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- The plan to build a five thousand mile band of trees across the Africa begins in Senegal, where trees are already being planted.
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Africa's Ambitious "Great Green Wall" | TIME
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I will make it happen . I will inspire my people.
Make Africa Great Again
Steve Penisman
during the babylonian times , it was.....the culture now has been destroyed
Steve Penisman There was a time when west africa was amongst the richest regions in the world. As a matter of fact, the richest man in history was from there. The emporor of Mali, Mansa Musa, used the vast riches of the land to build great universities and what not.
Even on european maps, you could often find pictures of gold and people bearing gold on the African continent. In fact, a european traveller of the time once said that the women of west africa were extremely beautiful and well off (nourishment, social status, treatment by men, etc), especially in comparison with their european counterparts. Africa really did have great glory days....
The Muslim Arab invasion caused the instability and exported over 18 million blacks to the Middle East and Asia. African tribes been enslaving weaker tribes for thousands of years. Some had glory days at the expense of the weaker clans in Africa.
@oyinbo peppe yes. Again.
@oyinbo peppe there are problems in Africa. That's a given. Just like any other country. There are homeless people and human rights abuses in the US, or China or Europe.
To make Africa great again means to be inspired by the good and greatest heights of historical achievements so as to face current and future problems that face Africa like food security as you mentioned.
Times like when Zimbabwe was a bread basket, independence struggle and self governance, visions of Thomas Sankara, Kwame Nkuruma, Egyptian kingdom, Zulu Kingdom, Malian Empire, Axum/Ethiopian Empire, Buganda Kingdom, before we sold each other as slaves, looked at artificial borders as barriers to cooperation, and greed and corruption led to civil wars and genocide... etc etc... When a country like Kenya would be on a growth and policy trajectory like her Asian emergent economies but then lost it.
They weren't perfect. But they embodied success that is possible. Just like any great continent now is not perfect, but embodies the possibility of human achievement.
We can't feed ourselves, at one point we did. So yes, make Africa great again. Why? Because it can't feed herself, hence the more need to aspire, and act.
This is COMPLETE LOVE and unity! This is so selfless and loving. I'm overwhelmed with joy and excitement. I'm rejoicing in my spirit! This is so amazing!!!
Great idea...Masanobu Fukuoka promoted this over 3 decades ago but he said that the Somolian government wouldn't allow him to sow various seeds in the area because they wanted to promote cash crops instead of helping the villagers fight back desertification.
+GazelleofIsrael Sadly true. Sometimes the bottom-up approach is best. Think of Zephania Phiri Maseko of Zimbabwe, or "The Man Who Stopped the Desert." (CZcams video). It not only can be done. It has been done. Don't give up!
Thank you for the extra information. I will look into it.
Great! Finely people start to think more in an ecological way! Its the only solution to improve the live there of the people!
But the short term needs are just plain real, and those people are desperate
They will succeed.
no
Four years later, and a lot of money spend by presidents on international flights to attend meetings. A lot of donations from a German company. So what is the answer, did they succeed?
I hope it will become a success. It breaks my heart when I see starving people. Green areas could help stop starvation!
Population regulation can also stop starvation
So far so good .
permaculture, atmosphere water generators, condensation collection tarps, plastic bottle houses, solar power, are some of the very doable technologies, that could transform the desert into a gigantic oasis. Good luck with this. The whole world is cheering for you.
During an expedition to the Sahara in 1952 Richard St. Barbe Baker proposed a ‘Green front’ to act as a front-line of trees 30 miles deep to contain the desert. There has been a lot of money donated by a German company. There has been a lot of talks by African presidents. But what ha happened to this project in the last four years since this video was uploaded? Remember here in Africa there is no such word as overgrazing.
This captures the essence of the problem in the drier parts of Africa. Governments and politicians might like to capitalize on this, spend huge amounts of scarce resources available to their nations, but unless and until they put the directly affected communities in the affected areas and make them central to the solutions, they cannot succeed.
Plant Breadfruit. It is truly a tree that will sustain generations to come like it did the people of the Pacific Islands.
Doesn't that need more rain?
A novel idea, but as stated in video; it needs water to work. Sahara has a water deficit; more water leaves than arrives. Water is kept out of Sahara by mountains along oceanfront except in Tunisia. Tunisia is the key to bring water to Sahara and Africa. A short canal will assure year-round water to Chott el Jerid which will evaporate (but be replenished) and redeposit itself elsewhere in Sahara.
Bien sûr , l'évaporation rendra possibles des orages et des pluies donc toute une vie!!... sauf qu'il faut une volonté et décision politique!!!... cela provoquera un grand lac salé au centre du Sahara.... ce qui gênera fortement les projets pétroliers!!!... donc ça craint!!!...
i think it became clear from what the lady said that the wall is a bad idea. rather they should focus on the areas that are peaceful and where locals aren't going to be chopping trees down. lots of dots that stay are better value for money than one line that doesn't
Life is just to Love and to be Loved 💝💜 Love alone can Conquer the World.
Inspirational
this is the best news iv herd for a long time
pete tarly except for the desperation that makes short term ideas look good. Need firewood and animal feed, cut trees and overgraze grasslands
In China, they can grow bamboo (a grass), which is planted just before Monsoon season. There are timber grass species that can grow FAST in wet season and survive in hot dry season? Note: never grow a mono-species forest - setup for environmental disaster. What other crops can grow complimentary to it? Sorghum? Moringa?
Oui, ces graminées existent en grand nombre on s'en sert pour créer du pâturage sec ou ''foin sur pied''...... le bétail se développe très bien dans ces conditions, c'est connu!!!... tout est clair!!... il faut juste faire ça plutôt que la guerre!!!!... By
Bellissimo video della esaltante iniziativa africana per rinascere! Fantastico progetto quello della Grande Muraglia Verde! E dopo che anche gli scienziati si sono messi in marcia, anche i media devono dare risalto.Visto che le popolazioni interessate nutrono moltissime speranze su questa iniziativa, i governi devono dotare il denaro necessario al compimento di quest’opera!
EU can train them as solar installers and bring the machinery as well as the UN security to keep it secure
To update on the project, after a while they found that they were able to grow certain fruits and trees and were able to change the sand into soil however it didnt last long because it required locals to take care of them and no cut them down for charcoal.
Good idea.
Wakanda is the riches country in africa.. I love it among other african countries... :-)
I am Montagnard indigenous I was grown up in thick jungles I love trees, plant , grass.... today Vietnamese come to Montagnard indigenous regions cut down all the jungles plant coffee, rubber trees the whole region all the trees , animals all disappeared.
Further canal efforts from Chott el Jerid into Algeria’s below sea level areas and across Libia to Egypt’s Qattara Depression will allow more moisture to be deposited into the atmosphere and thus more rain in Sahara and eventually refill Lake Chad.
"Short term-ism"
The phrase you're looking for is "high time preference".
We have to start SOMEWHERE
I’m ur first subscriber lol congrats on 1 sub!
Are you talking about diverting salt water inland? Yes that may increase rainfall but it would also taint any fresh groundwater with salt...but maybe that would work in parts of the Sahara where there is little or no groundwater..idk.
Any update
Why no full screen?
The biggest problem is called.... GOATS.... they kill any plant that tries to grow.
cerverg we need to fix the issue in the Nile valley this will strengthened the entire continent along with this greatwall idea. I'm excited about the whole idea
cerverg
No the biggest problem is humans failing to manage goats. Goats are fenceable. What did goats ever do to you that you diss them all so harshly?
Grow more trees
Râất khó đêể trồng nếu không có nước biển. Cây có thể trong dđươc nếu phư caác tấm nilon trên bề mặt gốc cây đe nước không bốc hơi và trên nuưa là cái phêu hứng nước mưa
Haters lol you were wrong, it's working
Any update ?
Okay, and now the grass is yellow which means it is ready to be grazed. If it doesn't decay rapidly and biological by grazing, then it'll start a slow chemical decaying process that will prevent it from regrowing and it'll slowly die, and if there is no plants then it's a dessert.
these people have made the first step in this process to make the system healthy and green, the next step is where restoration projects always fail and that is the decaying part. First give that land and plants rest to allow for plant to grow, then allow animals to come in and decay it so it can grow again the next season, that's the cycle of life.
If you leave 2/3 of the grass on the ground, it'll help to slow the water down when it rains so it'll soak into the soil and the cover will shade the soil to avoid water evaporation and by that grow even more forage...
You seem knowledgeable on the subject of reforestation. I have an idea for a reforestation technique, maybe you could give me your opinion.
The idea is to plant only 10% of the tree initially at 1/10th the density, then help the natural regeneration between the trees.
About 5 species of tall trees would be planted initially to create a canopee. Big trees absorb more carbon so are more cost effective than small trees to fight global warming. When the first generation that has been planted has grown and start reproducing, the small trees that grow around them are taken care of with fertilizers to help them survive. Within 20 years the entire canopee would be recreated. Using the nartural regeneration as much as possible would reduce the cost of the whole rogram significantly.
Grass would be planted between the trees to help the soil regenerate before the trees start reproducing.
To fight global warming we have to plant 500 billion trees to 1 trillion trees ( as much as we can over the land available ) to really have an effect so the reforestation technique has to be very cost effective. The cost goal overall should be no more than 20 cents per tree, compared to about $1 for current reforestation programs.
Once the canopee has been regrown much more species of small trees can be planted under it to regenerate the ecosystem or fruit trees for consumption or a mix of both.
True except for the desperate need in this day, the urgent hunger that can't wait for regeneration
The lady talks about “them” like they are children
Tyler Kamphefner
But the short term thinking she described is real. Those ppl are desperate
Smh the world bank already wants to own it with that 2 billion dollars loanI see.
DIRT813 ain't nobody paying that back
You dont know much.
"[...] band of trees across the Africa [...]"
And here I thought 'Africa' was a proper noun, but, according to Time Magazine, it isn't.
Make the sahara paid for it!
On ne peut, en même temps reverdir l'espace et élever des chèvres.... ou alors il faut contenir très sérieusement et sans faille ces animaux qui peuvent tout détruire en quelques heures!!!.. autrement beaucoup est possible.... Question de volonté politique seulement!!!.. By
this
3:22 ay nunca falta quien quiera arruinarle la vida al resto del mundo, verdad???
Despacito
Where are the climate_change preachers helping?!
Her agrogance and white colonial mentality is alarming. You need to think positive and be creative and the results will be met SAY NO TO NAY SAYERS
waste, you should but properly manged livestock on the land instead.
Africans learned long ago that massing livestock is how you get yourself killed by famine. If the land dies so does your livestock, your livelyhood and your food go with it. Africans in sub-sahara have to rely on diversifying their way of life or end up like with another disaster like Ethiopia famine.
yea they have to change by start managing the cattle properly, not removing them. its bad management that cause the desertification not the animals. there were many more grazing animals before humans killed them of and most of africa can only be supported by livestock cattle.
Gustav
Manage them properly? What exactly did the ethiopians do wrong to cause millions of cattle to die from starvation from a server 3 year drought?
This is happened in a very traditional rural area with over thousands of years of tending to the land. 1984 watch them
I bet they did that wrong they degraded their soils by overgrazing it with bad management of their livestock and so it couldn't resist the drought
"I bet" so you don't know if they did or did not. but yet in your previous comment you said that it was because of mismanagement. How on earth can you mismanage a 3 year drought in the highlands of Ethiopia where tradtional farms live in isolated areas.
We do not control if the earth gives us rain we cannot manage weather.