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Technical Assistance to SADC to Institutionalize, Monitor Implementation and Out-Scale the Great Green Wall (GGW) in Southern Africa Region - TCP/SFS/3804

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 7

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) Desertification and drought have been recognized as significant challenges to sustainable development in Southern Africa, with drylands occupying about 18 percent of the region's total land area. The Sub-Regional Action Programme (SRAP) to combat desertification has identified the degradation of land and other resources, especially in arid and semi-arid areas, as major impediments. Overcultivation, overgrazing and deforestation are the primary drivers of this degradation, underpinned by deeper socioeconomic issues, such as an overreliance on natural resources.

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