Great Green Wall for Sahara and Sahel Initiative launched in Cameroon

By DOH JAMES SONKEY IN YAOUNDE A project dubbed the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative described as an African response to desertification, land degradation, drought, climate change and loss of biodiversity in dry lands of the Sahara and Sahel region has been launched in Cameroon. Officially launching the project in a workshop organized last May 23, 2017 at the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel, the Minister of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, Hele Pierre rejoiced that the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative will help to counter the shift and expansion of dry lands…