Climate Adaptation
Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ Shifts Focus to Hold Off Desert
Women walk under filao trees planted to slow coastal erosion along the Atlantic Ocean in Lompoul village near Kebemer, Senegal, on Nov. 5.
Photographer: Leo Correa/AP Photo
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Kebemer, Senegal (AP) -- The idea was striking in its ambition: African countries aimed to plant trees in a nearly 5,000-mile line spanning the entire continent, creating a natural barrier to hold back the Sahara Desert as climate change swept the sands south.