How Africa Plans To Stop The Sahara From Spreading

How Africa Plans To Stop The Sahara From Spreading

The Sahara Desert is large and beautiful, but it's also one of the worst places for civilization to thrive, due to all the arid land and heat. Problems have started to arise though, especially because it's been spreading - kind of. Luckily, African countries have a plan. But what is it, and will it work?

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[Versedyoutube]

Quick notice: The two images of Lake Chad should've been switched around. Small accident, but an accident nonetheless. Apologies everyone

[sunlynnhatchett]

I think they mixed up the labels when they showed Lake Chad, as it shows 2007 Lake Chad is clearly larger than 1972 Lake Chad in the video.

[ThePunisher]

So I'm from Tunisia, a country who's already seeing mass migration from the Sahel to the North. Not sure how we can help build this wall given our current economical circumstances, we can only help with agriculture expertise as we've been quite successful at our own desert. This video shows an interesting fact, Ethiopia and Eritrea have restored a lot already, so why not allocate a timeframe, experts, manpower country by country? That seems to be the only way to speed things up and make each country accountable for the given resources.

[babiscar]

The fundamental problem is that the rivers drain southward 7:24 (except the nile), canals are needed to redirect water inland draining towards the mediterranean. I also don't see why the revegetated area needs to be wall shaped, they should start with the areas that are most practical and then work into the desert from there. This will not necessarily produce a wall shape but maybe patches of vegetation.

[JohnDiceAcademy]

With projects like this in the works it seems like terraforming will become the next very profitable business in the future. Countries will invest billions to make sure their land remains safe from the effects of climate change, desertification, etc.

[annamarsh]

C'est triste de voir que la terre s'assèche et se transforme en désert. Je viens de Dakar au Sénégal et j'espère voir un changement pour empêcher le Sahara de se propager.

[irondestruction]

Did you reverse the images of lake chad in 1972 and 2007. The one in 2007 looks bigger so unless I am dumb I think you accidentally switched them up.

[nbgoodiscore]

Are we going to ignore the influence of the geographical position of the Sahara and the lack of mountains which were supposed to collect water from the clouds?

[Vandal]

Ethiopia, the one with the greater share of the project, has an annual project for the past 4 years, where between 2 billion and 4 billion saplings are planted in the rainy season(june-september). Well, it surely is a big change here, because we see a lot of afforestated land looming

[blockchainballers]

It’ll take a collective effort, but planting native trees to the region will help. Also it would be a good idea to plant them sparsely and gradually increase the amount of trees. Start planting in the area where storms typically originate.

[NiskaMagnusson]

this is the kind of thing that the UN should involve itself in to help with. They could finally actually do something... ANYTHING....

[TheAstroG]

Why people disliking the video? It's informative. Isn't it?

[chadkangaroo]

Correct me if im wrong but
Cant we use an invasive plant like what they do in norway?

[Titi-ygtz]

It's also spreading towards north and scientists are claiming that in around 2100 the desert will take over Sicily, Sardinia and south of Spain

[toicest]

I Really hope one of the next generations will see Africa Green as a Broccoli 🥦 one day 🙏🏽

[hydoffdhagaweyne]

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[gardtheaxolotl]

This channel is an new information show? Worth subbing. Could I use the video as an school project? Cuz we're talking about climate change and how to stop it. We also tells how other countries do it. Really good video.

[kennethferland]

Actually when the Sahara expands into Sub-Saharan Africa, it ceaces to be Sub-Saharan anymore.

[ani]

I'm impressed and I subscribe to this channel. Keep bringing innovative and informative contents. All the very best 👌

[mjgasiecki]

Population growth around finite resources like water will always result in that resources becoming scarce, especially when it’s adjacent to a desert…it’s like US southwest, climate change has had little effect, population growth and water use is the major issue…