Great Green Wall (Project)

LC control no.	no2010158818
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Great Green Wall (Project) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	African initiative--Great Green Wall African Union. Great Green Wall (Project) Community of Sahel-Saharan States. Great Green Wall (Project) GGW GMV Grande muraille verte (Project) IAGMV Initiative africaine de la Grande muraille verte Initiative africaine--Grande muraille verte Initiative Grande muraille verte PAGMV Projet panafricain de la Grande muraille verte
See also	Hierarchical superior: African Union *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Hierarchical superior: Community of Sahel-Saharan States *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	2008
Field of activity	Desertification--Control Rural development Sahel
Found in	Projet majeur Grande Muraille verte, between 2006 and 2010: 2nd group, leaf 3 (GGW, Grande Muraille verte; Gmv, Great Green Wall) Les plantes du Sahel, 2012: p. 12 (la GMV (la "Grande Muraille Verte"), a transcontinental project running from Dakar to Djibouti through 11 countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti; initiated by CEN-SAD, now backed by the African Union) Initiative africaine--Grande Muraille Verte = African initiative--Great Green Wall website, viewed Mar. 30, 2013: Vision (goals are to slow the advance of desertification by reforestation, support efforts against poverty and food insecurity, transform rural zones in conditions of production and sustainable development) La Grande Muraille Verte, c2012: p. 5 (l'Initiative africaine de la Grande Muraille Verte (IAGMV); Projet panafricain de la Grande Muraille Verte (PAGMV); la Grande Muraille Verte) p. 10 (l'Initiative Grande Muraille Verte) RTS website, L'Afrique en marche: portrait d'Aliou Guissé, 24 Dec. 2017, viewed July 13, 2017 (projet, Grande muraille verte, launched in 2008; this vegetal wall 15 km wide starts at the Atlantic coast to one day attain Djibouti, 7500 km away; it hasn't yet crossed the Niger River, but it is progressing and is already benefitting Sahel inhabitants, helps in fight against poverty)