Economic efficiency and targeting of the African Great Green Wall

November 25, 2021 | 17:00 h - 18:00 h

Virtual talk by ZEF Senior Researcher Alisher Mirzabaev on the study "Economic efficiency and targeting of the African Great Green Wall" at the weekly ARTS Seminar Series: 'Large-scale land use changes: Challenges and opportunities series'!

 

Dr. Mirzabaev is the lead author of the paper which has just been published in Nature Sustainability.

Access: Zoom-link: https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/j/97075365594?pwd=NDhIdVVJL09VdG5xaHhCUEZVYzlGQT09
Meeting-ID: 970 7536 5594; Password: 382623

Background: This comprehensive paper shows that "Africa's "Green Wall" also makes economic sense - but not for all regions in the Sahel. Fifteen years ago, the African Union decided on an ambitious program: degraded ecosystems in parts of the Sahel are to be successively restored in order to secure food for the people living there and to protect the soil against further degradation. At the same time, the African Great Green Wall is an important contribution to combating climate change. This study by ZEF/University of Bonn and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) shows that the Wall also makes economic sense - although not everywhere in the Sahel. The analysis also indicates how much violent conflicts threaten the success of the program.

Find also more information in the press releases launched by the University of Bonn on Nov. 15, 2021:
English: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/284-2021
German: https://www.uni-bonn.de/de/neues/284-2021?set_language=de