Honestly, this looks like one of the few projects that have clearly defined goals and processes for how to get there while remaining sustainable for local people to continue without heavy outside funding. To all working on this, great job!
This is the best video I watched this year so far. so many criminals, stupid videos all over and info like this one restores the faith in humanity for sure.
yes but whats very important is that for the rainforests they rely on the fertilization from the Sahara. If you were to turn the sahara green or a bit of it. its gonna have an effect on that.
@@hotspot1564 True, but the efforts to create this great green wall are to push back against the 10% of growth (1% a decade) that the Sahara has had over the past century. The rainforests' fertilization did just fine in the 19th century with the Sahara being 10% less.
+1 ! I've seen videos concluding the great green wall as a failure of a project, as in many places there just has not been great organization or sustained focus because of other issues occurring. But from this I feel like success is possible
This should be on the major news channels to show that despite all the destruction in the world, there is a lot of positive stuff happening. Thank you to everybody working in these projects!
Unfortunately most news outlets are only interested in scandals, what some 'celebrity' is up to or some disaster/tragedy. Good news stories are not of interest to them.
Thank you so much, Andrew, for joining our team in Senegal and highlighting WFP's crucial work that is supporting Sahel communities to restore the landscapes that sustain them, reduce humanitarian needs, create jobs, and make the desert green again. 💚 We look forward to hosting you again soon!
You guys from UN are creepying me out. Money swamps! All big organizations are corrupt machines in the hands of the powerful. Tell me why the EU and other partner organizations even make it harder for private people to grow their own veggies, when they want to do permaculture themselves, which works best on small scale projects. You do some of these PR things on the large scale, but for us normal permaculture enthusiasts, everything gets worse and worse. In the end I prefer NO big organizations "rescuing" our planet, power to the people, not the big money swamps!
THIS is how you help africa. Not blindly throwing money or fighting wars against everyone or spontaneously creating advanced institutions that you expect to sustain. Build things from the ground up. LOCAL AGRICULTURE not food shipments. Social coheasion can be created by working together, anyone who has been part of a productive team can agree with that. I have loved people I would've never otherwise interacted with thanks to us just working on something together. We dont agree on everything, we dont have too much in common, our backgrounds are different. But if either of us asked the other for help now, even when the work is over, you can bet the whole group will show up in solidarity, with love in their hearts. That is the power of society. No greed, no ego, not even thinking of our individual gain. Simply the will to advance civilization and live right.
You think just by building it you will help africa? Nope.. you will have to build it, pay for it, maintain and fix it, harvest it and so on. You still don't get that people over there are nearly useless in terms of developing ANYTHING. Even when they move to Europe or USA, most of them are still end up so useless that they go on path of crime.
except nearly all saharan african countries have refused to even upkeep the program and so its already failing and not to mention their outright refusal to move away from pastoral intensive farming that caused all of this in the first place
@S0RNG not everyone is gifted the blessing of staying positive in the face of political reality. Geopolitical cooperation still eludes humanity in 2024 and there are countries south of the Sahara who have no interest in participating on the global stage. Yes, this project is an amazing start and it is indeed good to find that silver lining, but let's not be so hasty to be enveloped by the hype and excitement of this wave of news. I am hopeful, but at this moment in time, only cautiously so. When thinking of what would be required for all the countries who sit along the great green wall, I see centuries of pain and division that will absolutely need to be reconciled with if we are ever to see this beautiful path to redemption come to its full fruition. To blanket my last wall of text, i would like to share with you my excitement and positivity about the garbage cleanup project that has slowly been scaling up. Every few months that pass, i see the project has received another greenlight. Like the great green wall, i too, hope that the global community can find the humanity, compassion, and serenity to see this through to completion. Until then, i wait and pray
I absolutely love that this project solves a problem for a people, but still puts the solution into the hands of the population that needs the help. This is creating a livelihood and agency for those individuals that need it most. The biggest problem with many non-profit organizations (NPOs) is that they come in a just hand out resources. Handing out resources is absolutely fine in an emergency, but it is not sustainable. Handing a long-term solution in the DIRECT hands of those affected is a way to build back stability and autonomy for a people. This project even goes a step forward and helps humanity as a whole from an environmental standpoint. Bravo!
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. You teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. You teach him and his whole village how to responsibly fish and how to give back to the earth instead of taking from it. And you feed them all for generations to come.
"un is holding it back|" because deserts are part of the ecosystem... wtf u think will happen if sahara desert dissapears and becomes green, where does the desert move? .... dont people understand geology and biology anymore ? good luck with the natural disaster waves europe/russia
This is good, but the earth is greening because of the high CO2 plants grow less water, while it is raining more because of higher temperatures. Growing plants has never been easier
Truly, this is one of the rare projects where the objectives are clearly laid out, and there’s a well-thought-out path to reach them, all while empowering local communities to sustain it independently of significant outside funding. Hats off to everyone involved-excellent work!
@@Jcococola that wasn't the point..... - I actually watched the video and heard Black Africans talking about their own projects and work in their land. Let us return all the land to indigenous land holders and land protectors. The conventional drought is poisonous and restrictive to more freedom than all alternatives.
@@JcococolaTeaching? This is the UN, it's not about a specific country and his point was that doing the impossible by bringing land to life is a great feat regardless of who did it. Don't get triggered like a child
This is not only healing the planet, but also give jobs and foods for people and help economic development of the area . This project is truly amazing and a light of hope in a darkness world. Congrats to all people who contributing with the Great Green Wall !
As a German who is so tired of fighting against this "we need to work so we can earn money we then use to buy things that give us the illusion of happines while our lives waste away" mentality, projects like this realy restore a bit of faith in mankind in me. And the more I watch this, the more I feel the urge to leave everything behind here and move, to be a tiny part of this amazing project. While studying, I worked part time on a horse ranch here, it was the best work I have done in my now 50 years. It was dirty, smelly, taxing, cold and muddy in winter and hot in the summer, and I never felt so alive and fulfilled. To go to sleep at night, tired to the bone, hands aching, but knowing, come the next morning, I can see all the wholes I dug. And maybe, some time later, see the first green. Touch the first grass. See the hope return to the people who call these lands home. I will for sure keep following those projects... and maybe, I find a way to contribute something too :)
Molding nature to human's will is not repairing the world. This is what leftist lunatics tell us all day long. But when it suits them and it looks green, it become good.
@@sancte3982 If people who don't eat enough eat until their belly explode, it'll be really bad. Do you feel like telling every hungry person that they could die if they eat that much? I don't get what's your point?..
@@sdwqbvlwdslbvlbwflbunlwbf i dont get yours either? I agree it will be really bad if people ate so much their bellies explode, but i did not talk about food. Deserts play a vital role in the global climate system. They contribute to the regulation of atmospheric circulation, they can influence weather patterns. Overgrowth could potentially alter these patterns, impacting not only the local climate but also having broader regional and global effects.
The river should become cleaner too, less silting, as this Great Green Wall is built! Congratulations to all of the people who participate in building it.
@@mrsnayarlhats4242 There is very little to no nutrients in sandy silt. Possibly some salts and nitrogen which is good for fruiting plants but that's about it.
@@forbaldo1 Diverting water this way doesnt reduce the amount of water, its just slows the flow. If the water takes the shortest path to the sea it helps no one and nothing but the river swells and floods. The slowing of water through making pits just allows the water to sink in the ground and stay longer instead of drying out or flowing to the sea. It does not change the amount of water but increases how much of it can be used by humans and the wildlife, wildlife doesnt necessarily do well in farmland but it does even worse in a wasteland
Man this kind of turnaround is universally inspiring. How cool is it that its even possible to bring life back to the ground in a place so dead and dry. That river is a gift
!! Author here: The Green-Wall, could it always have been done, no matter the Time, no matter the Era? Does it make sense for my Timetraveling Protagonist to go around and tell people to plant Trees exc essively on the Border to Deserts?
They didn't bring life back to the ground, they stuck life on top of it and are artificially maintaining it with manure from farmed animals. Animals that were fed food from somewhere else. They have done nothing at all to rehabilitate the most important part of this ecosystem, and have no means to pay the life tab. Life costs Life. You can't start from nothing. You have to bring the soil back to life so it can digest organic waste. And that thriving soil is what needs to form the foundation of any Life you want to sustain above it. What they are literally doing is digesting remote life, and using that digested pulp to fuel an unsustainable agricultural model that has very nearly destroyed all terrestrial life on Earth. Everything is dead because we chopped it all up to create artificial ecosystems that support vast herds of city-bound human livestock. Life costs Life. We've only managed to open a tab and rack up a massive environmental bill. It has to be paid back. In full.
Parts of the Sahara were once flooded/green and turned into desert without human intervention. Surely this will happen again and again all over Earth regardless of our effort.
@@slevinchannel7589 if not exactly how presented here, probably. Like they mentioned, a lot of these agricultural practices are indigenous practices that have been around for hundreds of years in some form or another
7:18 The individual water-containing half circles "is the indigenous knowledge of the Sahel people which had been forgotten over time." There are other comments further down where Yacouba Sawadogo is mentioned for his leadership and contributions to Sahel traditional restoration. 9:14 Syntropic agriculture (the strips of land in between the line of half-circles) was developed in Brazil based on "global, indigenous knowledge." 😃
@@dang3304 western countries do not have more efficient and scalable ways to retain water(otherwise water would be free everywhere) , we simply just rely on the vast amount of rain, green landscape and expensive irrigation to get the job done.
@@dang3304 I think they chose this method because it's really cheap (when it comes to material costs). For so much land to be restored, cost is usually a very important factor. Sure, there might be more efficient ways but I doubt they're just as cost effective.
I would like to acknowledge pioneers like Yacouba Sawadogo. The greening of the Sahel and the techniques used are a huge part of his legacy. For anyone who hasn't seen it the documentary "The man who stopped the dessert" is a fascinating story of Yacouba's work and I learnt loads.
Yacouba also called his technique the Zill (can't remember how to spell it)Technique which is an ancient practice, besides the half moon, he also used the trenches with rocks to capture running water in flat places as well as using termites for rain water capture as well . There's another man in Zimbabwe who also developed other rain water techniques, he was fired from a railroad company and was given some depleted devoid of life piece of land which he transformed into vast and lush permaculture place.
I just watched this all the way through before I realized the narrator is my friend who helped me set up a grey water system at my house. Amazing work Andy! And WFO and the workers. What a green blessing!
@@amillison awww, I love hearing that! So overjoyed to see your work being received in the world. You taught me so much about how to look for green belts for water, for growth around edges where different kinds of land meet--whole new perception. The woman who bought Maggie's Farm was from China, and one of her few English words at the time was permaculture. She could appreciate what you helped me create. Take care my friend. Big hugs across the waters.
Forty years being developed in Australia, permaculture, is no longer a lie. It can work and is working all over the world.vwe don't care that this is not acknowledged. That doesn't hurt us. That it is working is so very important. Starving villagers are being lifted from poverty and the weather is changed so rains might further progress this success. Love the people who teach these skills.
Fascinating! Rome wasn't built in a day and I wish these hard workers every success. I will look for more news on this project in the future. Many thanks for a great video.
It's like watching documentaries like back in the day, i really love watching these types of videos before work. It wakes me up alongside with my morning coffee. Wish them the best.
I am author. I also want my protagonist to specifically improve the financial situation of the kingdom he lands in but Farming, Inflation-Reduction and all of the Economcy doesnt seem to have as simple rules as as 'House burns? Use Water!'
Watched it with my morning coffee, and got over whelmed with joy and HOPE. In all the sad and bad news, this injection of HOPE for us all, made my day. In Scandinavia we know, that when we all work together, we CAN make miracles. Go Senegal! Keep proving us right. Peace and love from Denmark
@@mercesletifer52 I'm Scandinavian, Dear. Someone in my nearest surroundings might die, if I don't get my Nicaraguan, Organic, Fair Trade coffee FIRST thing in the morning. - Or I'd die from withdrawal symptoms before Noon.
9:15 I was recognizing all this explanation and examples (that the guy started in 8:38), because here in Brazil, they explain this whole process and how it is done/origin/advantages we learn at school when we are still children; I never thought that one day this would be applied on a large scale in Africa. What an incredible thing. Great content, congratulations.
@@Saxxin1And you have ever look up things before acknowledging whatever the TV man tells you? Go to Google Maps and tell me how much the trees are missing. Don't forget most of the wood go illegally to the US and EU, after the extraction is turn into grazing fields. Ignorance can be shameless sometimes! Not even mention UN is using a farming system create in Brasil in the Sahess, the Nº1 in the World in terms of food production. If you own land on the Amazon you're force by the State to preserve 80% of the land, meaning no deforestation without any compensation from the gov. or you, mindless foreigner that believes what the TV man has to say. The reason your TV man tells you lies about the Amazon is because his boss sponsors are interesting in the biodiversity of the forest. I truly feel ashamed for Europeans and Americans talking about things that they are clueless about it.
@@pursuepower4011 Hello! Brazilian environmental engineer here, this year we had a decrease of 60% compared to last year, it was the lowest in 6 years. In fact, during 2022 Brazil was responsible for around 40% of global deforestation, but we're gradually returning to normal, I hope.
So good to see what I work on in Kenya being featured in this video. Working on restoring degraded soils and bringing back lost forest cover. It's about building resilience and producing nutrient dense foods.
As someone with an archaeology background this is something I love to see. Using pre-industrial and indigenous and even ancient. almost forgotten techniques that complement nature to rejuvenate a landscape without hurting it further.
There are so many problems with global conceptions of development, with relying on new technologies, with politics and finances. Indeed sometimes the solution is something that has been there for a long time already. And sometimes it just needs some rebranding (think of intercropping and food forests as solutions to the problems of monoculture for instance).
@@thaDjMauz Nitrogen fertilizers, which flow down the Mississippi and end up in the Gulf of Mexico, have destroyed most of the coral reefs north of Cuba. 50% of Earth's oxygen comes from coral reefs. Many monocropping farms are losing soil and are becoming deserts. The only ones succeeding are the huge, international distributors.
I actually want to get into archeology, still just an undergraduate. Any tips? Is it as easy as walking up to a dig site and asking for a job moving dirt and learning the rest over time?
Really a true work gives mental rest for worker himself and the community he serves for. So please keep it up such constructive work in every agriculture projects that you involve in. What a good chance that participate in such fantastic job!!! ???
I have been following it for years . Something that is sustainable without a constant infusion of cash is the only hope for this land and people. I have seen other projects that fail as soon as the money dries up , but this one , where local people who are using it , are able to start and continue on their own has future
@@outinthesticks1035 because then you cut some funding people get to fu cking work!!! It was nice sitting around on yo ass having sh t for granted. They finally learn how to take care of themselves
it's just a marketing gimmick unless they solve the "sustainability" problem by rehabilitating the Rhizosphere and establishing an ecosystem that can fully digest organic inputs. The vast bulk of living biomass in a terrestrial ecosystem lies not above the soil, but up to around a ~meter below it. This video shows absolutely nothing about the fertilizer source or the plan to replace the nutrients being extracted by agriculture. If they are using agro chemical solutions or digesting a foreign living ecosystem in order to feed this green wall it's just shifting the harm somewhere else. This green wall has to function as a complete ecosystem, or it will fail.
@@KAVANKARIAPPA if you want to build a skyscraper where do you start? Above the ground or below it? What do you think would happen if you started from the top, or the middle, instead? This same reality applies to sustainable ecosystems. The foundation of them must be established in order for the skyscraper we see above ground to remain standing. The foundation of all terrestrial ecosystems is the digestive gut found in the top ~meter below the surface called the Rhizosphere. That gut has to be continuously digesting as much life as it sustains. That's Life's bargain. Life costs life and the entire tab has to be paid.
@@ZennExileI'm sure they didn't do all this without knowing the basic stuff. How do you think we improved our knowledge from generation that skyscraper needs a strong foundation. Somebody started it and failed in construction. Let them do the trial and error. They might fail but they will learn a new thing or two.
@@KAVANKARIAPPA you being sure is as absolutely meaningless as this entire project will be if they don't get it right the first time. And the most advanced players in the agricultural game have been getting it so wrong, for so long, it's causing a rapid rise in atmospheric carbon and accelerating the planet toward what's shaping up to be a mass extinction event as bad as any ever recorded. How the Rhizosphere works has been largely ignored in favor of replacing it with artificial fertilization, which in turn further poisoned the land. Industrial Agriculture itself is almost entirely functioning as the technological replacement for everything the Rhizosphere is supposed to be doing because the Rhizosphere has not been well understood until very recently, within the last decade. But that's not sustainable, as every environmental expert on the planet fully agrees. The Rhizosphere is the majority bulk of active terrestrial life, and there's a cost to every calorie of life extracted from that system. It's another entire calorie of life. Life costs life. All the life you take has to be replaced. Otherwise that ecosystem is dying. Even if you can make it look very healthy and vibrant on the surface. I miss Robin as much as anyone else, but I sure wish he'd have skipped that Fern Gully movie. It is causing a very lasting blind spot in the general understanding of living ecosystems by putting vastly more emphasis than it should on trees.
I'm so happy to live in a time where I can find these amazing short documentaries on TH-cam that teach me about such important topics. Really well done.
@@Haggis-Giggles4692 Not even close. This would barely put a dent in our emissions, its entire goal is to slow the rate at which this desert is expanding in this region, it's going to have a minimal effect on climate change as a whole. The program has also been stalling and in danger of being cancelled due to lack of funds for at least a year. Apparently none of the countries this work is happening in are spending anything on it, and the program is having trouble attracting international investors because this project involves A Lot of work in extremely unstable states. No one seems to see its goal of 2030 (again, for something that mostly affects this one region) as completely impossible.
I hope that they will carry out similar projects in other at-risk areas to prevent similar degradation, such as southern Spain and many other countries around the Mediterranean. Thank you Andrew for a spectacular report!
Such projects have been on-going for some decades and with no small success. China, India and Russia to name a few. Europe has also been planting trees like no tomorrow.
@@PhilJonesIIIIndia has been a stand out with some of these projects. If i recall, there is one in progress that has largely been done by just one man. Goes to show what kind of change is possible.
@@JimmyRussle Yes, not a few people like that. It makes me sad that the media seems determined to hand out bad news at every turn while ignoring the significant progress and the armies of people working tirelessly to make the world a better place.
You're exposed to the wrong kind of information if this is one of the only encouraging things for you. There are many positive developments around the world, you just have to look for them.
@@candanieldon’t act like every doc Netflix puts out now isn’t doom p*rn. You have to go out of your way and search to see positive things while they shove negative pieces down your throat daily.
Yeah, it really does wonders for one's sails. My family and I live in Vietnam and therefore don't have to worry about an insanely massive desert, but my wife has so many aunts, uncles, and cousins involved in farming that it makes me happy that those farmers in the Sahel are doing such great work.
@@BrentwoodFamilyinVietnam farmers in any capacity should be praised for their relentless and back breaking work 🙏 strength be with them for a more beautiful tomorrow!
There's a lot of terrible things going on today, but there's just as many great things going on. I think that even if the great things are smaller, there are a lot more of them than the terrible things.
❤/Thank you thank you really! I was studying apiculture in Harare Zimbabwe in 1992, and they wanted to introduce me to conservation. Then I begin to read about permaculture in Mahogany Magazine, so then I found a book of permaculture in a library belonging people to people organization in Chimoio Mozambique. Yet now your teaching are so interesting.
Well... believe it or not, it goes both ways: people move politics and politics move people. It's the same thing at different organizational levels. The way I see it, it's important that both parts stay active. For example, in this case: individuals have pushed and worked hard in this project, but at some point some countries or organizational structures came together and decided that this project was worth pursuing. You see... a complex world we live in ^^'
This isn't problem solving. It's an excercise in futility. The Sahara desert follows a natural cycle of expansion and contraction. It has done it countless times over the eons. Every 10k years or so it goes from expansion to contraction as the earth's climate naturally cycles from hot to cold.
@@irenamiteva4245You're gonna need to elaborate on why it would logically follow that the desert becoming green would make elsewhere a desert. That is hell of a bold claim and you make it sound like it's just common sense
I'm so happy to see, that the project is still going on. I was in Senegal in August 2013 to participate in the project. Some amazing people in an amazing country working on an amazing project. Greetings from Denmark :)
Yeah can you tell us how? I have been looking to join this project in the past, but the only website I could find was literally saying 'we don't want volunteers at this stage of the project". I'd love to throw a few months of my life into this project, it seems fun and educational and very satisfying.
Scalable techniques, community driven, uses natural resources - very very cool! A great pilot for other regions with similar topography too! Very well done, Team WFP!
i think the most important point was said in the end by the local. The young man no longer have to look elsewhere to work and worry how they migrate but can focus on building something in their hometown. This leads to soo many opportunity and also lasting stability.
Really cool, thought world food programme was just giving away food to help communities survive without much focus to develop them, but this approach that only uses knowledge to rebuild an agriculture self sufficiency using only local workforce and resources is really awesome
We need more hopeful videos like this in our media. Less doom and more about how real change is being made. I think that is the key to getting more young people on board with contributing to positive change.
I am thrilled to see this cooperative effort to restore the viability of that great land. What they accomplished in two years is phenomenal. This is only the beginning. The world's eyes are on Senegal. They are going to get it done. Their country and their people will prosper collectively.
In fact, I'm actually thinking of implementing that into my future lessons of social studies as one of the plausible solutions to solve lack of food and migration patterns in certain areas. The problem, however, might be a lack of time to truly dive into some of these topics due to fact that innovative methods of teaching are getting more and more enforced on us, especially here in CZE.
My mother replanted a cracked dry southern yard this way. Half was green half was cracked dust. This was in the 1990s and 3 years later it looked like a golf course. We never bought seed nor fertilizer. Just transplanted in this manner.
I've been telling people about this project for years!!!! With knowledge and teamwork, we can make fields in the desert!!! Generating lush landscape from poor soil isn't as imposible as it seems
and with almost zero knowledge and a half-cocked scheme you picked up from a YT video, you can fake it as well. As long as the initial source of fertilizer lasts, or as long as you keep pumping agro-chemical poison into the ground. The delusional obsession with what you can see is blinding the vast majority to the vastly more important parts of a terrestrial ecosystem. The Rhizosphere is 65% of the sustainability problem, yet is represented by exactly 0% of the literature or media about this project. That's not just suss. It's hekn suss.
@@ZennExile Yep. Also no mention of the minimum required average rainfall over the course of multiple years for this to be self-sustaining. You can't just go to a spot in any desert and do this. They are clearly doing it next to an active river area, which changes things. So many people think you can just go out in the middle of nowhere and then magic! Critical thinking is at an all time low in history right now.
@@zarroth the rainfall is a bit less of a problem as water can moved around with primitive irrigation very effectively. However, I can, and regularly do, turn nearly any state of diminished land back into live fertile soil. You could point to any peace of diminished land on the planet and I could bring that plot of land back to life as a living part of whatever thriving ecosystem should be there. That digestive gut at the foundation of the ecosystem just needs to be restored first.
Absolutely inspiring! WFP at its best, providing solutions to building self sufficient community. Utterly inspiring. Isn't it amazing how these techniques were traditional techniques that had been forgotten? It's so important to pass things down to the next generation, who knows what the future will hold
The bird on 7:04 is such a peaceful moment and literally a sign of achievement and something to be proud of. It‘s the small things like that, that shows that nature is coming back & is thankful.
Good for them. I'm glad the people of Senegal could take charge of their future and make these changes for their country. That's something to be proud of. Blessed are those who plant trees under whose shade they may never sit.
This is really great! I love how they have applied their knowledge of agriculture and the personal motivation of the villagers to make this work. There is so much potential here.
Absolutely fantastic. Taking barren land and making a garden. This will help the hole ecosystem as well as providing food and jobs for the locals. These are global projects worth funding.
The Sahara desert doesn't expand per se, it moves because the earth axis moves over time, this is called the Sahara Cycle/North African Cycle, over time the desert transforms into a rainforest and then to a desert again, then the cycle repeats. Trying to stop this cycle is harmful to the planet, this is not good for the ecosystem.
Wow. Like that. You can even see the pride of the people for what they archieved. You took dead, barren land and turn it into a green Oasis with your own work. Thats a very positive source of self esteem.
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@@RareEarthSeries There is no stopping, trust me. I'm just getting started. This video working with the WFP represents a new threshold. I am working on future visits to their even larger scale work in other Great Green Wall countries. I love your work also!
We won't go anywhere without wars. It may be sad, but fear drives us to action, without it we become lazy and find ourselves in a place like Europe, where life in its Western countries is worse than twenty years ago. The overwhelming majority of technologies are created so that others do not overtake us and crush us, and what is already outdated or unnecessary is used by society.
this is very cool but we must give props to the first man that ive heard of who brought back the half moon dimpling method. Mr Yacouba Sawadogo of Burkino Faso. Very important man
I used to teach English in Hokkaido, Japan. In the Hidaka subprefecture are the towns of Samani and Erimo. In the 1960s, the whole area was a desert due to overlogging. Over the past 50 or so years, there has been a reforestation project that met with very good success. The geopark at Samani is a site often used or brought up during meetings about land reclamation projects in Africa.
The world surely would be a better place for us All to live in. Indigenous people of African origin should also be able to come up with ideas like this to complement each other, and there would be a revolution in the World in how we live and propagate life.🎉
This is really a good innovation, considering that the local people have been working on the land for more than 40 years and they still haven't succeeded. Thank you for reviving their enthusiasm and hope, the good thing is, young people no longer need to migrate to other countries, they can continue managing 3000M KM2 of desert! this is awesome!
Its funny I have never thought of India/Pakistan as Asian. Part of the subcontinent. The people are so much more different to Asian peoples in general.
@@Jimmy-p9n Ok. So what category do you put people from Pakistan and India into? I think those who have called the people of Pakistan and India Asian. They are wiser than you. Still, I want to know your position.
@@TravelFitFusion He wasn't trying to be rude, i think. Many people still associate Pakistan with only middle east (they think Africa)... Which is wrong. Its the same with Egypt: some people don't know that it sits on 2 continents ;) (Africa and Asia).
@@TravelFitFusion No i wasn't being rude. I think they are different. Original. I class Indians/Pakistanis/Bangladeshis as being from the Subcontinent. I think your Origin differs greatly from the rest of Asia. Different ancient migration from Africa. Oral tradition of some peoples in India remind me of the oral tradition of another people that probably migrated further on.
Wow! I can’t wait to show my class of 10-year-olds - they’re very concerned about deforestation and climate-change, it’s wonderful to be able to show them that there are projects like this to undo some of the damage we have done. Incredible work!
For decades of my life I'd seen that area always in poverty. Always dusty and barren. This absolutely amazes me. This is so beautiful. I am so glad you shared this with the world. It means a lot to see a once impoverished land being transformed into a beautiful start for a new generation.
I love finding out about the social impact as well. Now people are staying in their homeland, helping to work with the land and heal it, and taking pride in becoming more integrated with their community and land, rather than running from their problems. Just incredible. 🙏🏻
"Running from their problems" is rather harsh, considering there's nothing wrong with leaving to have better opportunities. Don't get me wrong, what they're doing in Senegal is incredible, but not everyone that lives there is responsible for healing the land. I hope that if any of those kids want to leave when they're older that they get the chance to, their contributions for the land now is more than enough. It'll always be better for any collective if it's members wholeheartedly chose to be a part of the community, instead of being forced to by "responsibility" or "tradition". The only real obligation you have is to yourself, to have a happy life with little regrets. If making the Earth a better place is what fulfills you, that's great, but if staying in your native country isn't serving you, build your home somewhere else. People are way more likely to take care of the Earth and to be kind to their neighbours when the place they live in doesn't make them miserable.
I saw a video of a man in the western US desert who did the same kind of process... he worked that land so that it slowed the water runoff enough that plants thrived... the plants slowed the water more and he ended up with beautiful useful land... This is more ambitious and will help more people survive and thrive, but the techniques are the same... slow the water and use plant growth... Amazing...
Shared this with my 7 y/o daughter. Hoping that when she turns 8 I'll be able to show her ANOTHER update. Beautiful, encouraging, uplifting. Thank you!
It's enormously inspiring to see whole populations immerse themselves in creation and work for a positive, constructive end. Thanks for making this video and hats off & deep admiration for those involved in this project.
Author here: The Green-Wall, could it always have been done, no matter the Time, no matter the Era? Does it make sense for my Timetraveling Protagonist to go around and tell people to plant Trees exsessively on the Border to Deserts? ??
@@zachrabaznaz7687 I dont know if you know the Word Isekai but yeah: Such Protagonists and/or Timetravelers never using their Modern knowledge annoyed me for a long time now so i eventually started making a digital paper about what cna be summarized as 'Top Things Ancient-People WISHED they knew' 14 Pages now, including not just the classicsl ike Soap but also Marcipan, Desertification, Coloured Ink, Coloured Glass, Silkworms . All suggestions what more i could research are welcomed
@@zachrabaznaz7687 Tbh, i seem to hit my lmit already. I had much fun and learned a whole bunch but stuff like Economics, Forestry and Dams dont seem to have concice 'Ruless´' that i can just write down, no 'Recipes' (like many Alloys are or ho Cola is) either My specific Lens (Timetravel and WHAT TO TELL ancient people if i meet them) is also seen rather as odd and not a tool
The Sahel used to be a completely different landscape. In arabic "el sahil" means shore/coast: people crossing the Sahara desert saw the Sahil as a a green shore/coast that would safe them from dehydration when thy finally reach it. One aspect though that's not shown in this video however is the immense impact of pastoralism. People in that stretch of land typically have herds of livestock that continously graze on the same pieces of land, degrading the soil by ripping out plants' roots and compressing the ground with their hooves. Thus massively contributing to desertification. The shown project is definitely very cool and effective put not realistic in areas where pastorialism is the main type of farming and especially where sheperds ignore paths and just let their animals walk wherever. This has lead to brutal conflicts in the past.
There has to be a balance between pastoralism and vegetal farming, because it is also beneficial for the soil that animals walk around especially since their feces will provide sustenance for plants. The problem comes from having too many animals on a restricted area, or letting them into areas where plants have not yet taken root enough. For plants to grow you also have to enrich the soil, and using animal manure is essential for that. You can obviously just take manure from an animal farm somewhere and just put it where you want to grow vegetables but it might be complicated to do for very large areas. Also I don't know how it works in very desertic places because I'm not very familiar with the plants there, but where I live, if you don't let animals into fields regularly invasive species of plants will grow and then you can't do anything anymore with the land. Where I live a lot of agricultural land has been abandonned for generations and now it is very complicated to take back, you have to burn the land at least three years in a row to get rid of the invasive plants, and then put animals there for several years in a row to restore the land and then you have to constantly maintain it or it will go bad again. Aniways, execessive pastoralism is bad oviously but a balance between the two is what's best I think.
No, its the impact of grazing with no plan. with rotational grazing, and sustaining the soils, desertification does not have to happen. You can see the manipulation going on here. It has NOTHING to do with 'pastorilization' and everything to do with sustainable ranching
@@Lbb789 I was talking about pastoralism, which is not the same as pastorilization! Technically pastoralism is the land use that's most suitable for this stretch of land (alternating humid and arid months and thus "following the rain" is the most effective thing. This is what all big animals in the savanna do naturally anyways). Due to an ever increasing population (countries in the Sahel have TFRs up to 7 or 8!!) the overuse of land for both crops and animals is the result. Ranches don't really exist there. Shepherds move their herds around. Yes, (seemingly) irresponsibly and without plan because there are simply too many herds and the demand for grazing land is much higher than what the Sahel can offer. Growing desertification means that the soil has no chance to relax. An overuse of crop fields without fallow periods results in lower yields. Overall the issue is quite complex, it's called Sahel Syndrome.
wow, this is a real development! not only it will solve food problem of that region, it will create a whole new ecosystem where many other species will sustain. Great great work!
Wow! This is my first time hearing about this. I have no words to explain how amazing this project is and all the good it encompasses. You my friend have made a video that gave me a sense of greatness and purpose. You deserve tens of millions of views.
Dude, your production quality is just off the charts. Equally fascinating is how well you get the main point across: concise, giving voice to local stakeholders, giving context as well - I'm amazed.
This is what I would call that we are preserving our earth planet by preserving the eco system!🙏🙏🙏 Thank you so much for all the active minds, and human persistence ❤
Andrew Millison is a rockstar! This project is a fantastic example of how permaculture can address complex challenges like climate change and food insecurity. It makes me want to get involved and be a part of the solution.
Спутниковую карту посмотри, как была пустыня так и осталась. История-то не нова. Взяли грант. Нагнали массовки из местных бомжей. Поразвлеклись сами и развлекли местных. Деньги освоили и разъехались по домам. Увидишь белые пикапы UN - Беги! Нигде еще после них добра не оставалось.
Yacouba Sawadogo started or revived the half moon planting system. The UN is expanding his technique, they didn't "rescue" it. Great job by the locals for working as teams to make this a success. Great work covering this.
Great comment👍🏿. The presenter intentionally refuses to talk about the source of the technic and who invented it yet conveniently claims it as an outside project without holding a hoe or any seed to plant even on camera! Surprisingly we all see natives from the land laboriously tilling and planting under the scorching sun! Yes, it is working and again clearly very different from the once important Green Revolutionary project of Gadhaffi of Libya that worked better. The issue here is funds, capital and I mean money which UN and so called our “generous” international community will selectively waste on destructive wars and its consequences than projects like this! For a couple of years now almost $1 trillion has been wasted on war in just one country which is even getting worse! If just $250 billion,a quarter of a trillion is invested in reforestation and actual developmental support across the Sahel, not only would the world shrink the size of the greater part of the Sahara and counter climate change but will create a stable and permanent regional peace. People wage wars not because of misunderstanding but because of power, money and greed! So far UN has failed in Africa and it is likely to be officially rejected and complete loss of member states in Africa in the near future if it doesn’t change its view to suit the people whose lives it wants to impact!
@@mosesm6040 This a what those yte people love to do, lying deceiving everywhere especially if it's sponsored by Reptilian EvilLLL organization UN (WILL STEALING AFRICANS THE MINERALS AND RECOURSES!! ONLY FOOOOLLLSS BELIEVE U*N IS DOING GOOD THINGS #FREECONGO
Sorry but this sounds to negative. The UN might not be perfect and is probably host to a lot of europeans/americans with "white saviour complex" but its doing very important work in africa. The UN is not flawless, but its also not your enemy. And im not sure which war you are referring to, but if you mean the ukraine war, just know this: You are not entitled to the funds the western world spends on ukraines struggle for life and freedom. You should not compete over money with other nations that struggle and rather find a collective way that promotes peace, a good life and democracy.
I watched the video and noted that it was said that the half moon method is a traditional method and that it was revived. I assume the folks that do the digging of the hard soil are getting paid for it. If we go by the narration then the locals have given up on the land. But if it was bad for decades - it would have been hard work to do it but over time it could have been achieved w/o outside input. And if the land was bad for 30 years - that is one generation.
One problem why the locals in Senegal might not have been able to resort to the traditional half moon technique is the pastoral practices. If there are goat herds etc. all over the place that eat every young shoot, it is not going to work. Likely Africa has become drier in the last 50 - 80 years, it affects ground water. What might have worked with free range herds in past generations, does not work under these circumstances. NOW it has been bad for so long that there are no larger herds left (in that area) so now they can start greening the desert. Was the same problem in the Loess Plateau in China where they had severe problems in the 1990s because of overgrazing (and they have better conditions than in the Sahel zone). Excellent very fertile soil (Loess) and on principle enough water for mindful agriculture and also for having free ranging herds. But it has to be managed with the communal interests in mind. Not everyone trying to best their peers with having even a larger herd. Be it out of pride, out of economic necessity or out of wanting to make more money. The Chinese government dictated that the locals were not allowed to have free ranging herds - I saw a video (very impressive btw) and one man was not shy to show and voice his displeasure. He said: "They want to plant trees and we cannot have the animals out not even where it is still good for grazing. You cannot eat trees !!" The bystanders lauged when he said "You cannot eat trees" and they nodded along. They could not or would not organize themselves as a local community to do what was necessary to NOT undermine their base. Maybe the erosion and green land going arid had been going on for one generation (and the older generation only knew what had functioned for them back in the day) while the younger folks did not know the good old times at all. So it needed the outside intervention. The erosion was so bad they had dust storms in major cities. So the politicians paid attention - and along with the scientists they found a solution (which btw was also partially based on old practices. In China and other places). What that Chinese man in the 90s wanted to do would have ruined the remaining good enough land (the Loess plateau gets more water than the Sahel zone btw but still they degraded it) within one to two decades. The scientists and the government were right - AND the government not only enforced what was necessary, they also made it economically possible that people could do for a while without free ranging animals. They got paid jobs (earthworks - they used machines but also a lot of labour) and they got paid for keeping the animals in, so they could save it up to buy animals later while getting rid of most (when it was possible again to have _some_ free raning animals) and / or they could afford to buy feed for those that they did keep. They have the same problem in wet cool RAINY Scotland. Scotland used to be covered by forest (if there is enough rain, trees will always ! out compete any other form of vegetation, incl. bushes and grass). But there were too many sheep, the forests were logged and not replanted. Also too many deers. The economy was for the few rich that had the way too many sheep and that liked to have plenty of deer to hunt. (locals were in trouble if they were found poaching). And it was an effort to keep the locals down and the landscape easy to control in case of a revolt or war. Now they have to fence off areas - but then the forest recovers by itself. Arid areas need help to reforest, but if there is enough rain, the process does not even need more human intervention that the fence (which is however costly). Outside the fence every little shoot is eaten before it can start growing into a bush or a tree. There are enough seeds in the soil and birds and wind bring them along, as soon as they get a chance they start recreating the former ecosyste. There is a TED talk about it. Restoring the ancient Caledonian forest.
Very inspiring video! Permaculture truly has the power to transform people's lives. It’s an art of gradual succession, beautifully illustrated in this video, making everything crystal clear!
This holistic approach to help nourish the local population is not only ingenious, it's completely sustainable. More government bodies COULD support projects like these, but sadly many won't. At least some get to benefit from the land around them again and thrive. Thank you for sharing their journey, so inspiring!
I hope it doesn't matter in the end, with mobiles and the internet they can figure it out even without outside help. It would take longer but it's basicly knowledge and not about money.
Honestly, this looks like one of the few projects that have clearly defined goals and processes for how to get there while remaining sustainable for local people to continue without heavy outside funding. To all working on this, great job!
This is the best video I watched this year so far. so many criminals, stupid videos all over and info like this one restores the faith in humanity for sure.
yes but whats very important is that for the rainforests they rely on the fertilization from the Sahara. If you were to turn the sahara green or a bit of it. its gonna have an effect on that.
@@hotspot1564 could you elaborate a bit more? Never heard this thing
@@hotspot1564 True, but the efforts to create this great green wall are to push back against the 10% of growth (1% a decade) that the Sahara has had over the past century. The rainforests' fertilization did just fine in the 19th century with the Sahara being 10% less.
+1 ! I've seen videos concluding the great green wall as a failure of a project, as in many places there just has not been great organization or sustained focus because of other issues occurring. But from this I feel like success is possible
This should be on the major news channels to show that despite all the destruction in the world, there is a lot of positive stuff happening. Thank you to everybody working in these projects!
Wouldn’t make them money
the earth is in a greening period right now
Unfortunately most news outlets are only interested in scandals, what some 'celebrity' is up to or some disaster/tragedy. Good news stories are not of interest to them.
The optics on this are bad
if it doesnt bleed it doesnt read
Thank you so much, Andrew, for joining our team in Senegal and highlighting WFP's crucial work that is supporting Sahel communities to restore the landscapes that sustain them, reduce humanitarian needs, create jobs, and make the desert green again. 💚 We look forward to hosting you again soon!
hi
love yall
of all the UN agencies, you the realest.
You guys from UN are creepying me out. Money swamps!
All big organizations are corrupt machines in the hands of the powerful.
Tell me why the EU and other partner organizations even make it harder for private people to grow their own veggies, when they want to do permaculture themselves, which works best on small scale projects. You do some of these PR things on the large scale, but for us normal permaculture enthusiasts, everything gets worse and worse. In the end I prefer NO big organizations "rescuing" our planet, power to the people, not the big money swamps!
The only UN department that is doing some actual work, good job
THIS is how you help africa. Not blindly throwing money or fighting wars against everyone or spontaneously creating advanced institutions that you expect to sustain. Build things from the ground up. LOCAL AGRICULTURE not food shipments. Social coheasion can be created by working together, anyone who has been part of a productive team can agree with that.
I have loved people I would've never otherwise interacted with thanks to us just working on something together. We dont agree on everything, we dont have too much in common, our backgrounds are different. But if either of us asked the other for help now, even when the work is over, you can bet the whole group will show up in solidarity, with love in their hearts. That is the power of society.
No greed, no ego, not even thinking of our individual gain. Simply the will to advance civilization and live right.
You think just by building it you will help africa? Nope.. you will have to build it, pay for it, maintain and fix it, harvest it and so on. You still don't get that people over there are nearly useless in terms of developing ANYTHING. Even when they move to Europe or USA, most of them are still end up so useless that they go on path of crime.
except nearly all saharan african countries have refused to even upkeep the program and so its already failing and not to mention their outright refusal to move away from pastoral intensive farming that caused all of this in the first place
@@ciandoyle3315 Hey, it's a start! Let's try and stay positive!
And Labour throw 11 Billion at an open wound while Pensioners freeze !!!
@S0RNG not everyone is gifted the blessing of staying positive in the face of political reality. Geopolitical cooperation still eludes humanity in 2024 and there are countries south of the Sahara who have no interest in participating on the global stage. Yes, this project is an amazing start and it is indeed good to find that silver lining, but let's not be so hasty to be enveloped by the hype and excitement of this wave of news. I am hopeful, but at this moment in time, only cautiously so. When thinking of what would be required for all the countries who sit along the great green wall, I see centuries of pain and division that will absolutely need to be reconciled with if we are ever to see this beautiful path to redemption come to its full fruition.
To blanket my last wall of text, i would like to share with you my excitement and positivity about the garbage cleanup project that has slowly been scaling up. Every few months that pass, i see the project has received another greenlight. Like the great green wall, i too, hope that the global community can find the humanity, compassion, and serenity to see this through to completion. Until then, i wait and pray
Outstanding! Permaculture heals the land and our hearts.
If we heal the soil, we heal the planet!😊
@Ni-dk7ni Gabe Brown is Patti's uncle. The times are achanging.
@Ni-dk7ni ...have you ever met a U.S. farmer? Some of the most educated guys I've ever met.
@@will0ughbyyet they still cant even devote an acre to Permacultre because Corporations own it.
@@prophecyrat2965 Make that shit illegal.
I absolutely love that this project solves a problem for a people, but still puts the solution into the hands of the population that needs the help. This is creating a livelihood and agency for those individuals that need it most. The biggest problem with many non-profit organizations (NPOs) is that they come in a just hand out resources. Handing out resources is absolutely fine in an emergency, but it is not sustainable. Handing a long-term solution in the DIRECT hands of those affected is a way to build back stability and autonomy for a people. This project even goes a step forward and helps humanity as a whole from an environmental standpoint. Bravo!
I agree with every word you said
😊sim, ensina a pescar para pegar o peixe
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. You teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. You teach him and his whole village how to responsibly fish and how to give back to the earth instead of taking from it. And you feed them all for generations to come.
this is an amazing paragraph for my English Class too, Thank you All!
"un is holding it back|" because deserts are part of the ecosystem... wtf u think will happen if sahara desert dissapears and becomes green, where does the desert move?
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dont people understand geology and biology anymore ? good luck with the natural disaster waves europe/russia
Bringing back life to the land is remarkable, but bringing back hope to the people is indescribable. Absolutely outstanding, thanks for sharing this.
This is good, but the earth is greening because of the high CO2 plants grow less water, while it is raining more because of higher temperatures. Growing plants has never been easier
True True FABULOUS NEWS ✌️
Bravo!!! Very well said!!
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Truly, this is one of the rare projects where the objectives are clearly laid out, and there’s a well-thought-out path to reach them, all while empowering local communities to sustain it independently of significant outside funding. Hats off to everyone involved-excellent work!
The fact that we can restore such degraded line is a fantastic effort, well done to all involved.
Those involved.. which ofc do not include African Americans.
@@Kurry34 just appreciate that the people are getting food?
I know right! We nowadaya tend to get so pessimistic about future.
@@Moonlight123-z8m let's not pretend their isn't a reason for that
You misused a comma.
Some countries think that the more tall buildings means success but here you are the real thing bringing land to life all the best.
Which countries are those? The ones teaching Africans how to preserve their own land 😂
@@Jcococola yeah some people don't think further than vague abstract statements.
@@Jcococola that wasn't the point..... - I actually watched the video and heard Black Africans talking about their own projects and work in their land. Let us return all the land to indigenous land holders and land protectors. The conventional drought is poisonous and restrictive to more freedom than all alternatives.
also in u.s (ppl think its best country) they say you need pesticide so your crops can survive and would be healthy. :D
@@JcococolaTeaching? This is the UN, it's not about a specific country and his point was that doing the impossible by bringing land to life is a great feat regardless of who did it.
Don't get triggered like a child
This is not only healing the planet, but also give jobs and foods for people and help economic development of the area . This project is truly amazing and a light of hope in a darkness world. Congrats to all people who contributing with the Great Green Wall !
healing the planet? lmao. The Sahara has been in a rainforest/desert cycle for millions of years before humans even existed.
What exactly heals the planet, now?
What do you mean with your question, i don't understand ? @@beegees21
The Sahara desert has been growing for years@@beegees21
@@beegees21plants absorb CO2
As a German who is so tired of fighting against this "we need to work so we can earn money we then use to buy things that give us the illusion of happines while our lives waste away" mentality, projects like this realy restore a bit of faith in mankind in me. And the more I watch this, the more I feel the urge to leave everything behind here and move, to be a tiny part of this amazing project. While studying, I worked part time on a horse ranch here, it was the best work I have done in my now 50 years. It was dirty, smelly, taxing, cold and muddy in winter and hot in the summer, and I never felt so alive and fulfilled. To go to sleep at night, tired to the bone, hands aching, but knowing, come the next morning, I can see all the wholes I dug. And maybe, some time later, see the first green. Touch the first grass. See the hope return to the people who call these lands home. I will for sure keep following those projects... and maybe, I find a way to contribute something too :)
The holes you dug or is wholes something I don't know about? Honest question bcuz whole is describing measurement/fullness of something.
Projects like this one really do repair the world - ecologically, socially and economically as well. Thanks for your inspiring work Andrew!
Molding nature to human's will is not repairing the world. This is what leftist lunatics tell us all day long. But when it suits them and it looks green, it become good.
i know it sounds crazy, but it would actually hurt us in the long run if all of the deserts got overgrown like this
the world is already repairing itself. we're in a massive greening period.
@@sancte3982 If people who don't eat enough eat until their belly explode, it'll be really bad. Do you feel like telling every hungry person that they could die if they eat that much?
I don't get what's your point?..
@@sdwqbvlwdslbvlbwflbunlwbf i dont get yours either?
I agree it will be really bad if people ate so much their bellies explode, but i did not talk about food.
Deserts play a vital role in the global climate system.
They contribute to the regulation of atmospheric circulation, they can influence weather patterns. Overgrowth could potentially alter these patterns, impacting not only the local climate but also having broader regional and global effects.
The river should become cleaner too, less silting, as this Great Green Wall is built! Congratulations to all of the people who participate in building it.
Very true, besides cleaner river, it will improve soil moisture and in the longer run ground aquifer too
and less water because it's been diverted by humans
Well the silt kind of give those plants some nutrients
@@mrsnayarlhats4242 There is very little to no nutrients in sandy silt. Possibly some salts and nitrogen which is good for fruiting plants but that's about it.
@@forbaldo1 Diverting water this way doesnt reduce the amount of water, its just slows the flow. If the water takes the shortest path to the sea it helps no one and nothing but the river swells and floods. The slowing of water through making pits just allows the water to sink in the ground and stay longer instead of drying out or flowing to the sea.
It does not change the amount of water but increases how much of it can be used by humans and the wildlife, wildlife doesnt necessarily do well in farmland but it does even worse in a wasteland
Man this kind of turnaround is universally inspiring. How cool is it that its even possible to bring life back to the ground in a place so dead and dry. That river is a gift
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Author here: The Green-Wall, could it always have been done, no matter the Time, no matter the Era? Does it make sense for my Timetraveling Protagonist to go around and tell people to plant Trees exc essively on the Border to Deserts?
@@slevinchannel7589yup. As long as you have the knowledge.
They didn't bring life back to the ground, they stuck life on top of it and are artificially maintaining it with manure from farmed animals. Animals that were fed food from somewhere else. They have done nothing at all to rehabilitate the most important part of this ecosystem, and have no means to pay the life tab.
Life costs Life. You can't start from nothing. You have to bring the soil back to life so it can digest organic waste. And that thriving soil is what needs to form the foundation of any Life you want to sustain above it.
What they are literally doing is digesting remote life, and using that digested pulp to fuel an unsustainable agricultural model that has very nearly destroyed all terrestrial life on Earth. Everything is dead because we chopped it all up to create artificial ecosystems that support vast herds of city-bound human livestock.
Life costs Life. We've only managed to open a tab and rack up a massive environmental bill. It has to be paid back. In full.
Parts of the Sahara were once flooded/green and turned into desert without human intervention. Surely this will happen again and again all over Earth regardless of our effort.
@@slevinchannel7589 if not exactly how presented here, probably. Like they mentioned, a lot of these agricultural practices are indigenous practices that have been around for hundreds of years in some form or another
I'm so infatuated with the existence of this project, stuff like this really makes it feel like we can tackle any problem in the world as people
Whoever designed and planned this should be awarded a lot. Great work for the whoever joined this project.
7:18 The individual water-containing half circles "is the indigenous knowledge of the Sahel people which had been forgotten over time." There are other comments further down where Yacouba Sawadogo is mentioned for his leadership and contributions to Sahel traditional restoration. 9:14 Syntropic agriculture (the strips of land in between the line of half-circles) was developed in Brazil based on "global, indigenous knowledge." 😃
Rooting for this project to succeed in every way! The very definition of sustainability -- not just a buzz word. Thanks for the vid and the work.
@@dang3304 western countries do not have more efficient and scalable ways to retain water(otherwise water would be free everywhere) , we simply just rely on the vast amount of rain, green landscape and expensive irrigation to get the job done.
"Rooting for"... well played, sir.
@@ruska9773 live here duh
@@damien7157 they would have all the resources in the world if the silly little politicians wouldn't corrupt their country to the fullest
@@dang3304 I think they chose this method because it's really cheap (when it comes to material costs). For so much land to be restored, cost is usually a very important factor. Sure, there might be more efficient ways but I doubt they're just as cost effective.
I'm surprised the UN doesn't share their work with everyone. I think it would be nice for people to see the amazing work that is being carried out
I would like to acknowledge pioneers like Yacouba Sawadogo. The greening of the Sahel and the techniques used are a huge part of his legacy. For anyone who hasn't seen it the documentary "The man who stopped the dessert" is a fascinating story of Yacouba's work and I learnt loads.
Thank you, I will look for that documentary
Yes it was masterpice that time event scientist doesnt dare to green the desert
I was literally about to mention him He started the half moon planting style that saves water.
Thanks for this information. I knew only about Tony Rinaudo.
Yacouba also called his technique the Zill (can't remember how to spell it)Technique which is an ancient practice, besides the half moon, he also used the trenches with rocks to capture running water in flat places as well as using termites for rain water capture as well . There's another man in Zimbabwe who also developed other rain water techniques, he was fired from a railroad company and was given some depleted devoid of life piece of land which he transformed into vast and lush permaculture place.
I just watched this all the way through before I realized the narrator is my friend who helped me set up a grey water system at my house. Amazing work Andy! And WFO and the workers. What a green blessing!
Hi Lily. You will always have a place in our hearts. My daughter Myana went to sleep with your music for YEARS!
@@amillison awww, I love hearing that! So overjoyed to see your work being received in the world. You taught me so much about how to look for green belts for water, for growth around edges where different kinds of land meet--whole new perception. The woman who bought Maggie's Farm was from China, and one of her few English words at the time was permaculture. She could appreciate what you helped me create. Take care my friend. Big hugs across the waters.
Wholesome
@@amillisonjust dont plant the whole desert or amazon goes
@@capvux The Amazon Rainforest is in South America not in Africa....
Forty years being developed in Australia, permaculture, is no longer a lie. It can work and is working all over the world.vwe don't care that this is not acknowledged. That doesn't hurt us. That it is working is so very important. Starving villagers are being lifted from poverty and the weather is changed so rains might further progress this success. Love the people who teach these skills.
I always forgot that only like 10% of Australia is habitable, you guys actually have similar climate.
What is Australia’s role in this?
@@matthewburke3013 they're the one who researched on how to do the method to have greenery in that kind of area.
You make this project all sound so rosy and perfect. It is FAR from it.
@@Christoff070 elaborate
Fascinating! Rome wasn't built in a day and I wish these hard workers every success. I will look for more news on this project in the future. Many thanks for a great video.
It's like watching documentaries like back in the day, i really love watching these types of videos before work. It wakes me up alongside with my morning coffee. Wish them the best.
I'm reading this while taking coffee before work....so heartwarming...🥰
Yeah me too
Videos like this keeps my faith in humanity restored. Thank you, may the green wall be a success for future generations.
Actually opposite, the poorest, least developed country can do this, but "modern world" cant do even bare minumum
I am author. I also want my protagonist to specifically improve the financial situation of the kingdom he lands in
but Farming, Inflation-Reduction and all of the Economcy doesnt seem to have as simple rules as as 'House burns? Use Water!'
Less catastrophizing, more planting seeds :)
Watched it with my morning coffee, and got over whelmed with joy and HOPE.
In all the sad and bad news, this injection of HOPE for us all, made my day.
In Scandinavia we know, that when we all work together, we CAN make miracles.
Go Senegal! Keep proving us right.
Peace and love from Denmark
Stop drinking coffee if u respect and love life
@@mercesletifer52 lol, shut up. What's next? Stop breathing and leave more oxygen for other life forms?
@@mercesletifer52 I'm Scandinavian, Dear. Someone in my nearest surroundings might die, if I don't get my Nicaraguan, Organic, Fair Trade coffee FIRST thing in the morning.
- Or I'd die from withdrawal symptoms before Noon.
@@mercesletifer52 How is this even related?
@@RtaincCo 😱😡😩 Try that today - and you'll see an insurection that makes Jan.6 look like fika 🤣🤣
Peace and love
9:15 I was recognizing all this explanation and examples (that the guy started in 8:38), because here in Brazil, they explain this whole process and how it is done/origin/advantages we learn at school when we are still children; I never thought that one day this would be applied on a large scale in Africa. What an incredible thing. Great content, congratulations.
That's some amazing job! As Brazilian forester engineer, my eyes well up seeing something like this.Thanks for sharing it.
When Brazil becomes a desert will you still be excited?
@@Saxxin1 ?
@@Saxxin1And you have ever look up things before acknowledging whatever the TV man tells you? Go to Google Maps and tell me how much the trees are missing. Don't forget most of the wood go illegally to the US and EU, after the extraction is turn into grazing fields. Ignorance can be shameless sometimes!
Not even mention UN is using a farming system create in Brasil in the Sahess, the Nº1 in the World in terms of food production. If you own land on the Amazon you're force by the State to preserve 80% of the land, meaning no deforestation without any compensation from the gov. or you, mindless foreigner that believes what the TV man has to say.
The reason your TV man tells you lies about the Amazon is because his boss sponsors are interesting in the biodiversity of the forest.
I truly feel ashamed for Europeans and Americans talking about things that they are clueless about it.
@@MrViniciusgrisI think he means, Brazil is doing the opposite, massive deforestation. Or is that not true?
@@pursuepower4011 Hello! Brazilian environmental engineer here, this year we had a decrease of 60% compared to last year, it was the lowest in 6 years. In fact, during 2022 Brazil was responsible for around 40% of global deforestation, but we're gradually returning to normal, I hope.
So good to see what I work on in Kenya being featured in this video. Working on restoring degraded soils and bringing back lost forest cover. It's about building resilience and producing nutrient dense foods.
Amazing work you doing there 🙏
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Вы молодцы, продолжайте в том же духе!
Well done mate, good luck for the future.
As someone with an archaeology background this is something I love to see. Using pre-industrial and indigenous and even ancient. almost forgotten techniques that complement nature to rejuvenate a landscape without hurting it further.
There are so many problems with global conceptions of development, with relying on new technologies, with politics and finances. Indeed sometimes the solution is something that has been there for a long time already. And sometimes it just needs some rebranding (think of intercropping and food forests as solutions to the problems of monoculture for instance).
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@@thaDjMauz Nitrogen fertilizers, which flow down the Mississippi and end up in the Gulf of Mexico, have destroyed most of the coral reefs north of Cuba. 50% of Earth's oxygen comes from coral reefs. Many monocropping farms are losing soil and are becoming deserts. The only ones succeeding are the huge, international distributors.
I actually want to get into archeology, still just an undergraduate. Any tips? Is it as easy as walking up to a dig site and asking for a job moving dirt and learning the rest over time?
@@Charles37400they don’t let you in until you find at least 3 dinosaurs
Really a true work gives mental rest for worker himself and the community he serves for. So please keep it up such constructive work in every agriculture projects that you involve in. What a good chance that participate in such fantastic job!!! ???
I remember hearing they had started planting trees along the border like 10-12 years ago. Glad to see they kept going
I have been following it for years . Something that is sustainable without a constant infusion of cash is the only hope for this land and people.
I have seen other projects that fail as soon as the money dries up , but this one , where local people who are using it , are able to start and continue on their own has future
i did a school PowerPoint presentation about it lol, happy to see its working :D
@@outinthesticks1035 because then you cut some funding people get to fu cking work!!! It was nice sitting around on yo ass having sh t for granted. They finally learn how to take care of themselves
So fascinating! I love their work! Gives me so much hope in humanity.💕
The UN ✊🏼🍆💦😓
F the UN
this is the best news Ive heard in a long long time. hopefully this will make the region more hospitable for erevyone living there.
it's just a marketing gimmick unless they solve the "sustainability" problem by rehabilitating the Rhizosphere and establishing an ecosystem that can fully digest organic inputs. The vast bulk of living biomass in a terrestrial ecosystem lies not above the soil, but up to around a ~meter below it. This video shows absolutely nothing about the fertilizer source or the plan to replace the nutrients being extracted by agriculture. If they are using agro chemical solutions or digesting a foreign living ecosystem in order to feed this green wall it's just shifting the harm somewhere else. This green wall has to function as a complete ecosystem, or it will fail.
@@ZennExile isn't this a start? How do we go to the sustainability without starting
@@KAVANKARIAPPA if you want to build a skyscraper where do you start? Above the ground or below it? What do you think would happen if you started from the top, or the middle, instead?
This same reality applies to sustainable ecosystems. The foundation of them must be established in order for the skyscraper we see above ground to remain standing.
The foundation of all terrestrial ecosystems is the digestive gut found in the top ~meter below the surface called the Rhizosphere. That gut has to be continuously digesting as much life as it sustains. That's Life's bargain. Life costs life and the entire tab has to be paid.
@@ZennExileI'm sure they didn't do all this without knowing the basic stuff. How do you think we improved our knowledge from generation that skyscraper needs a strong foundation. Somebody started it and failed in construction. Let them do the trial and error. They might fail but they will learn a new thing or two.
@@KAVANKARIAPPA you being sure is as absolutely meaningless as this entire project will be if they don't get it right the first time. And the most advanced players in the agricultural game have been getting it so wrong, for so long, it's causing a rapid rise in atmospheric carbon and accelerating the planet toward what's shaping up to be a mass extinction event as bad as any ever recorded.
How the Rhizosphere works has been largely ignored in favor of replacing it with artificial fertilization, which in turn further poisoned the land.
Industrial Agriculture itself is almost entirely functioning as the technological replacement for everything the Rhizosphere is supposed to be doing because the Rhizosphere has not been well understood until very recently, within the last decade.
But that's not sustainable, as every environmental expert on the planet fully agrees. The Rhizosphere is the majority bulk of active terrestrial life, and there's a cost to every calorie of life extracted from that system. It's another entire calorie of life.
Life costs life. All the life you take has to be replaced. Otherwise that ecosystem is dying. Even if you can make it look very healthy and vibrant on the surface.
I miss Robin as much as anyone else, but I sure wish he'd have skipped that Fern Gully movie. It is causing a very lasting blind spot in the general understanding of living ecosystems by putting vastly more emphasis than it should on trees.
I'm so happy to live in a time where I can find these amazing short documentaries on TH-cam that teach me about such important topics. Really well done.
We now know fixing climate change due to this is very plausible.
@@Haggis-Giggles4692 Not even close. This would barely put a dent in our emissions, its entire goal is to slow the rate at which this desert is expanding in this region, it's going to have a minimal effect on climate change as a whole. The program has also been stalling and in danger of being cancelled due to lack of funds for at least a year. Apparently none of the countries this work is happening in are spending anything on it, and the program is having trouble attracting international investors because this project involves A Lot of work in extremely unstable states. No one seems to see its goal of 2030 (again, for something that mostly affects this one region) as completely impossible.
You always manage to turn every trip into a unique and unforgettable adventure
I am happy that my donations go a long way to protect the planet. Kudos to WFP!
It doesn't protect the planet. This has massive weather and rainfall implications that will cause drastic changes due to water displacement.
@TA-hf6si Of course it does, did you not watch the video and saw the work they're doing?
This effort will likely diminish the Amazon rainforest, which gets a lot of its nutrients from Sahara dust
protect it from what... itself??
@@ryanoglesbee1075 This makes zero sense, what nutrients are you talking about?
I hope that they will carry out similar projects in other at-risk areas to prevent similar degradation, such as southern Spain and many other countries around the Mediterranean. Thank you Andrew for a spectacular report!
Such projects have been on-going for some decades and with no small success. China, India and Russia to name a few. Europe has also been planting trees like no tomorrow.
Only the United States are stupid enough to not be planting. - greetings, from the US.
@@PhilJonesIIIIndia has been a stand out with some of these projects. If i recall, there is one in progress that has largely been done by just one man. Goes to show what kind of change is possible.
Spain and the midditerranean can pay for this own greening.
@@JimmyRussle Yes, not a few people like that. It makes me sad that the media seems determined to hand out bad news at every turn while ignoring the significant progress and the armies of people working tirelessly to make the world a better place.
I’m from Mauritania and believe this is not just about the environment this actually is giving people hope. Thanks 🙏
Such a rare and precious project for humanity in these hard days. Bless to you who have done this!
This is one of the only encouraging things I ever see. Thank you Africa for this bright spot.
Bro this vid literally warmed my heart so much bc of how much green it was😭
You're exposed to the wrong kind of information if this is one of the only encouraging things for you. There are many positive developments around the world, you just have to look for them.
@@candanieldon’t act like every doc Netflix puts out now isn’t doom p*rn. You have to go out of your way and search to see positive things while they shove negative pieces down your throat daily.
This video drained a solid 10% of my existential dread, thank yall very much for the captivating video
Yeah, it really does wonders for one's sails. My family and I live in Vietnam and therefore don't have to worry about an insanely massive desert, but my wife has so many aunts, uncles, and cousins involved in farming that it makes me happy that those farmers in the Sahel are doing such great work.
@@BrentwoodFamilyinVietnam farmers in any capacity should be praised for their relentless and back breaking work 🙏 strength be with them for a more beautiful tomorrow!
@@ninjacreeper541 That's why I'm so happy to work with so many farmers :). Filming them and working with them is really rewarding.
Grow up doomer
There's a lot of terrible things going on today, but there's just as many great things going on. I think that even if the great things are smaller, there are a lot more of them than the terrible things.
This entire project is mind-blowing. I remember reading about this years ago, and I'm so amazed at the progress. Thank you for educating us all!
❤/Thank you thank you really! I was studying apiculture in Harare Zimbabwe in 1992, and they wanted to introduce me to conservation. Then I begin to read about permaculture in Mahogany Magazine, so then I found a book of permaculture in a library belonging people to people organization in Chimoio Mozambique. Yet now your teaching are so interesting.
This is why the world needs. Problem solving, life flourishing. Not politics, war and the suffering of all.
This is political! Its an environmental project thats aimed at preventing desertification - its eco politics :)
Well... believe it or not, it goes both ways: people move politics and politics move people. It's the same thing at different organizational levels. The way I see it, it's important that both parts stay active. For example, in this case: individuals have pushed and worked hard in this project, but at some point some countries or organizational structures came together and decided that this project was worth pursuing. You see... a complex world we live in ^^'
working with nature, not against it and exploiting it.
This isn't problem solving. It's an excercise in futility. The Sahara desert follows a natural cycle of expansion and contraction. It has done it countless times over the eons. Every 10k years or so it goes from expansion to contraction as the earth's climate naturally cycles from hot to cold.
@@irenamiteva4245You're gonna need to elaborate on why it would logically follow that the desert becoming green would make elsewhere a desert. That is hell of a bold claim and you make it sound like it's just common sense
I'm so happy to see, that the project is still going on. I was in Senegal in August 2013 to participate in the project. Some amazing people in an amazing country working on an amazing project. Greetings from Denmark :)
Oh wow, that sounds so cool! Did you volunteer with an organization? I would love to do this
Yeah can you tell us how? I have been looking to join this project in the past, but the only website I could find was literally saying 'we don't want volunteers at this stage of the project". I'd love to throw a few months of my life into this project, it seems fun and educational and very satisfying.
You must be wanting to revisit that place. It's always a kind of homecoming.
Scalable techniques, community driven, uses natural resources - very very cool! A great pilot for other regions with similar topography too! Very well done, Team WFP!
i think the most important point was said in the end by the local. The young man no longer have to look elsewhere to work and worry how they migrate but can focus on building something in their hometown. This leads to soo many opportunity and also lasting stability.
Really cool, thought world food programme was just giving away food to help communities survive without much focus to develop them, but this approach that only uses knowledge to rebuild an agriculture self sufficiency using only local workforce and resources is really awesome
We need more hopeful videos like this in our media. Less doom and more about how real change is being made. I think that is the key to getting more young people on board with contributing to positive change.
I am thrilled to see this cooperative effort to restore the viability of that great land. What they accomplished in two years is phenomenal. This is only the beginning. The world's eyes are on Senegal. They are going to get it done. Their country and their people will prosper collectively.
Excellent. We need more of these projects. A great blend of scientific, economic, social, and ecological. Saving the world one plant at a time.
Brilliant is an understatement. Keep up the great work folks!
They should be teaching this in grade school, high school, and college. Great insight, and highly sustainable, well done!
People teach themselves these ideas when they get out on the ground, especially at an early age. I was fortunate to start at 10 years old.
In fact, I'm actually thinking of implementing that into my future lessons of social studies as one of the plausible solutions to solve lack of food and migration patterns in certain areas. The problem, however, might be a lack of time to truly dive into some of these topics due to fact that innovative methods of teaching are getting more and more enforced on us, especially here in CZE.
@@Testeuros That is fantastic to hear, thanks!
They teach it on youtube brother, that's where real learning happens
Agree
My mother replanted a cracked dry southern yard this way. Half was green half was cracked dust. This was in the 1990s and 3 years later it looked like a golf course. We never bought seed nor fertilizer. Just transplanted in this manner.
the earth is in a greening period right now
@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96global warming is prosperity
did your mom use a water hose to water it?
That is such a great project and I wish all involved lots and lots of luck. This project is going to save a lot of Africa.
I've been telling people about this project for years!!!! With knowledge and teamwork, we can make fields in the desert!!! Generating lush landscape from poor soil isn't as imposible as it seems
and with almost zero knowledge and a half-cocked scheme you picked up from a YT video, you can fake it as well. As long as the initial source of fertilizer lasts, or as long as you keep pumping agro-chemical poison into the ground. The delusional obsession with what you can see is blinding the vast majority to the vastly more important parts of a terrestrial ecosystem. The Rhizosphere is 65% of the sustainability problem, yet is represented by exactly 0% of the literature or media about this project. That's not just suss. It's hekn suss.
@@ZennExile Yep. Also no mention of the minimum required average rainfall over the course of multiple years for this to be self-sustaining. You can't just go to a spot in any desert and do this. They are clearly doing it next to an active river area, which changes things. So many people think you can just go out in the middle of nowhere and then magic! Critical thinking is at an all time low in history right now.
@@ZennExile hhaahhaahhhaajhay!!!!???????!!! Do it! Lmao you worn see the profit you suggest xD
@@ZennExile and what's wrong??? Everything you said is addressed with Time. Love ya bro cholld house
@@zarroth the rainfall is a bit less of a problem as water can moved around with primitive irrigation very effectively.
However, I can, and regularly do, turn nearly any state of diminished land back into live fertile soil. You could point to any peace of diminished land on the planet and I could bring that plot of land back to life as a living part of whatever thriving ecosystem should be there.
That digestive gut at the foundation of the ecosystem just needs to be restored first.
Literally one of the most important things happening on earth. Thanks for sharing their story.
It's so inspiring to see how hard those people are working and how productive their work is!
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This is a WONDERFUL PROJECT!!!!! This program saves the soul of a people as well as the land!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!
Absolutely inspiring! WFP at its best, providing solutions to building self sufficient community. Utterly inspiring. Isn't it amazing how these techniques were traditional techniques that had been forgotten? It's so important to pass things down to the next generation, who knows what the future will hold
The bird on 7:04 is such a peaceful moment and literally a sign of achievement and something to be proud of. It‘s the small things like that, that shows that nature is coming back & is thankful.
I Literally read this comment as I was watching that frame 7:04
This is an excellent project. So refreshing to see all the people working together and nature reclaiming its glory!
Good for them. I'm glad the people of Senegal could take charge of their future and make these changes for their country. That's something to be proud of. Blessed are those who plant trees under whose shade they may never sit.
This is really great! I love how they have applied their knowledge of agriculture and the personal motivation of the villagers to make this work. There is so much potential here.
I will stop my day for an Andrew Millison Video any day!
Absolutely fantastic. Taking barren land and making a garden. This will help the hole ecosystem as well as providing food and jobs for the locals. These are global projects worth funding.
The Sahara desert doesn't expand per se, it moves because the earth axis moves over time, this is called the Sahara Cycle/North African Cycle, over time the desert transforms into a rainforest and then to a desert again, then the cycle repeats. Trying to stop this cycle is harmful to the planet, this is not good for the ecosystem.
and ruining the ecosystem on the other side of the atlantic.
how? @@andressousa9006
@@andressousa9006 By stopping a desert from expanding further into a continent and a lot of people's suffering by doing so?
Wow. Like that. You can even see the pride of the people for what they archieved. You took dead, barren land and turn it into a green Oasis with your own work. Thats a very positive source of self esteem.
Amen all glory to the Lord Jesus Christ. 🙏
If you didn’t know, Jesus will fulfill you more than anything in this world, I speak from experience (from when i did Romans 10:9-13), he loves you and wants to be in a meaningful (not romantic) relationship with you. :)
“that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Romans 10:9-13 KJV
“and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”
Mark 1:15 KJV
If you want proof that Jesus and the Bible are true look a documentary called “Ron Wyatt discoveries 2022” on TH-cam and a TH-cam channel called Expedition Bible. They both examine archeological sites and discoveries that prove the Bible, and even reference secular sources. (Just don’t convert to 7th day Adventism after watching the documentary) And lastly if you don’t know the gospel and want to be saved search up “abc’s of Salvation Teenmissions” on Google and it should be the first or second result. When you click on it read the whole thing, and do what it says and have faith in Jesus while you are doing it, do not doubt, and if it is hard for you to do what it says, ask Jesus to help you, have faith that he will, and *he will.*
God Bless :)
And within a year of not being maintained it will return to the desert.
Amazing, a testament of what can be achieved when we are focused and cohesive as a community
Incredible video, series, channel and dude. This deserves fifty million views.
Thanks rare earth. I appreciate it 🙏
@@amillison I mean it sincerely. Please never stop making these unbelievably high-quality reminders of our capacity for positive change.
yall gotta collab, both great channels
@@RareEarthSeries There is no stopping, trust me. I'm just getting started. This video working with the WFP represents a new threshold. I am working on future visits to their even larger scale work in other Great Green Wall countries. I love your work also!
get them to grow jerusalem artichoke for food@@amillison
Imagine the progress we could make as a civilization without war
With jesus as king instead of kings we could
@@publicdomain3378my Jesus is holier than yours, I declare war on your jesus
@@Acuzzio My jesus is pointier! But i dont see why we need our Mexicans to fight, Jesus.
We won't go anywhere without wars. It may be sad, but fear drives us to action, without it we become lazy and find ourselves in a place like Europe, where life in its Western countries is worse than twenty years ago. The overwhelming majority of technologies are created so that others do not overtake us and crush us, and what is already outdated or unnecessary is used by society.
People wage wars for reasons, it's part of the cycle of life
This seems like one of the few things that actually matters in the world, that actually helps
Watching this video was the only joy and pleasure I could feel during my deep depression. thank you!
This is truly amazing. Not only are you saving these lands, but also providing jobs, and stopping migration.
this is very cool but we must give props to the first man that ive heard of who brought back the half moon dimpling method. Mr Yacouba Sawadogo of Burkino Faso. Very important man
❤ from India 🇮🇳 Good job WFP & congratulations to senegal
Xavier😂
@@htetmyakhtun6914nope, pakalu papito
I used to teach English in Hokkaido, Japan. In the Hidaka subprefecture are the towns of Samani and Erimo.
In the 1960s, the whole area was a desert due to overlogging.
Over the past 50 or so years, there has been a reforestation project that met with very good success.
The geopark at Samani is a site often used or brought up during meetings about land reclamation projects in Africa.
Imagine if our governments instead of investing in wars, invested in these humanitarian/ecological projects! The world would be a better place.
I agree but we all know that politicians only do anything for political gains and for profit
There's more money in creating wars tho . Logically speaking
But I hear u , you have a point
I think we all wish governments thought past money, but I see your point.
We Ethiopians also fade up of war, the noble prise winner has endless war projects for the sake of staying in power.
The world surely would be a better place for us All to live in.
Indigenous people of African origin should also be able to come up with ideas like this to complement each other, and there would be a revolution in the World in how we live and propagate life.🎉
This is really a good innovation, considering that the local people have been working on the land for more than 40 years and they still haven't succeeded. Thank you for reviving their enthusiasm and hope, the good thing is, young people no longer need to migrate to other countries, they can continue managing 3000M KM2 of desert! this is awesome!
Yes but the un are natzis.
Depends on skin color.
I'm from Asia, Pakistan. I'm very proud of you guys. You guys are working wonders for humanity.
I am very grateful
Its funny I have never thought of India/Pakistan as Asian. Part of the subcontinent. The people are so much more different to Asian peoples in general.
@@Jimmy-p9n Ok. So what category do you put people from Pakistan and India into? I think those who have called the people of Pakistan and India Asian. They are wiser than you.
Still, I want to know your position.
@@TravelFitFusion He wasn't trying to be rude, i think. Many people still associate Pakistan with only middle east (they think Africa)... Which is wrong. Its the same with Egypt: some people don't know that it sits on 2 continents ;) (Africa and Asia).
@@TravelFitFusion No i wasn't being rude. I think they are different. Original. I class Indians/Pakistanis/Bangladeshis as being from the Subcontinent.
I think your Origin differs greatly from the rest of Asia. Different ancient migration from Africa.
Oral tradition of some peoples in India remind me of the oral tradition of another people that probably migrated further on.
@@Jimmy-p9n I think you're right. I replied a little harder. But I should have understood your point salute.
And now I think your view is right.
Wow! I can’t wait to show my class of 10-year-olds - they’re very concerned about deforestation and climate-change, it’s wonderful to be able to show them that there are projects like this to undo some of the damage we have done. Incredible work!
This kind of videos and projects give me hope. The things we can achieve when we get together! ❤🙌
For decades of my life I'd seen that area always in poverty. Always dusty and barren. This absolutely amazes me. This is so beautiful. I am so glad you shared this with the world. It means a lot to see a once impoverished land being transformed into a beautiful start for a new generation.
I love finding out about the social impact as well. Now people are staying in their homeland, helping to work with the land and heal it, and taking pride in becoming more integrated with their community and land, rather than running from their problems. Just incredible. 🙏🏻
"Running from their problems" is rather harsh, considering there's nothing wrong with leaving to have better opportunities. Don't get me wrong, what they're doing in Senegal is incredible, but not everyone that lives there is responsible for healing the land. I hope that if any of those kids want to leave when they're older that they get the chance to, their contributions for the land now is more than enough.
It'll always be better for any collective if it's members wholeheartedly chose to be a part of the community, instead of being forced to by "responsibility" or "tradition". The only real obligation you have is to yourself, to have a happy life with little regrets. If making the Earth a better place is what fulfills you, that's great, but if staying in your native country isn't serving you, build your home somewhere else. People are way more likely to take care of the Earth and to be kind to their neighbours when the place they live in doesn't make them miserable.
More power to them; making truly meaningful, impactful change in this world. A true legacy!
I saw a video of a man in the western US desert who did the same kind of process... he worked that land so that it slowed the water runoff enough that plants thrived... the plants slowed the water more and he ended up with beautiful useful land... This is more ambitious and will help more people survive and thrive, but the techniques are the same... slow the water and use plant growth... Amazing...
They also bored a well.
@@suspicioustumbleweed4760 They did a study on waving a magic wand to start the process, and found it would be less effective.
Do u remember the name of the video you referenced
It's so satisfying to watch someone who still cares about nature.
Shared this with my 7 y/o daughter. Hoping that when she turns 8 I'll be able to show her ANOTHER update. Beautiful, encouraging, uplifting. Thank you!
It's enormously inspiring to see whole populations immerse themselves in creation and work for a positive, constructive end. Thanks for making this video and hats off & deep admiration for those involved in this project.
Author here: The Green-Wall, could it always have been done, no matter the Time, no matter the Era? Does it make sense for my Timetraveling Protagonist to go around and tell people to plant Trees exsessively on the Border to Deserts?
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@@slevinchannel7589...yes. Yes! Holy shit, that's an incredibly idea!
@@slevinchannel7589 Omg thats an amazing idea!
@@zachrabaznaz7687 I dont know if you know the Word Isekai but yeah: Such Protagonists and/or Timetravelers never using their Modern knowledge annoyed me for a long time now so i eventually started making a digital paper about what cna be summarized as 'Top Things Ancient-People WISHED they knew'
14 Pages now, including not just the classicsl ike Soap but also Marcipan, Desertification, Coloured Ink, Coloured Glass, Silkworms .
All suggestions what more i could research are welcomed
@@zachrabaznaz7687 Tbh, i seem to hit my lmit already. I had much fun and learned a whole bunch but stuff like Economics, Forestry and Dams dont seem to have concice 'Ruless´' that i can just write down, no 'Recipes' (like many Alloys are or ho Cola is) either
My specific Lens (Timetravel and WHAT TO TELL ancient people if i meet them) is also seen rather as odd and not a tool
The Sahel used to be a completely different landscape. In arabic "el sahil" means shore/coast: people crossing the Sahara desert saw the Sahil as a a green shore/coast that would safe them from dehydration when thy finally reach it.
One aspect though that's not shown in this video however is the immense impact of pastoralism. People in that stretch of land typically have herds of livestock that continously graze on the same pieces of land, degrading the soil by ripping out plants' roots and compressing the ground with their hooves. Thus massively contributing to desertification.
The shown project is definitely very cool and effective put not realistic in areas where pastorialism is the main type of farming and especially where sheperds ignore paths and just let their animals walk wherever. This has lead to brutal conflicts in the past.
There has to be a balance between pastoralism and vegetal farming, because it is also beneficial for the soil that animals walk around especially since their feces will provide sustenance for plants. The problem comes from having too many animals on a restricted area, or letting them into areas where plants have not yet taken root enough. For plants to grow you also have to enrich the soil, and using animal manure is essential for that. You can obviously just take manure from an animal farm somewhere and just put it where you want to grow vegetables but it might be complicated to do for very large areas. Also I don't know how it works in very desertic places because I'm not very familiar with the plants there, but where I live, if you don't let animals into fields regularly invasive species of plants will grow and then you can't do anything anymore with the land. Where I live a lot of agricultural land has been abandonned for generations and now it is very complicated to take back, you have to burn the land at least three years in a row to get rid of the invasive plants, and then put animals there for several years in a row to restore the land and then you have to constantly maintain it or it will go bad again. Aniways, execessive pastoralism is bad oviously but a balance between the two is what's best I think.
No, its the impact of grazing with no plan. with rotational grazing, and sustaining the soils, desertification does not have to happen. You can see the manipulation going on here. It has NOTHING to do with 'pastorilization' and everything to do with sustainable ranching
@@Lbb789 I was talking about pastoralism, which is not the same as pastorilization!
Technically pastoralism is the land use that's most suitable for this stretch of land (alternating humid and arid months and thus "following the rain" is the most effective thing. This is what all big animals in the savanna do naturally anyways).
Due to an ever increasing population (countries in the Sahel have TFRs up to 7 or 8!!) the overuse of land for both crops and animals is the result.
Ranches don't really exist there. Shepherds move their herds around. Yes, (seemingly) irresponsibly and without plan because there are simply too many herds and the demand for grazing land is much higher than what the Sahel can offer. Growing desertification means that the soil has no chance to relax.
An overuse of crop fields without fallow periods results in lower yields. Overall the issue is quite complex, it's called Sahel Syndrome.
wow, this is a real development! not only it will solve food problem of that region, it will create a whole new ecosystem where many other species will sustain. Great great work!
Wow! This is my first time hearing about this. I have no words to explain how amazing this project is and all the good it encompasses. You my friend have made a video that gave me a sense of greatness and purpose. You deserve tens of millions of views.
This video was like having an injection of HOPE with my morning coffee
Dude, your production quality is just off the charts. Equally fascinating is how well you get the main point across: concise, giving voice to local stakeholders, giving context as well - I'm amazed.
Thanks for the good feedback :-)
UN is highly corrupted
That place will look like a wasteland again in a few years once the UN ceases their handouts, these people are so dumb they can't even tend a garden.
That's awesome. I almost cried, that's touching human effort, we need more of the world thinking like this. BAE supports ❤️
The great green wall is probably one of my favourite mega-projects ever. It tackles so many problems, from agricultural to societal, its amazing.
This is what I would call that we are preserving our earth planet by preserving the eco system!🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for all the active minds, and human persistence ❤
Andrew Millison is a rockstar! This project is a fantastic example of how permaculture can address complex challenges like climate change and food insecurity. It makes me want to get involved and be a part of the solution.
Спутниковую карту посмотри, как была пустыня так и осталась. История-то не нова. Взяли грант. Нагнали массовки из местных бомжей. Поразвлеклись сами и развлекли местных. Деньги освоили и разъехались по домам. Увидишь белые пикапы UN - Беги! Нигде еще после них добра не оставалось.
I can't remember the last time I saw something so uplifting. Fantastic work by everyone involved--and thank you for the fabulous video!
Yacouba Sawadogo started or revived the half moon planting system. The UN is expanding his technique, they didn't "rescue" it. Great job by the locals for working as teams to make this a success. Great work covering this.
Great comment👍🏿. The presenter intentionally refuses to talk about the source of the technic and who invented it yet conveniently claims it as an outside project without holding a hoe or any seed to plant even on camera! Surprisingly we all see natives from the land laboriously tilling and planting under the scorching sun! Yes, it is working and again clearly very different from the once important Green Revolutionary project of Gadhaffi of Libya that worked better. The issue here is funds, capital and I mean money which UN and so called our “generous” international community will selectively waste on destructive wars and its consequences than projects like this! For a couple of years now almost $1 trillion has been wasted on war in just one country which is even getting worse! If just $250 billion,a quarter of a trillion is invested in reforestation and actual developmental support across the Sahel, not only would the world shrink the size of the greater part of the Sahara and counter climate change but will create a stable and permanent regional peace. People wage wars not because of misunderstanding but because of power, money and greed!
So far UN has failed in Africa and it is likely to be officially rejected and complete loss of member states in Africa in the near future if it doesn’t change its view to suit the people whose lives it wants to impact!
@@mosesm6040 This a what those yte people love to do, lying deceiving everywhere especially if it's sponsored by Reptilian EvilLLL organization UN (WILL STEALING AFRICANS THE MINERALS AND RECOURSES!!
ONLY FOOOOLLLSS BELIEVE U*N IS DOING GOOD THINGS #FREECONGO
Sorry but this sounds to negative.
The UN might not be perfect and is probably host to a lot of europeans/americans with "white saviour complex" but its doing very important work in africa.
The UN is not flawless, but its also not your enemy.
And im not sure which war you are referring to, but if you mean the ukraine war, just know this:
You are not entitled to the funds the western world spends on ukraines struggle for life and freedom.
You should not compete over money with other nations that struggle and rather find a collective way that promotes peace, a good life and democracy.
I watched the video and noted that it was said that the half moon method is a traditional method and that it was revived. I assume the folks that do the digging of the hard soil are getting paid for it. If we go by the narration then the locals have given up on the land. But if it was bad for decades - it would have been hard work to do it but over time it could have been achieved w/o outside input. And if the land was bad for 30 years - that is one generation.
One problem why the locals in Senegal might not have been able to resort to the traditional half moon technique is the pastoral practices. If there are goat herds etc. all over the place that eat every young shoot, it is not going to work. Likely Africa has become drier in the last 50 - 80 years, it affects ground water. What might have worked with free range herds in past generations, does not work under these circumstances.
NOW it has been bad for so long that there are no larger herds left (in that area) so now they can start greening the desert.
Was the same problem in the Loess Plateau in China where they had severe problems in the 1990s because of overgrazing (and they have better conditions than in the Sahel zone). Excellent very fertile soil (Loess) and on principle enough water for mindful agriculture and also for having free ranging herds. But it has to be managed with the communal interests in mind. Not everyone trying to best their peers with having even a larger herd. Be it out of pride, out of economic necessity or out of wanting to make more money.
The Chinese government dictated that the locals were not allowed to have free ranging herds - I saw a video (very impressive btw) and one man was not shy to show and voice his displeasure. He said: "They want to plant trees and we cannot have the animals out not even where it is still good for grazing. You cannot eat trees !!" The bystanders lauged when he said "You cannot eat trees" and they nodded along. They could not or would not organize themselves as a local community to do what was necessary to NOT undermine their base. Maybe the erosion and green land going arid had been going on for one generation (and the older generation only knew what had functioned for them back in the day) while the younger folks did not know the good old times at all. So it needed the outside intervention. The erosion was so bad they had dust storms in major cities. So the politicians paid attention - and along with the scientists they found a solution (which btw was also partially based on old practices. In China and other places).
What that Chinese man in the 90s wanted to do would have ruined the remaining good enough land (the Loess plateau gets more water than the Sahel zone btw but still they degraded it) within one to two decades. The scientists and the government were right - AND the government not only enforced what was necessary, they also made it economically possible that people could do for a while without free ranging animals.
They got paid jobs (earthworks - they used machines but also a lot of labour) and they got paid for keeping the animals in, so they could save it up to buy animals later while getting rid of most (when it was possible again to have _some_ free raning animals) and / or they could afford to buy feed for those that they did keep.
They have the same problem in wet cool RAINY Scotland. Scotland used to be covered by forest (if there is enough rain, trees will always ! out compete any other form of vegetation, incl. bushes and grass). But there were too many sheep, the forests were logged and not replanted. Also too many deers. The economy was for the few rich that had the way too many sheep and that liked to have plenty of deer to hunt. (locals were in trouble if they were found poaching). And it was an effort to keep the locals down and the landscape easy to control in case of a revolt or war.
Now they have to fence off areas - but then the forest recovers by itself. Arid areas need help to reforest, but if there is enough rain, the process does not even need more human intervention that the fence (which is however costly). Outside the fence every little shoot is eaten before it can start growing into a bush or a tree.
There are enough seeds in the soil and birds and wind bring them along, as soon as they get a chance they start recreating the former ecosyste. There is a TED talk about it. Restoring the ancient Caledonian forest.
Very inspiring video! Permaculture truly has the power to transform people's lives. It’s an art of gradual succession, beautifully illustrated in this video, making everything crystal clear!
This holistic approach to help nourish the local population is not only ingenious, it's completely sustainable. More government bodies COULD support projects like these, but sadly many won't. At least some get to benefit from the land around them again and thrive. Thank you for sharing their journey, so inspiring!
I hope it doesn't matter in the end, with mobiles and the internet they can figure it out even without outside help. It would take longer but it's basicly knowledge and not about money.
I grew up in South Eastern Senegal. This is awesome to see.