Why is Africa building a Great Green Wall? BBC News

Eleven countries are planting a wall of trees from east to west across Africa, just under the southern edge of the Sahara desert.
The goal is to fight the effects of climate change by reversing desertification.
A film by Amelia Martyn-Hemphill for BBC World Hacks.
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[@taesu8]

Now this is a wall I will gladly support.

[@benign2859]

taesu8 same man

[@jimjackle2739]

Keep that attitude of open borders and Europe will be an Islamic state in 20 years.

[@HaloMG]

he meant he didn't like the wall by Donald trump smartass

[@augustinedaudu9203]

Sweegy Swag cuc?

[@anonb4632]

taesu8 It's not a wall.

[@mr.jewelandfriends3902]

Every country should take a project like this one, planting trees 🌲.. no war please

[@japanlovely8177]

africa is amazing

[@Dollapfin]

TurjoJewel Jewel planting grasses is a better idea we’ve taken more grassland than forests

[@augustinedaudu9203]

RmRoyalflush so you're telling me that the people in South Africa are somehow not as good as other nations because they had a history of economic problems?, does this mean that we should value an individual citizen based on what the government is? Then went that mean all Americans are bad people because we had Stephen Johnson as the president

[@bigmofo1122]

"no war please" Nobody choose war. War choose you.

[@rizwanhaque3816]

nice

[@reechibeyong6966]

So proud Africans.... Love you people

[@ishmaelm1932]

@@matthewhauser4430 What do YOU mean "you people"

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

Why? They are being PAID to do it! By western countries.

[@ishmaelm1932]

@robert howard I was referencing tropic thunder when RDJ character says you people.

[@arvedludwig3584]

@@gagewesterhouse9558 well, in other regions of Africa we destroy the economy and future of people and in this example we help them. All balanced. Sounds good.......not!

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

@@arvedludwig3584 destroy the economy? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! WHAT economy? The only countries in Africa that have ever had an economy at all are South Africa and Nigeria, and those were ONLY because they were former colonies. And South Africa is spiraling down.

[@ErnestJay88]

we should make a wall and Sahara Desert had to pay it.

[@itzfusionplex4266]

Ernest Jay pretty sure they’re broke as hell

[@karolinakuc4783]

@@itzfusionplex4266 as hell Sahara desert is

[@jason2574]

Instead of wasting money in military the world must invest in transforming the deserts into forest

[@thehonesttruth415]

@@jason2574 pff not beneficial for anyone. if governments spent money doing that, we the people would turn our backs and complain why we dont have free healthcare, why fuel is expensive. cant have it both ways, better government focus on what actually matters to the people and we the people spend time planting trees like this.

[@vlabaygar8155]

Everything will not matter anymore if the day comes that mass extinction will happen just saying

[@sagarchhetri7087]

Love Africa from the country of Himalayas Nepal 🇳🇵

[@itzfusionplex4266]

sagar chhetri thanks but this is in Senegal.

[@robertilles100]

@@itzfusionplex4266 He is from Nepal and he said he loves Africa.

[@ansh6370]

Dude y'all should save the Himalayas. The glaciers are melting pretty fast and there's trash everywhere on the mountain because of careless tourists. I hope you save one of the most important glacial mountain range in the world.

[@tempstep4058]

We love you too.

[@StinkFingerr]

Yeah, but didn't Lazarevic kinda mess that area up?

[@makaveli8341]

love africa we in Pakistan also did a project like this we planted 1 billion trees lets make the world green again

[@bayat4734]

Makaveli Yes and stop pay taliban

[@anmoljha3931]

Pakistan kuttabad

[@Darth8304]

Awesome!

[@SandiegoRockstar]

Looks like Indian trolls were having a slow day. LOL.

[@alialtaf3412]

Ali Sid indian trolls have so much free time to make fun of every country then they wonder why everyone including west makes fun of India -_-

Beautiful news. Better late than never.

[@japanlovely8177]

program has done almost 10 years, amazing

[@maxis_yt9400]

Fábio Vieira lol

[@maxis_yt9400]

Lol

[@sarplaninac13]

Fábio Vieira If we got rid of big goverment, stop giving money to isreal everyday and privatise police, fire, etc. We would have enough money to build the wall on the border, to do things like this and have medical and college paid for. Problem is people in this country are too stupid to do anything about it. Our forefathers revolted over a little tax. We've been taxed to death so isreal and the saudis can survive. When will we revolt?

[@jonmapa9418]

sarplaninac13 orthodoxy is a false religion

[@brendamayfuller8803]

Side note, many Acacia trees have edible seeds, so potentially those trees are a food source as well as a source of timber.

[@okayman2057]

Cool. Never knew that.

[@davidmadison9369]

I don’t think the point is to cut the trees down for lumber yet.

[@arvedludwig3584]

You can harvest honey from bees that are around those trees.

[@AQWorldsKingLoaton]

@@davidmadison9369 Thats the point of replanting most of the time, you cut down, you replant, repeat.

[@abhilashduttaroy]

@wu ming mature trees will have to be harvested for sustainable management.

[@codyshi4743]

Best idea ever! This is beneficial both economically and environmentally. With many of the tree and plants being planted, it provided jobs to the homeless and poor, also at the same time it decreases global warming.

[@heisenburger3426]

And reduces effects of desertification 🙌💪

[@SirusStarTV]

Just don't those trees as a "job"

[@vineleak7676]

There is no green wall, it is a scam for NGOs and african officials, to steal western taxpayer money... Nothing has been done despite hundreds of millions of dollars, only a few Photo ops... Just looks at satelite pictures of where they are supposed to be operating, there is nothing, it is all a scam...

[@MrAntojin]

This is far more worth it than trying to colonize Mars... we should make this whole planet habitable

[@darkbozo11]

Colonizing Mars is way more important in the long run...

[@malikazaidi5221]

I agree we must save our planet ( home) first and then look for other opportunities.

[@chupacabra9357]

@@darkbozo11 Due to global warming Africa would become very, very hot. It's a much better idea to try and help out Africa before we do any of this dumb Mars BS.

[@darkbozo11]

@@chupacabra9357 there are multiple kinds of disaster that can make the earth not suitable for life.. By colonizing Mars we split the chance that when the earth is rendered uninhabitable we still are alive as the human race.

[@lawrencefox563]

Amen

[@AdemolaVictorTv]

Proud of my fellow Africans. Shows there's more practical solutions to fight climate change Africans can offer.

[@gritsbitch9647]

“Africans” are “black peoples”enemies tho....we are not from Africa bro

[@gritsbitch9647]

Ichigo Red....wrong are ancestors are from Israel not Africa

[@paulinens3581]

Wish everyone could help rather than ruin.

[@divinest]

for naija, we are busy foolishly burning are trees to import fuel in them to china

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

They're doing it because they are being PAID to do it. By western countries.

[@georgiaguardian4696]

Build it and make it wider and longer all over Africa. It's amazing.

[@ksc743]

Yes!

[@Napsteraspx]

Who cares how much it costs?? You can't put a number on repairing the Earth.

[@MarcusofMenace]

you can because if countries become too poor they will drain the Earth of resources as much as they can to get money

[@maygodswillbedonetooyou.2252]

Jared Telford trump 2020 ! Mega

[@SupremelyFly]

At least there's no way it will come up to the US military budget

[@hattusilli2225]

Jared Telford indeed we must nurture mother nature until she's in good condition to feed us

[@jjkhjgkjhkjbhgjhghnjn416]

It doesn't cost that much anyway.

[@berniesandals5219]

People: plant acacia trees Minecraft players: I’ve seen this one before

[@thesalandarian3314]

Underrated comment lol 😂

[@rhys896]

@@thesalandarian3314 it isn't...

[@thesalandarian3314]

Rhys Howard it is

[@rhys896]

@@thesalandarian3314 You've got to be ,at most, 10 years old...

[@thesalandarian3314]

Rhys Howard nah I’m actually 16

[@roseginger2149]

God bless you Africa!

[@rast]

I love Africa, such an amazing Continent and such amazing and lovely people. But please stop worriing about God, cause ther is none. He won't help us solve any problems. Let's plant trees, let's make peace. we can do this as People and without believing in a non-existing god.

[@krishnalal8370]

This is extremely good. Best wishes to the project.

[@japanlovely8177]

let's us pray and doing the same things in our location

[@rachel-fx]

That's great! Finally someone is doing something. I hope It works out well!

[@ToadetteToad1]

Huh?

[@mum2jka]

www.greenbeltmovement.com Been going since the 1970s. Started by a woman planting trees in Kenya

[@rachel-fx]

Ben Pearse That's really nice. I had no idea!

[@rachel-fx]

AMIT KUMAR Thanks! 😊

[@Lone_traveller]

yes

[@justicewarrior9187]

Just to think all of the billions spent in wars.. If it was spent this way the ozone layer would be in better shape and a lot of poor people would benefit from a sustainable investment!

[@tgk300xx4]

No they wouldn’t

[@Rugbystu14]

Unfortunately, investing in maintaining our planet is not profitable. Selling pieces of it and all of its resources is, however. They will get to the point where there won't be anyone left to buy their shit, and that's when they will stop, because they will go bankrupt.

[@la-zrider2749]

The ozone layer is coming back

[@sheikprofessional]

Agree

[@ahmadistanbouli6136]

And there won't be refugees fleeing to europe

[@mytymini7641]

Will be contributing when it reaches here in Kenya 🇰🇪

[@benitakenney6436]

When it reaches kenya? Do it now.

[@truaentnation6583]

@@benitakenney6436 clearly the comment means planting trees. You want Kenyans to travel to Senegal to plant trees?

[@benitakenney6436]

No... plant them in kenya

[@truaentnation6583]

@@benitakenney6436 and that's exactly what that comment is trying to say. When the wall reaches his country he will take an initiative to plant Trees along it

[@mwangipayton5452]

Benita Kenney I don’t think they understand how this works haha

[@meryamle6270]

I'm proud of Africa 😍

[@AnilBind]

Feels good, watching such news

[@vanshajnanda8489]

Much more effective than what important people in suits and ties do in environmental meetings every year. Learn from it , don't talk about it.

[@bulacomunistu8727]

This program was setup after it was tried in other countries.China began something like this in 1978.And the people in suits provide the funding.

[@vanshajnanda8489]

Money can't do what 'honest will' can.

[@bulacomunistu8727]

Then why are those people mentioning the fact that "the pay is good".Why were people leaving before this program was started?It looks to me like "honest will" has a price in this case. Dude,you can be as idealistic as you want,but it's not going to change reality.

[@vanshajnanda8489]

Bula Comunistu I never said that money is not important , it is for sure. This is a great example where economy and the environment are both benefited. I have a problem with bureaucrats and the powerful governments. We are struck in a circle where we always end up compromising environment for development. The Copenhagen meet 2009 is a great example of what the most important people together could not achieve. These people here are 'doing' things and they don't want truck loads of money for that.

[@vanshajnanda8489]

Nodge Dad Yes small things do help , the butterfly effect is indeed something powerful that we people always tend to ignore.

[@pingu4238]

but will the desert pay for the wall?

[@pingu4238]

Roni Calm down, it was a joke.

[@hollyb7142]

lol

[@NiniBonita]

Pingu 42 no we are waiting for Trump 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidroberts3262]

Mexico!

[@palawanrexx1331]

Pingu 42 this is a good idea of africans people, put your political hatred aside, this video is here to make people happy about the news,

[@sravankumarp301]

Late but latest development ! Great Green movement by Africa !! Love from INDIA ❤️

[@diego-dog5301]

india is in asia u stupid

[@alexmccolgan3723]

@@diego-dog5301 ok "diego-dick"

[@veerseth4911]

And ladies and gentlemen, that how you build a wall!

[@deniseg-hill1730]

Destroyers of the Amazon forest hope you are watching this.

[@nikolairomanoff6969]

Amazon should be protected from these greedy corporations who only wants profit, profit, profit #savetheamazon

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

Denise G- Hill People in europe eating more and more meat is causing that (also from Asia and America)

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

Lolp Jok it was. Since the whole world is too. But if the amazon rainforest gets destroyed now, the pollution in the world will be mich worse, and it will afffect the global warming very much causing negative effect. Also, destroying the forest mean killing thousands of humans, and millions of animals

[@solar0wind]

Rackie More important is that without trees in the coast regions, there won't be ANY rain in the midland anymore. South America will gradually turn into a desert as soon as the forest at the coasts is destroyed.

[@Ali-mj2gm]

Lolp Jok I hope you’re joking. Places like these are where a lot of medicines and cures come from. Destroy them, and you lose valuable plants and diversity of important wildlife that keep your air quality in check.

[@mum2jka]

This and the greenbelt movement that began in Kenya are fantastic for the continent, the countries, the people and women!

[@domenicocoviello446]

It is an European project.

[@karandeepsingh6926]

Finally, some good news from Africa.

[@idy1172]

Karan Deep Singh when will your people get toilets ?

[@soppoi123]

Watch more news from Africa. It's develeoping fast and not as backward as people still use to think.

[@abdiyusuf8561]

I'm am african and Africa is backward.

[@idy1172]

please speak for yourself/your country specify your country or region, africa is too big for us to be one, say your country is backwards, because so many of us africans are actually moving forward and have the fastest growing economies

[@abdiyusuf8561]

Idy Udoma Udofa hahahha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 bro let's be honest with ourselves. all you have to look is at the medetranian

[@jaisonjp5832]

We need people like him to make the world better and more liveable

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Amazing. But they also need to plant diversified drought resistant plants along with acacia as well. Single species will not stand against everything the desert throws against them.

[@masterpiecelacquers2766]

Sure they will. Drought resistant plants wont do anything in unstable sandy soil.

[@reggiefreeborn2143]

the whole project has some of the best scientist behind it. I'm sure they've taken into account of all this

[@robertgarcia6610]

I saw different trees in the video too so hopefully they are using more than 1 species. Hopefully they saw what happened to China’s green wall and learn from it

[@TheAnef88]

The assumption that these people do not know how a forest works in their own land is deeply condescending. Can we step back and reconsider why this attitude is so ingrained?

[@TheLondonForever00]

@@robertgarcia6610 they just didn't maintain it. They planted all the trees and then just left them.

[@rajivpokharel88]

This type of news just amazes me, probably most of us. Humanity is the best thing that has happened in this universe, lets not fight with each other and live peacefully by protecting our one and only mother Earth....

[@Alpha_Rocking]

Yes ! 🤗🌱😊 our mother Earth.

[@itscumela]

Thank you so much for doing this. It warms my heart knowing there are still people caring for the planet.

[@ranjanasingh9251]

Woah 😨 just work like that only Africa 🙏 Love from india 🇮🇳 to whole of Africa 🙏

[@kaihinton6623]

3:04 those knees tho

[@IndieMalla]

Wow! Amazing work! I'm so proud of being African 😍

[@IndieMalla]

Brother Ares Thats good for you ! 😏

[@NiniBonita]

Luxx IsLucky likewise especially to hear my language Wolof #senegambian

[@punlovincriminal5564]

Brother Ares He could also be white.

[@W..949]

Luxx IsLucky what a racist.

[@Aydee9r]

loool

[@bivekadhikari7981]

God bless africa,gud news to hear frm africa,hail humanity

[@iaincallaghan8372]

Who would've thought that planting trees would improve the environment. Incredible.

90% of people.

[@lolpjok2562]

Trees dont, Nuclear factories do

[@cafeteriacat869]

Iain Callaghan people with common sense.

[@ansh6370]

Basically everyone.

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

Um basically everyone

[@Marchoupi]

Bravo to the eleven countries in Africa !! Cheers from Montreal Canada !!

[@elliotalders0n]

Awesome 😍 Its very overwhelming feeling to see great things happening around the world to save the environment however major countries yet to realize the real danger of global warming yet. Keep it up, Love from India. 🇮🇳 🤘🤘🤘

[@e0o9kii]

Africa: We are building a Great Green Wall and we'll make the Desert pay for it.

[@TheOneZenith]

JTN Akl lol Well, if it fights desertification the desert kinda is paying for it!

[@abyssstrider2547]

TheOneZenith it might even turn Sahara desert into a forest or a Savannah! Countries nearby will just keep spreading green wall, it could just completely destroy desert in Africa.

[@TheOneZenith]

Edin743 While on the surface that appears to be a good thing to me, I wonder if it will have any negative effects on the local ecosystem?

[@comedyman4896]

JTN Akl haha nice

[@reagansimon111]

LMAO

[@MelancholischerMond]

Finally some good news.

[@marvinwepeba5272]

Theres always good news in Africa but your media dont show it. Africa is far far far different from what ur media portray

[@splashnskillz37]

Melan Choliac amen, more to come

[@maureenokang9030]

Their skin is flawless!!!

[@theokingshango]

your comment sticks out in a bad way

[@BulletGramm]

The sun healed it

[@sumax-nz1je]

Classic american Obsessed with skin colour

[@udaisinghboudh6571]

Just a propganda..

[@rippspeck]

+Old White Guy Ha, I get it.

[@Layla-zp4cn]

My country, do proud of you guys . Keep up the good work and we should all contribute to this great work .

[@speakup2888]

I wish our president realizes the necessity of a green wall. Well done Senegal, Well done Africa. Love and support from 🇺🇲

[@Notfound-fw7eb]

Regretfully, your president had just quited Paris Agreement.

[@speakup2888]

@@Notfound-fw7eb regretfully he is our president.

[@umabharathyts1998]

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[@davehaveman4431]

@@speakup2888 Trump is the best president you ever had.

[@lorismartinoperfetto6908]

@@speakup2888 nice one

[@armanchisty8194]

I think Mexico would pay for this kind of wall😂😂

[@eldersun9877]

so beautiful. help us Momma Africa lead the way. the first shall be last and the last shall be first.

[@19grand]

Excellent. (Can you believe some people disliked this video?).

[@asif8672]

i think they are kind of peoples who would love to see mother earth burn down to ashes or maybe they are racists seeing fellow Africans doing something great

[@mdp5337]

Could it have been because of the production?

[@dewisselspeler9080]

That is because of the costs. It's nice how their building an green wall and I support that for the poeple their so that they can get jobs and stuff. But 8 billion dollars to prevent climat change is to much for me, defiantly when you are looking at the situation in Africa. That is why some poeple disliked it.

[@SuperSilverTrees]

@@dewisselspeler9080 So spending 8 billion on military or some mindless project in other part of the world is OK :D. Good to know that people around the world have great priorities and awesome values.

[@Namdor2012]

@@dewisselspeler9080 The wall is the answer to end poverty so people can grow crops while saving our planet..Only dumb people who want money to drink coke and buy TV's can't see it...

[@edwardday202]

This is so simple and the most genius idea in a very long time

[@kallesh.pkallesh8870]

Congrats Africa we have to learn from you so I also plant at least 10 plants for my people love from Karnataka

[@kathypaaaina7957]

Aloha this is wonderful I'm Happy for Africa Hugs and prayers from Hawaii Oahu

[@stanleyspeedway3478]

AFRICA I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[@harleyquinn5774]

I support *this* Great Wall! 👍🏻

[@SusanA1056]

I also began with a terrible piece of land. 7 years later I have an orchard of heritage trees, red and black currants and Sumacs. I planted cedars to cut the winds from blowing across my land. This also helps prevent erosion. Everyone, man woman and child, should plant at least 4 trees in their life time.

[@retiredchannel]

Somebody should do something like this in the north of Sahara

[@meneither3834]

Harder, north Sahara gets a rain shadow effect from the Atlas.

[@chupacabra9357]

Well that's what we all want, but guess what, it's also impossible.

[@olindetroit7636]

193 people voted thumbs down on a video about something positive, like planting trees. smfh🤔

[@mdp5337]

Could it have been because of the production?

[@daniele9209]

It's not that positive, desertification is important. Sand from the Sahara desert flies to the Amazon forest and provides plants with the nutrients they need.

[@daniele9209]

@Roger Dodger look man I'm not making this stuff up... Look here, this is the nasa web page: www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazon-s-plants

[@carolannebulcraig8486]

It's poopballs that down voted... That never walked in these peoples shoeless feet. Sad. That that they can't see further than there poopball. Agtog

[@SuperSilverTrees]

@@daniele9209 Are you kidding? Sahara is more than big enough for this nutrient transportation. Problem is that it's growing. Not to mention that at the same time Amazon is shrinking. So yes Sahara is important for Amazon, but that dosen't mean you need bigger Sahara every year and more desertification. The wind can carry only limited amount of dust and sand anyway. Sahara is pushing further north and south where everything used to be more green how is that good?

[@alonsomendoza1775]

why not have a place for ppl to donate money to this cause???

[@lolpjok2562]

Because Africa is too poor to have internet

[@guguonpoint8668]

aero luxe Caucasians always talking about money. Man these people.

[@davea.richards9744]

@@lolpjok2562 excuse me?!

[@davea.richards9744]

Truth is, it would never reach the intended target

[@thebest3702]

@@lolpjok2562 Africa has internet wtf are you talking about?

[@TheMenon49]

This is such a remarkable venture! Hats off to the people of these countries who are involved in this

[@hambatuhan5751]

Hope you success what ever you do.salam from malaysia

[@alr9170]

Imagine they had some good equipments to make the job easier, they would call Africa the green continent.

[@mk69p99]

Every country should take note here. Farms, roads and cities are everywhere through the UK. This would be a nice addition.

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

Well the UK is paying them to do it.

[@raymondkasuga6762]

I'm so happy Hope we could do this to other dry planes of Africa 🌍

[@adhimukmin]

Great thing happen in Africa. In contrary shame in Kalimantan Indonesia. What happens is big corporation cut the forest for Palm oil.

[@abyssstrider2547]

Zaydan Naufal when will people realise that their greed is killing them?

[@GuderII]

well when you give license to chinese with indonesian citizenship to exploit the forest nothing will endure for long, thats what happened. LOL

[@HH-bz6me]

Money is a hell of a drug

[@fennecbesixdouze1794]

Interestingly, in other areas, like bordering the Chihuahuan desert, it's grasses that protect the soil and allow water to flow into the earth instead of washing away. Restoring wet lands there often involves clearing trees that shade out the native grasses and re-seeding the grasslands.

[@robynmcsharry9611]

Excellent news. I always wanted to learn about ways to reverse desertification and like to see this kind of news. Going to Uganda and looking forward to seeing the environmental projects there.

[@BenOiBenjamin]

A wall to help us all. Not segregated. #GodsPeople

[@mw5983]

A wall with Mexico will help us. Just wait until you have 11 million illegals break into your country and lets see how anti wall you are.

[@augustinedaudu9203]

entrepeneur well, building a wall that is physical, really won't deter people from Crossing, this is not the Middle Ages, so building a sheet of tin foil around a certain border can't stop people from flying over it with planes or tunneling under like El Chapo and Pablo Escobar, however a diplomatic and legal will would be a much better solution, meaning that the only work that illegals can get would be poor jobs, which has already how the system works and those legals take up the jobs that most people don't want like Farm labor and coal mining, in fact illegal immigration could actually benefit the us, if it wanted to reinstitute a slave class

[@richyrich3697]

Trees will not help u fight crime, terrorism.. And corruption. Think again

[@augustinedaudu9203]

richy rich but trees will actually help the environment as well the economy, and people won't be stuck paying taxes for Generations because a person wants to cover it in stone

[@richyrich3697]

Augustine Daudud first of all nobody is saying that planting and growing 🌳 will not help improve the environment.. Trees are part of the environment.. 2nd, theres an insane nunber of trees in brazil but their economy is shit... Theres no scientific or economic relation that planting/ having trees helps improve a country's economy.

[@zaQba]

finally good news for the climate change

[@supremetacogames]

I wish humanity could unite already so we can be great.

[@mrstesla369]

After seeing this i have totally fallen in love with this planet. I love you earth.You are my home.

[@karthikpatnaik1781]

I am from India the reason is very genuine I pray to god to complete this project as early as possible and give more employment to women there

[@NiniBonita]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 YES #Africa my home sweet home #Senegambia #Wolof 😘😘😘

[@matthewsmith2592]

Nini Prom africa still has slavery.....home sweet home?

[@bt4350]

Who cares, Matt. As long as she stays there, I'll agree Africa is the best place in the entire world and there's absolutely no reason to leave. The only thing left to do is to convince the rest of her species infesting the developed world of the same thing.

[@noneofmynameswork1]

I don’t see why it costs 8 billion dollars. I’m sure the value of planting these trees is worth more than 8 billion, so this project is worth it. But I feel like it could be done for a lot less than 8 billion, even less than a billion.

Planting trees over 11 countries and planning to plant even more. Did he say 11 million trees? *cough, cough* I will be shocked if it is not even 1 billion.

[@ColinTherac117]

The initial costs won't matter all that much if the return on the investment in the form of arable land that produces useful agricultural products is greater than other investment options. If this is the case, then this project will be a sustainable and common sense example of how environmentalism should work.

[@gabrielfraser2109]

That's bloody cheap for a project this size.

[@mdp5337]

The belt is stated to be planned as 8'000x15 Km (5'000x10 miles), or 120'000 square kilometers to host 11'000'000 trees - around 90 trees and 67'000$ per square kilometer. 750$ per tree is the figure. But that includes the salaries! The operation is jobs-based. EDIT: scrap the data, as one user noted the 11'000'000 should be the value /for Senegal only/. If the area for Senegal will be of 500x15 = 7'500 Km, they plan to plant 1'500 trees per square kilometer, in a virtual grid of a tree every 25 meters. So the rough estimation for the total amount of trees is 180 million, or less than 50$ per tree.

[@greatteachings11]

India is also building a 1400km long wall along Thar desert.

[@quaziadnan1962]

Love Africa from Bangladesh ❤❤

[@inrimopzyc3688]

While Indonesia cut many tree, africa building a green wall

[@bhggyuuv3925]

i m from Pakistan i like this works african people's like his country good job

[@hackman669]

This is good news. Just wondering if China is using its green tech to save Asia, Mid East and some African countries?

[@shivanshsingh8331]

@@hackman669 China ain't saving anybody, the only thing they're interested in is making money or increasing their political influence.

[@hhdd8792]

Africa is not a country please ,is a second largest continent with 52 countries please don't be stupid

[@sennsir]

If only Trump would use all that money to establish this kind of wall!

[@bigmofo1122]

How a bunch of trees will stop criminals from illegally crossing the border? I am sure trees can be planted along the wall to make it pretty. You should write a letter to the president of the United State of America.

[@ianmoseley9910]

Big Mofo More US criminals than border crossers

[@rohinimishra9437]

Big Mofo crossing forest will take more energy than makeing a way out of fall.it would be a great idea all the partition should not be of walls but trees

[@bre_me]

Hmm I'd rather have the wall blocking illegals from coming in, but a green wall would be nice also

[@richyrich3697]

Who are you to tell him.how he should spend his hard earned money???

[@olbiomoiros]

This is great! I hope the get funding so that they can continue.

[@Yuki-nohara]

Wow..!!! Every corner of the world should start doing this... Its wonderful...!!! Great...!!

[@autumnhomer9786]

This is great news 😊.

[@nopretribrapture2318]

FANTASTIC 😃👍🌱🌲🌳🌴🍃🌾🌿🌄💧

[@beinghumanwthlove]

If every person in this planet plant one tree every year that's more than sufficient to reverse the damages caused my climate change. Hats off to the people. God Bless You all..

[@samsheepdog697]

Suman ravi john its not even close to sufficient

[@madhavapraneethomkar58]

That's what a pure African heart does. ..Love from ..Sry RESPECT from BHARATH...😍🙂

[@ObsidianAngiris]

Creating greenery where ever it's barren is a massive achievement and something we should all aspire to help with, making as much of the Earth habitable is very beneficial

[@dennjosh2611]

I very much agree of what kind of project of the multiple nations of africa are doing,it could change the climates of some parts of africa,it could even change deserts into tropical forests if possible,The issue of famine and drought will lessen in the continent and more shelter for animals to live in.

[@trystanswansonart]

well the issues is trees need water, and adding trees may retain more water for them to consume, its still just a hot dry place... there are theories for building huge forests/jungles in northern africa to fight climate change but there would need to be huge pumps off the coast that can also filter to fresh water, so its a big task that way and would require a lot of first world countries contributing

[@aspiewithattitude3213]

It's about time Africa started terraforming the Sahara since South America are burning down the Amazon Rainforest.

[@happbe1552]

WOW🏆💪🏻! I'm impressed by this project! 👍🏻

[@Humble-iq5ue]

The beat in the beginning was amazing!

[@nadiateichert4738]

I love living in South Africa. Can't imagine living anywhere else.

[@bearclaw1051]

In my country Morocco in North West Africa the sand is moving and destroying little villages there is acacia trees but not a lot. The weather is much more harder than is countries like our brothers in Senegal. They are in the Sahel region, and we are in the Sahara. Most of the time there is not rain for 3 years so it would be difficult to raise new acacias. The adult acacias can survive because they find water deep 60 meters under sand. But I hope one day the Sahara would be a large Savannah and maybe a forest like at the time of the first imazighen people (our first ancestors in North Africa, with ancient Egyptians). 👍🏽

[@humpbacksquarepants5580]

No one cares or asked for your opinion.

[@chriss8467]

The women have such healthy shiny skin

[@Adnankhan-gt3qo]

who all here thinks bbc is better than cnn

[@RoniForeva]

I was going to say I see no difference, but now that I think about it.......

[@stopmasshysteria5757]

Adnan khan . I would have used the word worse instead of better, they are both very biased and agenda driven in their reporting. To answer your question, if bbc didn't have a license fee I would have chose them, but since they do, for UK residents, I have the same negative opinion of both

[@Onionbagel]

Kuroi Kenshi lmfao

[@goofed86]

About as shit as each other

[@hansgruber788]

the bbc is just as awful as cnn

[@vytautassergalis7618]

The beat is pritty hard

[@albanolima4441]

Adding grasses will speed up the process... Grasses help prevent soil erosion and play a vital role in eco system. Draws up water to the surface and natural springs as nd body of waters start to form.

[@Nunu-_985]

I agree with you - how does grass play a vital role in ecosystem and preventing soil erosion In general, grasses provide the most beneficial effects on soil structure. They tend to increase soil aggregation, which can enhance water percolation, soil aeration and soil carbon storage. They also enhance subsurface cohesion, which is critical in decreasing soil erosion.

[@abdullahalmamun4488]

This is a great idea,,, when worlds rich country cut a large amount of tree and destroy agriculture land. African people show that they are not poor in mind ...

[@basedguy1236]

They got it from the Chinese.

[@augustinedaudu9203]

DEUS VULT and the Europeans also got powder from the Chinese, basically everything everyone ever wants was made in China, but now instead of being handcrafted by skill Chinese labor is, it's produced in a factory for minimum wage work

[@bigmofo1122]

Cut foreign aid to Africa. Let nature balance their population.

[@bigmofo1122]

"Europeans also got powder from the Chinese" What powder? The black dust that make fun sparking star when you set on fire? Yeah, the European are the ones that made it useful.

[@basedguy1236]

No, China is doing the work for them and colonizing them, and they don't even see it coming.

[@zub4516]

I wish every country did that

[@adnanalam9999]

Really inspiring one.. We can do similar in our land.

[@subhojyotimukherjee5440]

Kudos ... Thank you so much guys 🙏

[@prakashmc2842]

Great initiative!! I wish them all the best!!

[@harrisk.hassan2128]

Awesome effort. Project that can bring the life back.

[@christinealdret1209]

Great . I am so happy. And with the money, the fact of buying solar panels will provide electricity to people. They have a great natural resource with sun ☀️