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Africa Mid‑importance

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On 1 May 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Great Green Wall to Great Green Wall (Africa). The result of the discussion was moved.

Implementation?[edit]

I'm not really clear, have any trees been planted? It seems like its a framework and a plan Ottawakismet (talk) 04:09, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great question, thanks! DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 09:50, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled[edit]

Seem like there's a noun missing in the following sentence: On June 17, 2010, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) announces that the project will be first financed by a $119 million, already adopted by the African Union in 2007.

How is this possible?[edit]

As a reader of this article, I am wondering how it is possible to plant trees in a desert and make them survive. Is it really enough to plant seedlings? Is there irrigation involved? Are special types of trees being used? Are goats and other animals kept away? Joreberg (talk) 19:18, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 1 May 2021[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Vpab15 (talk) 16:17, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

– Both of these initiatives are commonly called "Great Green Wall" and they have approximately the same amount of mentions in major English-language sources.

Examples of sources using "Great Green Wall" to refer to the African initiative: NYTimes [1], BBC [2][3][4][5], NatGeo [6], Smithsonian, Nature [7]
Examples of sources using "Great Green Wall" to refer to the Chinese initiative: NYtimes [8][9], BBC [10][11][12], NatGeo [13], Smithsonian, Nature [14]

"Three-North Shelter Forest Program" is the official name but is not the commonly used term.

There is no clear primary topic here, and I believe readers would be best served by a disambiguation page at the base title rather than a hatnote. The articles have a comparable number of views (the extreme spike in views last week was due to a YouTube video).

– Thjarkur (talk) 13:28, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support and DAB at base name.--Ortizesp (talk) 17:01, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Cost Recovery[edit]

"The $8-billion project intends to restore 100 million hectares " That's $80 per hectare. I would guess that selling the land would recoup the cost - and more - as well as perhaps paying forward for more restoration. 74.127.200.98 (talk) 17:27, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]