How They Transformed Desert Into Fertile Farmland & Forests
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- This country is has been making some large scale incredible transformations, restoring forests and farmland, turning a community from food aid dependent into food producers. It's an amazing achievement considering the fact this countries geography makes it very venerable to desertification due to its proximity to several deserts, such as the Sahara and Great Arabian Deserts. This country also has a desert known as the hottest driest and most inhospitable place on earth known as the Danakil desert. Several factors have led to the population forgetting how to manage their landscapes sustainably causing an unprecedented crisis in the 1980's with famine that continued to make the community food aid dependent, the landscape was eroded and degraded, causing devastating landslides and floods during the rainy season, and prolonged, crippling drought in the dry season. Over the last decade they have managed to turn this around working with Tony Rinaudo and WorldVison they have been able to restore hundred and thousands of hectares of land, that have help to restore the water-shed, holding water during the wet season and letting it soak into the aquifers, instead of being washed away, as a result there is still water flowing in the dry season and farmers have been able to not only be self-reliant but also food producers, selling their surplus crops.
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@LeafofLife: Before spreading this feel good story about Ethiopia, tell the audience about the human rights violations in Ethiopia.
"They" as in Western do gooders?
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The FMNR technique shown where they trim shrubs to promote taller and faster growth is literally what elephants and large herbivores would be doing-and their poop and trampling would make the perfect mulch layer to retain soil moisture for the plants-in addition to distributing seeds.
Very interesting. Elephants are a keystone species then. Just like bison used to be in Europe.
Various archeological works show that, very probably the very ancient destruction of the large wild indigenous herbivores of Australia broke natural cycles in enormous non-arid areas but with modest rainfall transforming them into desert.
Other work strongly suggests that a high proportion of the immense tundras of the far north of the northern hemisphere result from the degradation of steppes, which are much more productive, the cause of which would also be a break in natural cycles between vegetation and large herbivores due to of the extermination, before the end of prehistory, of very large wild herbivores (Mammoths and Woolly Rhinoceros) as well as the elimination over vast areas of other smaller species, such as the Musk Ox.
In regions that are aridified although less or, simply with very degraded soils by unsuitable agricultural practices or/and hydrology ruined by brutal bulldozing management of streams, rivers, wetlands, the return of the Beaver in non-tropical Eurasia (until now mainly in Europe) or that of the twin species in North America was enough for an impressive restoration.
On TH-cam see for example th-cam.com/video/33luSdp5mjM/w-d-xo.html, th-cam.com/video/kYZwzFsesVo/w-d-xo.html
or type "arid zone restoration by beaver".
But never forget that "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution" (Dobzhansky, 1973) ; this is the result of several million years of co-evolution.
On the contrary, the introduction around 1945 of the Beaver of North America in the south of Chile and Argentina, where this species is exotic totally exotic, without this past of co-evolution was the origin of an ecological catastrophe, as well as many other introductions , such as that of the Rabbit in Australia. Effects of a mentality that remained that of the 19th century, on the basis of knowledge in ecology then embryonic or completely absent.
Yup, Alan Savory found that out the hard way
@@kerlyenai Bring back the Dinosaurs - the supreme pizza poopers.
@@kerlyenaiBisons are still in Europe, but most of them in Poland
Simply amazing to see what’s being done in Ethiopia. I hope this can be replicated elsewhere. Thanks for making this story better known.
It can be replicated anywhere that White men are allowed to properly manage the diversity.
Other White people paying for it to prove they aren't racist helps alot too.
It's being done in many places, including India, USA, Australia, Egypt!
China & Israel started it!!!
Google “Permaculture”
It’s been done all over the world. India has some amazing projects.
Good technique
If those stream are flowing the entire year. That means they might be able to support fish. A new food resources for not only the Ethiopians in the area but also for animals who by living and the forest and eating the fish will be creating free range fertilizer/biomass.
That is recycling what is already there and that should happen. To get a lift in fertility rather than a recycle, the fish would need to come from the sea bringing back the past lost nutrients back to the land.
@@david15960 They should have several species of fast breading algae grazing Cichlid fish such as Tilapia in the area. Energy and nutrient direct from the sun.
Tilapia require no
Additional food to grow other than existing algae
Bloom in ponds
And lay eggs every 5 weeks for huge
Growth of numbers of fish
@@JamesOglesby-ri9lb Indeed and that also is why they can be very invasive. Willing to bet they are already in that part of the world though.
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All the funds wasted on war and destruction around the world, should be following these examples of true human success. Love for the land produces health for humanity.
You are so right Jonathan, there is always money available to destroy life yet precious little would see great returns if spent on this type of project.
Very very well said. God 🙌 bless.
@johnanthonygonzales87 - Spot on but human nature being what it is the people in charge would rather spend money on buying guns and keeping the people poor.
@graemetimoney7002 No, Johnathan has no idea what he's talking about. Do you know how much in Aid the USA has give away to keep millions of people alive for the last 80 years??
Joe Biden has strongly insisted that the US can back two wars in Israel and Ukraine at the same time as the conflict in the Middle East continues to deepen.
“We’re the United States of America for God’s sake. The most powerful nation in the history of the world,” the president told Scott Pelley in a 60 Minutes interview set to air on Sunday night.
“We can take care of both of these and still maintain our overall international defence. We have the capacity to do this and we have an obligation to, we are the “essential nation” to paraphrase the former Secretary of State. And if don’t then who does?” - The Independent. Oct 2023.
Yet Trump wants "people to stop dying" so some here in the states want to throw him in jail. Messed up.
This really warms my heart and gives me hope for our planet. I've said for years that our world problems are an "easy fix" with cooperation and educational systems in place. It's wonderful to see this unfold. 💚🌍💙
Absolutely amazing transformation. God bless you all.
Nahh....Too late
Sixth extinction and global warming are in full swing. Game over.
Encouraging, yes. However, the realities of Africa and other areas, are that when there is a precious resource often some tribesmen decide they want to own rather than share. Disputes lead to violence and Africa takes another step backwards.
@@trevorhoward7682 That's worldwide problem called human nature. North America is a good example.
@@trevorhoward7682 now if only there was a way to stop this... maybe introduce the tribesmen to Jesus.
Love❤ you Ethiopia 🇪🇹 from Zambia 🇿🇲 for restoring chunks of barren landscape into a lush green environment. Continue with the same spirit my fellow Africans in Ethiopia 🇪🇹👍🏿👍🏿.
Tony Rinaudo has done more for human happiness than every single one of our MPs.
Very, very interesting. There are zones even in southern Europe that would greatly benefit from this kind of planning and action
i think a lot of these techniques are already being implemented in places like spain, portugal, italy etc. like terraces to catch water and preventing soil erosion as well as using damns to retain water
It's useful wherever flooding, erosion and a dwindling watersheds occur, which is a lot of places.
@@leaschmitt2496 not particularly in my region tho, it's because of the dwindling population and the lack of will from the political parties. I suppose the situation isn't bad enough yet.
Prevention doesn't earn votes.
@@Kraven83 I also guess farming just isn't high on the priority list when we're just importing cheap food from all over the world
@@gabix.o yea but farming that way often isn't profitable when the market is flooded with cheap GMO imports
These techniques were known to our predecessors but the knowledge was lost. It is wonderful to see the people of Ethiopia and other previously barren lands regaining their knowledge and working together.
Awsome job Ethiopia. You should be proud of what you have achived
Thousand of years for them to learn that, amazing.
This is Tigray. Ethiopia invaded and killed many people leaving devastation - it’s heartbreaking.
@@idjles There's always that but this is what we can do when no D head politics is involved.
@@idjlesTigrai is in Ethiopia. It was Tigrai that started the war not Ethiopia, It was a mutiny whereby Tigrian's attacked a major military base in the middle of the night killing soldiers in their sleep... The Federal govt had no choice but respond. Anyway, the topic here is on another topic were change is taking place great work .
Praise God for what He did.
Nobel Prize for Tony Rinaudo….!
I bet he does not think he deserves any accolades! What a legend
in ancient times this knowledge would have been taught by father to son. Love the Phrase 'If you Give Nature a Chance it Will Heal Itself'. With knowledge of what to do. Wonderful to see.
Funny thing, you're a part of nature too. Given enough time you can heal yourself too.
This is the kind of stuff that really gets me excited. Education is the key love what they’re doing.🌎💕
Doing helps.
Reportedly, 2/3 of the country's population are Christian now.
This is fantastic. We need to do this here in Kenya 🇰🇪
Tony's so correct about that! Ground cover is so important❤
I've been Porto Santo, a small portuguese island off the coast of Maroccos. It has a few hills but lost almost all its forest.
There is a reflorestation plan that involves trenches and terraces to help trap the water, fallen leaves and soil. In some areas it's starting to work.
It's great seing a much greater project.
Great! Where there's a will, there's a way.
It takes a strong community of like minded people to do a thing like this, I'm not from Ethiopia but as an african, what I can say it is from ancient times till now most families in the interiors of africa live only on what they plant and harvest every year, so it is something that is ingrained in them so when someone comes from the outside world to help we come together as a community to make it happen. It is about the community not just me it is us, that is the mindset. In the western world it is about investing and running after the next new technology so it is going to be hard to do.
Thank you for sharing that. I'm American, and I cried watching this. The pride, dedication, community and hard work was the most beautiful thing I've seen. And the results? Wow. They all benefit from this. You are all beautiful people! America could learn a lot from you.
@@carriebradley7634 I have watched several videos in regards of American farmers restoring land and water catchments with similar practice. This is a mostly unsung global revolution in doing things better. This is the real green way.
The "west" used to be the same, its always been about giving and taking from whatever you are exploiting.
Its the idea that everything needs to bring in as much profits as possible thats the problem.
U should learn a bit more about the average western peoples problems before u speak up, I atleast try to learn about your problems and see the same issues as we have, we could work together but that wont happen if u dont learn about our issues.
Theres no imposible with unity of human. Keep up the good work.
Beautiful!
And this they do from Sénégal, Mali, Niger, Tschad, Sudan ❤❤❤❤
I'm so impressed with the citizens hard work. They've transformed their country for the better.
What a beautiful voice this narrator has! I could listen to it all day.
Give it a chance and nature will heal itself. Pity we don’t hear that very often.
Astonishing what a bit of education can do. Impressive and important to apply this in many more places around the world.
Wow this is amazing. We can truly make a difference but it takes work and time.
Gardening/farming is truly Gods work!
Expanding conciousnous and the universe
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There's been research in the USA on the benefits of supporting beaver habitat to rehabilitate watersheds. From what I've been reading, beavers can accomplish similar results as what they are doing in this video. This is so hopeful!
We can do more than defer to beavers, though...
There are no known species of beavers native to Africa.
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Lol, especially with hippos and crocs. That said, his leaving it to beavers misses a whole bunch of opportunities to rehydrate watertables and reduce ground subsidence, in the US and abroad. The situation is dire in the Midwest as the Oglala Aquifer in the Midwest is at about 20% of capacity...
@@LeafofLifeWorld I believe the statement was meant more along the lines of repairing damaged ecosystems in the western USA with assistance from beavers
That's very true. It was the decimation of beaver populations for their fur that led the US southwest to be the desert it currently is. This was done by white fur-trappers well before the rest of the whites arrived, so when they got there, they thought it had always been as lifeless as they found it. They would have been amazed to see the region just 150 years earlier, when every arroyo and wash was green all year round.
Very exciting. What a beautiful people making a nice place to live. God is with them.
Covering the soil, creating shade to lower soil temperatures and using livestock on a rotating basis is crucial.
Thank you, Tony Rinaudo!
I love videos like this! It gives me hope for the future! We can and should reclaim the land from the desert.
Fantastic work. And the more you make results with simple means, the more it is ingenious.
Tony Rinaudo. Fan of this guy
Agreed. He and his team should get a Nobel Price.
It is uplifting to see people taking care of the world and healing it. There is much work to be done.
This is SO IMPORTANT! This give so much hope for our time. Thank you!
Thank you Tony Rinaudo!
Great Work, Tony Rinaudo is a hero.
Anything to help our African sisters and brothers is God-sent. You brought tears to my eyes. You have the winning attitude; problems exists only to dare us to resolve them. This team is the epitome of holistic-approach solutions. Indeed, this deserves a Nobel Price, and millions of us funding your endeavors. Bought your hoodie, will wear it proudly. Best wishes.
❤❤❤❤ Their unity and hard work
Ethiopia is a blessed country continues sessional rain with a beautiful mountainous landscape. much more can be done in this country.
Briliant project..simple and it work..thank you Tony ..I hope others will follow this idea..when people believe and work together ..they do wonders.. best regards from Indonesia..💛
Great example of team work/cooperation/ commitment/ sheer hard physical work and pure dedication.👏👏👏
The simpler the better. And I noticed there's no heavy equipment. Just humanity and hand tools.
🤔 hmmm, keeping western NGO's out seems like that's an important piece of the puzzle! 👏👏
Having the native population solve the problem is always a big part of the solution IMO.
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the NGOS are secretly funding the terrorist in that sahel.
@@2avcrm Exactly. Well done, Ethiopia.
What generally is the problems w western NGO involvement?
Terrific video that shows that the area was knows as The Garden of Eden, however it had died over past over 100 years of bad soil management. Now that has turned around with the knowledge and help of " Over the last decade they have managed to turn this around working with Tony Rinaudo and WorldVison they have been able to restore hundred and thousands of hectares of land, that have help to restore the water-shed, and help the people feed themselves and also grow cash crops. A desert transformed into an Oasis. I'm super excited for their results.
Wow! I didn't know WorldVision was involved in this too. Thank you for sharing. I have given to them for years. Makes me ever prouder to give. Cheers!
@@claudemontezin911 Congratulations for your donations making a difference to the world and also regrowing the area known as "The Garden of Eden." Very cool!!! Tell that to your friends and family that you are helping regrow the area that was knows as The Garden of Eden. Show them the video as proof so they don't think you are mistaken.
When I think of all the millions if not billions of dollars we've given World vision over the last 50 years to help the African people and all we really need is someone with some intelligence to get off his backside look at the problem and work out how to fix it as opposed to endless handouts which only are a band-aid solution
I have heard about this new effort to frequently rotate livestock to different areas to prevent overgrazing. Also to break up the layer of soil algae that can cause rain to roll off instead of absorbing. It is great to see this. There's also a book called "Gravitas" about a group that restores desertified land in the Amazon region.
This is just beautiful! I know humans can do so much to be able to help each other and all living things! People can live in peace with each other and nature!
Thank you for this great story. It's important to show what they did, and its positive effect. I have seen this covered elsewhere, but it's been a while and many people have missed or forgotten the message.
If they reverted to shepherding livestock with a mind to disallowing overgrazing, think it would increase efficiency. Did see the cut the grass too short for livestock feed.
Great achievement and very good example for many parts of Africa and the rest of the world❤🎉
Techniques and approaches that are so simple yet so effective. Nice.
This is so marvelous!
Thank you very much for sharing this video with us.
I hope and pray that this methodology will spread throughout the whole earth so that we may start to heal the many badly injured and destroyed ecosystems.
Nice to see a video actually talking about water management. Most of these reforestation videos are just "we planted trees and some how there is magically enough water" (until they deplete the aquifer, which they conveniently ignore).
Many people talk about terraforming the planet Mars.
I like this idea of terraforming Earth, too.
Teaching the "experts" that one can adapt to climate? I love it.
This is the good way to save our planet.🌍plant more trees.🌲🌳🎄🌴🌵
Great job! Greetings from Ecuador. Keep going, best wishes for every woman and man involve.
What a beautiful effort. Prayers for the people of Ethiopia for endless success.
Outstanding work done by all these wonderful people for there own good. Thanks.
Awesome work, here is my comment to boost the algorithm
I purchased 36 acres of high desert in mid nineties. Immediately fenced it to keep free range cattle out. Today other shrub species have moved in on their own! Nature is doing what it does. Self-generates. Of course with a little thoughtful help as the video points out, it regenerates much quicker! Nicely done!
Absolutely fascinating & so simple. Grasses & Trees give so much to our lives. Life & HOPE! Love this! ❤❤
But you need trees on the hillsides and punctuated throughout the landscape because they act as water storage batteries that store water and release it slowly throughout the dry seasons.
Amazing to see in Ethiopia of all places. I had no idea as I remember the 1984 famine and the huge relief effort.
Simple strategies that deal with the fundamental issues are usually the best. Complex strategies are often created by people with muddled thinking.
This is a wonderful simple and natural solution to restore nature , do sustainable , small- scale farming , feed people locally .
The problem with modern life is progress for progress' sake , and wrong economic models which never are based or measured on responsibility , accountability , ethics , in regard to the environment , wildlife , people .
This simple solution shown here with perma- culture and plain community muscle- power , works , yet needs to include wildlife also for the balance of the natural world .
Without true nature we all cannot survive .
All species have a place on our planet , and there needs to be a healthy and sustainable ratio of people to land , of farming and! wild areas .
We cannot just make equations based solely on humankind .
Wildlife has an overall equal role so we can survive together , which means all species .
No future without respect for , and inclusion of , the natural world and wildlife .
Great video !
Thank you !
I hope that more people in all countries go no - tech , and re- discover the simple life , and re- connect to nature with simple muscle- power and community efforts .
I do believe that we in the Western world have surpassed the point of " plenty " , and need to find our way back = forward , to " less is more " , " simpler is more " , in view of destruction of our planet and endless trash , poisons .
Consumption , gross domestic product , globalization , endless economic output , and such terms of only money - matter- measurements and " development " , without ethics and accountability in all possible ways , have never been sustainable from the very beginning .
We need to teach correct economics , which should be ecological- economics .
Projects like this here shown from Ethiopia prove that high- tech is not the answer , and we can see great results with no- cost , easy efforts .
Cruel animal experiments in medicine / science , cruel " factory farming " with cages , feed lots , corn- fed cows instead of natural grass , and many , many other areas of present- day economics , are wrong economics that need to be addressed and corrected .
Without ethical , sustainable , basic and simple " clean " living , no future .
I do not know if by restoring at least half of every single unique region in every country , our planet could be helped to a more balanced and survivable climate , but any progress in this direction would be more helpful than continuing with ignorance and no conscience .
Start gardening today !
Respect and include wildlife !
Great opportunity for many African countries to come to the fore. Ethiopia is the land of deep ancestry for most of us, and so wish it well.
This channel never fails to be a desperately needed source of hope in this generation of doomerism.
Respect to these people and God bless them🙏🏼
Amazing how Rewilding.. Reforestation.. just fixing ecosystems or leaving them to mother nature creates such amazing results!
What a great premise to spread. 🌴🌳🌲
I give deep love to you. I admire you and thank you so much for do it.
Incredible, I didn't know it was even possible to restore the landscape to this extent. I'm wondering if it could make a difference for climate change if this would be done on a global scale.
Kudos to Ethiopia for this ecological project. You made your community to thrive by planting fruits, vegetables and trees, this a a great sustainable business. Keep it up and God bless.❤
Shows how good methods can work if people are willing to put into practice.
It's amazingly simple, it works, he said
We need to restore all forest around the world
Nice, I really appreciate the massive work of people. Thanks for the idea of fmnr to him
Tony's so correct about that! Ground cover is so important❤ now is the time to import some beavers.
Outstanding. This very interesting video shows once again that financial aid from rich countries to Africa should be focused on the benefit of such concrete local achievements and no longer by subsidizing corrupt governments diverting enormous sums into clientelist policies that do not improve in no way the situation.
We're always hearing negative news stories. But this is so positive.
Good job guys!! Keep it up!!!
I think that this would reduce global warming. I wish that this knowledge on how to transform deserts into food crops paradise was available to people all over the world.
*Tony R shud get a Nobel Prize and congratulation to Niger and Ethiopia.*
ALL GENIUS ACTION that actually works...is DIVINE and thus it is SIMPLE....be blessed for your efforts...thank you for sharing and making this known... :)
Incredible and it's bring education and life to the community not some power hungry company.
#keepgoing
A very hopefull message. Thank you.
Just amazing
I am VERY EXCITED to see this process working on a large scale! Somalia could be next! If Somalia can be "re-greened" by it's people? You will see agriculture making a big comeback and people there won't resort to piracy and terrorism.
🙏❤️ Blessings Ethiopia !!
Now the plant needs more of this than ever before!
Amazing work , fantastic.
Thank you I'm glad to see that there is hope for the world
All of this is old technology lost to colonization. It's good to hear it has returned. Hats off to the villagers/farmers who are working hard to make it happen.
This reminds me of the water cup programme in India. The Paani Foundation goes around to villages and does this. They also teach them how to manage their water use so they do not pull out too much water and set themselves back (which has happened on occasion).
This is sacred work.
This is amazing. Simply amazing
Wow what a great idea BRAVO 👏👏👏
If I may suggest. Your team had the only long term approach to re-forestation and re-humidification of a desert I have seen so far. In hindsight, success is the best proof, scientific proof that you applied the RIGHT METHODS. Just imagine the impact on the entire population of Earth when you will run a pilot project to return a small part of the Sahara back to the lush jungle it used to be 6-11,000 years ago? Then it will snowball downhill (not literally). It's also an administrative challenge, and you bested that one too. I partake in my own small ways, I would do more if I were be healthy and young. Best wishes and love from all of us. Cheers! P.-S. Please write a book.
My message to the Ethiopians and the world:
I am glad to witness this improvement. Now, on those hills, slopes and streams I want avocados, grapes, jackfruit, staburis, mangos, jaamun, rendorodan, chaamps, uttis, katush, tea, like fruit trees and timber trees also because these reverse the climate back to the original state. Make sure that big trees, shrubs and grass in as many varieties as possible are planted in the same place at the same time all over.
Do not plant PINE TREES that is because this kind of trees do not give water but themselves need too much to suck up from the ground.
Very happy for ethiopia and the planet at large.👏👏
Amazing
Simply wonderful !
Just amazing work.