trees planted
33,336,350
hectares restored
14,137
since
2014
Re-greening the desert
There’s hardly a place more vulnerable to climate change than northern Burkina Faso and southern Mali. Planting trees here restores desertified land to its former fertility, curbs violent conflict by creating employment, improves nutrition through agroforestry, and encourages communities to take charge of their future.
Partners
Planting method
Seeding
Planting season
June-September
Main threats
Desertification, Overgrazing
Wildlife protected
Hyena, Land turtle, Migratory birds
Challenges
Political unrest
Top trees species
Balanitas aegyptica
Ziziphus mauritiana
Ziziphus mauritiana
Acacia nilotica
Acacia raddiana
Maerua crassifolia
