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Broll Action Against Desertification Initiative in the Sahel

The Great Green Wall in Subsaharan Africa.

The call to action to adapt agriculture to climate change is well illustrated by The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative.

Duration 7m1s

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Video Type B Roll Video

Date 10/07/2016 12:50 PM

File size 2.40 GB

Unique ID UF2D91

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Shotlist The GREAT GREEN WALL IN THE SAHEL REGION, West Africa

Shot: Niger (February 2016), The Gambia (May-June 2016)

Sound: Natural, English, Local languages

TRT: 6’59”

NIGER – 3’27”

- Various shots marketplace Tera

- Young men herding in the Sahel close to town of Tera, followed by shot of the herd

- Cattle just off road from Niameh to Tera

- Barren shots of the Sahel

- Boy on cart near Bajirga village

- Various shots of seed collecting in Bajirga village

- Various shots of villagers from Bajirga working in village nursery, planting seeds to grow saplings for planting

- Various shots of village meeting

- Various shots of seed collecting in Bajirga village

- Drawing out the half moon hole and various shots of digging the holes, close to town of Tera, Niger

- Spreading grass seed around outside of hole

- Various shots of people preparing half moons

- SOT 1: Dr. Moctar Sacande Former head of Africa programme Millennium Seed Bank, Kew Gardens Senior Expert, Forest Seed and Restoration, FAO (English):

The pilot project, the transboundary restoration methodology is now being expanded through Action Against Desertification which is implemented by FAO, funded by the EU. In Africa, there are 6 countries that are part of that programme, for the Great Green Wall, and with those 6 countries, for this year alone we’ll be restoring about 10000 hectares.

SOT 2: Hamado Saley, Farmer, Village of Doumba (local language)

Before there was nothing here but now the animals have food to eat and we can also sell the fodder for money and the land is transformed.

THE GAMBIA – 3’32”

- Aerial shot of Gambia River at sunset

- Aerial and ground shots of Limbanbulu Yanmadou village

- Various of villagers in Limbanbulu Yanmadou collecting water

- Various aerial shots

- Villagers from Limbanbulu Yanmadou pick mangoes from their orchard

- Various of panoramas

- Aerial shots of Jeriko Fula village

- Women collecting water in Jeriko Fula

- Various of Jerido Fula village

SOT: Mamud Jallow, Jeriko Fula village head (local language)

We are hopeful that the project will restore the forest. This will enable us access to both wood and non-wood products from the forest. We hope the intervention will increase our groundnut and other crop produce here in Jeriko Fula.

Script Action Against Desertification Initiative in Niger and The Gambia, West Africa

The call to action to adapt agriculture to climate change is well illustrated by The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative. Endorsed in 2007 by African Heads of State and Government, the project aims to tackle the detrimental social, economic and environmental impact of land degradation and desertification in the Sahelo-Saharan region.

From an initial idea of erecting a line of trees from east to west through the African desert, the vision for a Great Green African Wall has evolved into a more science-based and integrated approach: a mosaic of interventions adapted to local ecosystems and tailored to the needs of communities.

Since 2010, FAO in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and the Global Mechanism of the UN’s Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCDD), has been supporting the African Union Commission (AUC) and partner countries to promote and further develop the initiative. Action plans are in place in Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal, while those of Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania and Sudan are in the making.

The Niger Programme

Since 1960, the population of Niger has increased from 1.7 million to 17 million. The majority are farmers and herders. Exacerbated by climate change, these people and their animals are placing huge pressure on the vegetation. The result is desertification and land degradation – a pattern visible across the countries of Sahel – making it increasingly difficult for people to make a living off the land. It’s estimated 50 million people globally could be displaced by desertification over the next decade. But the situation is not yet irreversible. As part of the Action Against Desertification Initiative, the Niger programme has reached 50,000 people in 120 communities, who are at the heart of restoration efforts. Local technicians are trained for seed collection, aiming to restore approximately 3,000 hectares this year. To this purpose, a traditional method of the Sahel region is used. It involves digging half moons into ground that help to catch and retain rainwater. Into these half moons, are planted tree saplings but also shrubs and grasses that would later be used as fodder for animals. On one hectare you can fit 300 half moons.

The Gambia Programme

Desertification has claimed nearly one hundred thousand hectars of forests in The Gambia between 1998 and 2009, leading to widespread loss of biodiversity and prompting an exodus of younger villagers hoping to find better opportunities elsewhere. As part of the Action Against Desertification Initiative, over the next two years, the The Gambia programme will support the country to improve the conditions and productivity of degraded drylands and forests, in order to reverse desertification and adapt to climate change. Actions will be aimed restore landscapes, train villagers how to sustainably use their forest resources, introduce joint management between authorities and communities, raise awareness by empowering youths.

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