Where the desert advances, women push back (CIFOR-ICRAF)
The Great Green Wall (GGW) project is still gaining momentum. Beginning in 2007, this African-led initiative aims to plant a…
Land degradation and agriculture in the Sahel of Africa: causes, impacts and recommendations (Journal of Agricultural Science and Applications)
Soil deterioration, mostly from wind erosion, is a defining feature of land degradation in the Sahel. This is aided by…
Rising from Drought: Resilient Harvests Flourish in the Sahel (ICRISAT)
It is anticipated that millions of people in Africa would be more vulnerable to severe heat, floods, and droughts. Without…
Climate and Food Security Policy Initiatives in West Africa, the Sahel, and the Lake Chad Basin (Policy Center For The New South)
More high-level approaches to food security and climate change are not necessary in West Africa. Rightfully, climate has taken center…
Grazing effects on vegetation dynamics in the savannah ecosystems of the Sahel (Ecological Processes)
There were notable differences in the diversity and composition of herbaceous species across the various grazing intensity levels (p <0.001).…
Audio… Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 7: What’s Next for the Sahel? (The Center for Climate and Security)
Reshaping Multilateralism, the seventh episode of the Nexus25 project podcast, is accessible on the Nexus25 website and Spotify. This month,…
Analysis Of The Interconnected Risks Of Climate Security And Violent Extremism: A Practical Guide For Mauritania (UNICRI)
UNICRI has developed a tool tailored for Mauritania to help stakeholders incorporate climate, environmental, and conflict sensitivity into strategies to…
Building and maintaining social protection systems through a twin-track approach (World Food Programme)
Governments in the Sahel are spending more money on social protection models that are flexible, scalable, and adaptable to the…
Sahel RESILAND: Scaling-up sustainable solutions for dryland forests (World Bank)
In order to end the Sahelian cycle of violence and instability and move toward robust economies that offer opportunities and…
Re-Greening the Sahel? Evaluating Tree Cover Restoration Strategies in Niger (SSRN)
Food insecurity has gotten worse in the Sahel as a result of land degradation brought on by unsustainable practices and…
Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Conflict in the Sahel (K4DD)
With an emphasis on Mali and Niger, the current K4DD Rapid Evidence Review investigates how environmental degradation and climate change…
Collaboration, data and tracking move Africa’s Great Green Wall toward its goal (Mongabay)
With the announcement of an acceleration program in 2021, the Great Green Wall in the Sahel, which aims to avoid…