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Great Green Wall (Project)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010158818

Variants

African initiative--Great Green Wall
African Union. Great Green Wall (Project)
Community of Sahel-Saharan States. Great Green Wall (Project)
GGW
GMV
Grande muraille verte (Project)
IAGMV
Initiative africaine de la Grande muraille verte
Initiative africaine--Grande muraille verte
Initiative Grande muraille verte
PAGMV
Projet panafricain de la Grande muraille verte

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no2010158818

Identifies RWO

https://isni.org/isni/0000000494594582

Descriptor
Field of Activity
Desertification--Control
Rural development
Sahel

Additional Related Forms

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cno2010158818#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

African Great Green Wall Label from public data source Wikidata
Great Green Wall (Project)

Sources

found: Projet majeur Grande Muraille verte, between 2006 and 2010:2nd group, leaf 3 (GGW, Grande Muraille verte; Gmv, Great Green Wall)

found: Les plantes du Sahel, 2012:p. 12 (la GMV (la "Grande Muraille Verte"), a transcontinental project running from Dakar to Djibouti through 11 countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti; initiated by CEN-SAD, now backed by the African Union)

found: Initiative africaine--Grande Muraille Verte = African initiative--Great Green Wall website, viewed Mar. 30, 2013:Vision (goals are to slow the advance of desertification by reforestation, support efforts against poverty and food insecurity, transform rural zones in conditions of production and sustainable development)

found: La Grande Muraille Verte, c2012:p. 5 (l'Initiative africaine de la Grande Muraille Verte (IAGMV); Projet panafricain de la Grande Muraille Verte (PAGMV); la Grande Muraille Verte) p. 10 (l'Initiative Grande Muraille Verte)

found: RTS website, L'Afrique en marche: portrait d'Aliou Guissé, 24 Dec. 2017, viewed July 13, 2017(projet, Grande muraille verte, launched in 2008; this vegetal wall 15 km wide starts at the Atlantic coast to one day attain Djibouti, 7500 km away; it hasn't yet crossed the Niger River, but it is progressing and is already benefitting Sahel inhabitants, helps in fight against poverty)

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Change Notes

2010-09-29: new
2017-07-14: revised

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