Sahel countries in race against time to regreen Africa's spreading desert

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Sahel countries in race against time to regreen Africa's spreading desert [1]

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The areas surrounding the Sahara desert which decades ago were covered with forests, crops and grasslands, can be restored - a significant chunk of them by 2030

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29/11/2016

Source: Reuters [2]

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