!!! This African Renaissance keeps getting better and better 🍾 Love from Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Africa is the future!

[@quicksite]

this is so awesome and exciting. those aerial shots show just what dramatic impact all of these individual efforts are bringing. science, planning, cooperative vision, hard work. I also applaud those who devised this when and then mobilized to get the word out all over. this matters so much more to me than America's obsession with twitter memes and tick tock videos, which contribute nothing to the world.

[@owenthomas5876]

well said

[@Mysticaltyger]

Very well said!!!

[@winstonmaraj8029]

Great going Tanzania. All the very best in this endeavour.

[@GjaP_242]

5:15

[@jerrychesan1936]

This is incredible. I will repeat other comments but I love to see these projects! my utmost respect to the organizations spreading the ideas, supporting the local communities, and at last the people from the communities who take action.

[@loneforest6541]

Watching 7K people restoring forest is the most peaceful thing anyone can imagine. They could spend that time with social media like rest of the rich world.

[@rigelabanes699]

This is a good start. Just imagine if we can shift the money and resources from weapons to sustainability programs like this, our world will be a better place. Peace.

[@Isok115]

That would be near impossible. Only possible if all the countries and terrorist organization put a world Law that strips every country of their military power. Which as we all know it impossible

[@ZAR-2225]

Away from Governments that waste money to organizations that repair what governments have broken.

[@klm20079]

But it just need one big war again oke.

[@thuglyfe709]

Nah lets put all our money in nfts

[@alphasheep7116]

We have different race so.. Military is important..

[@fugehdehyou]

Actually a honourable project. Props to the people not giving up!

[@ItzCoopzFtw]

How cool is this. DW, can you make this a regular series to follow up on and see progress?

[@mohdrehankhan3635]

superb and huge RESPECT from india. In india, PAANI FOUNDATION is also doing water harvesting in villages.

[@18booma]

Yeah, India's water harvesting projects are on an insane scale. I learned today about the project started by Aamir Khan, and another regreening project near Rajasthan. The climate is very different from most of Africa, so the methods are different. But at the end of the day your success with regreening projects is a great inspiration.

[@taji4857]

Panic foundation’s KZbin videos are my favorite. It’s very informative and exciting. Great work.

[@juanrivera417]

The project is beautiful thanks.also. It blows my mind how beautiful stylish this people are WAO.

[@apostolosvranas4499]

Small-size projects involving a large part of the local community often bring in tremendous rewards. Very good and informative video! 👍

[@nayanikapaul832]

As I work in grassroots now I can imagine how hard it is to convince and travel long distance to reach such villages and work in such rural areas

[@LaFayVerte]

Please, the guy with the pan, please get him in more videos! That's how we save our Planet!

[@mathiasfriman8927]

The selection and pruning part is called Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) and is championed by a guy called Tony Rinaudo. It's a really fascinating technique with great effect!

[@theproph]

a very noble project, providing a decent life for everyone. God bless you.

[@lynnleigha580]

This is fantastic!! I pray everything goes as planned and they can leave a better planet for their children ❤️♥️💛💚💙💜🌈

[@johnhealer8375]

Of all the Resources on earth We are to be most aware and care for Soil because it's only the soil that gives us Food,Water and Housing Stuffs in other word Soil Means Vegetation,then in turn Called "Humus"-from the word "Human" evolved☝️ That's the good effort that Tanzanians doing to revive Vegetation and keep up guys,God Bless ✋

[@nyakwarObat]

Correction, soil is life, even that body you walking around in claiming to be you came from it

[@GaiaCarney]

Engaruka, Tansania will be a lush, beautiful place someday soon, because of the dedicated hard work of The People 🕊 and the threat of fry pans 😂😂

[@noahway13]

Another lady in Middle East did this. She is some kind of royalty and was able to fence off a couple of acres with strong chain link fence. After a few years, her area looked like any temperate forest. When viewed from afar, it looks like an oasis in the desert. I thought the middle east was just naturally arid. No, it is because of overharvesting and over grazing by goats and sheep.

[@asoka7752]

same problem in Iceland, but since it's a western country people don't pay attention to it.

[@krish5445]

Not entirely true, some deserts in the world are naturally formed but yes many deserts were once semi arid land which now has turned into desert due to overharvesting, over grazing.

[@wildthoughts6959]

@@krish5445 Strange, the word Arid in Arabic means land :) Also it means Planet Earth. Hence comes the word artichoke aka ardi-choke in Arabic (means thorn of the land ). Because artichoke is a thorny plant.

[@prcervi]

some of it will probably always be desert, desert is a natural biome to exist, but yeah this will def help fix the fact the desert is growing fast out of hand

[@ismailucar20]

@@asoka7752 It has nothing to do with Iceland being a western country. Icelanders do not live off agriculture so it's not as critical on local scale. Plus, deforestation in Iceland was not due to climate shifts and is not a current event but done centuries ago.

[@meejinhuang]

Trees prevent soil erosion, dust storms and revitalize the dry soil.

[@saarbrooklynrider2277]

grass is as important as trees... the best soils in this world are the soils of the steppe. The problem is too much livestock.

[@peaksoil]

I'm so glad to see updates about this work. Thank you.

[@draco4540]

much respect. not only are they working hard, but they are taking a chance to do something to try and improve their lives. not many people in the u.s.a. would do that.

[@arobidy]

I know its been a year. But you should look for projects like this in the US. They exist. Regreening efforts are being taken globally.

[@kawikyamazingira6106]

Wow!! I can't wait to be me making such a huge difference. Sustainable Community Development is real😍😍😍. I am over-excited.

[@paweesayson1707]

Be the global leader in reforestation, Tanzania and the whole African continent, well done!

[@ComancheWarrior63]

It's a real joy seeing those adorable kids taking an interest in their future

[@sanjeev7821]

This is a very nice and sustainable approach and thought provoking also.

[@eucapdepartmentoflogistics490]

thank you to Germany and DW team who prepare this amazing documentary, hope the world will collectively work on climate change and its effect on the life of humans, for example in Somalia its facing severe drought caused by this damage, people are dying lack of water, and food while animals not counted, dying thousands. humans are killing themselves by their consequences of misbehaving nature.

[@blade5896]

In places like Somalia rapid population growth doesn’t help either, they have huge numbers of children they can’t take care of

[@earlysda]

Eucap, didn't you catch the woman's words showing that this drought has nothing to do with Climate Change, and all to do with the fact that the local population is cutting down their trees and not replacing them? Don't fall for DW's alarmism.

[@raerohan4241]

@@earlysda Climate doesn't just refer to temperature - it also refers to precipitation, humidity, etc. Deforestation leads to climate change (decreased precipitation in this case), leading to drought.

[@earlysda]

@@raerohan4241 Rae, surely you caught the fact that DW is playing on your emotions by showing the "poor people" devasted by Climate Change, and are ignoring the fact that this is not "Climate Change" at all, but the fact that humans are just not being responsible for their environment there. On a global scale, the world has greened an area over twice the size of the United States in the last 30 years, but DW won't touch that because it refutes their "Climate Change" god.

[@raerohan4241]

@@earlysda Total area greened honestly does not matter as much as specific areas greened. We could cover Iceland in evergreens and it wouldn't really impact the people from the community in this video. Whereas _re_ greening this area definitely would. Another thing you seemed to have missed by the way: they're not greening an area that was historically barren, they're regreening an area that was originally green (by the standards of that climate) but was devastated by deforestation and over-grazing

[@aloevera7422]

It’s beautiful to see the aerial view of the water management with earthworks like this. It must be great to drive around and share the word.

[@carolinejayes157]

Yes the people must work together ,and plant more trees ,stopping soil erosion,and cooling the climate ,also crating rain.

[@user-hh3cz1km6h]

In arizona, the mountains and along arroyos were tree covered. Colonization through to statehood saw the trees cut down and saw a lot more drought. Ranchers and farmers started to replant and we get more rain, but nothing like this was when it was call Land of many springs. People cursed ranchers because mesquite trees took over pastures, but cattle hooves sink deeper than deer or wild sheep, and that means grass seeds are protected from the wind. Hoof prints gather water and seeds sprout and grow. Ants, though, will steal the seed, eating it, and that, not cattle, is the problem here. Mesquite leaves, BTW, have the same feed value as clover. niio

[@justindrew9702]

Makes me so mad the water problems we have in australia. I learnt this in the 4th grade, tress are ESSENTIAL for rain so when you cut down the trees and put in paddocks of coarse you’re going to get drought! - water cycle basics!

[@aphrodite1699]

Those Maasai babies are pretty😍

[@magfes9209]

Amazing! There are people here where I live in Scandinavia that don't understand this! Go Tanzania🎉❤

[@joekerrize]

Thanks team DW for the support!

[@njm3211]

Amazing work by enlightened people.

[@omarjalloh6895]

Thank you guys

[@espabilastopkillingthenatu3242]

FULL RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE OF TANZANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

[@kumatabiasinaa1357]

This is very innovative approach to land restoration and thanks to terra fund for their continues support in lascape restoration

[@jamesritacco1693]

Outstanding information! Teach man how to heal our Mother.

[@khadeejarahman8372]

Oh thanks for the video and glad to note that they've not only gone greener but more water to keep them sustained as well, I hope! Cheers and Good luck! Khadeeja Alghali-Rahman(London, UK)

[@CatchingCharkraLight]

Good work, global leaders in self sufficiently.

[@MrCHOVELA]

Simply, Awesome

[@NinaHansen2008]

Thank you!

[@snehilsharma9147]

wow just wow

[@pamelamercado6902]

The US in many other countries could learn something from these beautiful people I think what they're doing is fantastic thanks for sharing

[@FloraAmor]

I really want to see all this full of green and life! Kisses from Brazil...

[@nyakwarObat]

Ooh...opa!!..Amore...nosa 😁

[@jahangirkakarjahangirkakar6649]

Great efforts of DW News.

[@IslandGirl40]

How wonderful! 👏 ❤

[@Tree.house424]

I love the positivity of this video.

[@mahadevappagouda8222]

Jai Tanzania…Tanzania people are role model for world….Thanks for your good initiative and protecting environment…

[@KMR1776]

This is absolutely incredible

[@smakhal]

Wow . How simple they are.

[@HelleKurstein]

I worked in Tanzania in the early 1980s and together with local Tanzanians we were very much aware of the problem then. We worked together to alert local and national government and help solve the problem. We could collect money for local efforts such as tree-planting etc. Just like other environmental problems around the world it takes enormous even catastrophic dimensions to wake up people.

[@spy2778]

We’re going to need some bigger frying pans.

[@janelightning73]

Wonderful cool change!

[@bernardfinucane2061]

Those basins are called demi-lunes and were invented in the Sahel. Nice to see them spreading.

[@paringatai]

more like water traps and would have been created when Adam dug his heel in the dirt and watched the water fill the heel mark

[@pboyd4278]

So obvious but still so amazing.

[@mariahavraham7507]

This is wonderful.

[@stewartthomas2642]

Love your stuff kick on love it

[@kimberleypex]

Its so necessary what they do !

[@paulmcnamara6325]

😂😂😂 love the guy with the frying pan!!😂😂😂 ❤❤❤ doin great job reving the land😊🎉🎉

[@Thatsme849]

good effort guys!

[@mountaingardening]

Love this. I want to do a land restoration project.

[@matthewwindisch9449]

Love to see positive stories like this. Best of luck , I pray for 🌧…🙏🏻

[@adamlopez9457]

I love this project so much, i wish my country somalia does a similar project, Love to Tanzania from Somalia

[@leelindsay5618]

Now if they can just use wholistic grazing planning per the Savory Institute and incorporate Regenerative Agriculture techniques per Understanding Ag, they will not only regreen the area, but build organic matter in the soil where the rains will soak in without pits and the soil will increase fertility and therefore harvests will increase.

[@brendatenorio5721]

Great progress some places with great results. Hard work and patience required but what a great future for the people and land if maintained. Poor or no progress in other countries with increasingly dire consequences.

[@hhwippedcream]

What an inspiring effort. Thank you for sharing the strength of a community working to build a better future together.

[@carsonchan5102]

that is amazing. it seems very effective

[@eikepape3920]

Every time I watch something like this I want to join helping them and think of how I could start creating a fund to collect money for similar projects all over the world ...

[@poncemislang736]

Well, congratulations and good luck for this great endeavor of yours. I'll see green 5 to 10 years from today.

[@lisamohammed8075]

Well done for their hard work 🙏

[@gumzy3000]

8 billion people in the world. Imagine if each person planted 1 tree a year? There would be in an enormous increase in life and biodiversity all around the world. Native trees, plants and shrubs are good and we should plant more!

[@kimberleypex]

RESPECT ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@podlak]

I would love to see what happens there in a couple of years. Hope for the better.

[@KlaudiusL]

The people who have the least, are the ones who do the most

[@musicinstrumentlibrarytheater]

Epic WORKS ❤❤❤

[@youxkio]

Very interesting. The actual weather maintains its cycles as long as the geography is kept cool with greenery and will improve the downpours along the year.

[@Schmitz69]

Thus adding to climate change.

[@newsreact4465]

fantastic project. May the water stay long in the basins.

[@bingeducationcentre3557]

Amazing

[@maureenstevens6824]

Awesome !!!!!!!!!!

[@teslaoliveira2195]

Super!

[@trishstevenson3022]

i was there about 15yrs ago and they were teaching them to only cut a branch or two and not the whole tree down

[@Soldrakenn]

Would love to see a follow up on this

[@gshantel2676]

I was hoping to see the results. Is there a part 2?

[@ollievw3450]

Let’s hope they get taught about holistic cattle and grassland management as well. Otherwise this whole exercise is for nought.

[@akshay8382]

Great ❤️

[@DoktorNFC]

if they built berms perpendicular to the mountains eventually the run off from any rainfall they get will start to pool up and start an aquifer, growing more trees. It happened in Arizona from the Central Arizona project aqueduct, I bet it could work there too.

[@desdicadodog8452]

Fantastic

[@PepinieraDraghiceni]

Super! 👍👍

[@NicolasMendoula]

I hope this works for them.

[@remipaul5415]

Imagine if people with resources wanted to save our environment.

[@strategytesterguy6164]

They will act much better than government

[@pjacobsen1000]

The locals destroyed it, now they're restoring it. They're the ones who use or preserve the resources.

[@cmvdoo]

Go Engaruka people. It can be done. With patience and persistance it can be done.👍👏🏼

[@ahmadhasif979]

I remember the story of YAKUBA SAWADOGO, The man who stopped the dessert. He use old techniques called THE ZAI, Digging pits and put cow manure