!5 kilometer wide Great Green Wall project of the African Union, stretches from Atlantic Senegal to Red Sea Eritrea for 7,775 kilometers.
Billions of trees to be planted as buffer by 2030 to counter Sahara's southern spread.
It is expected to restore 100 million acres of fertile land, cut 250 million tons of atmospheric Co2 and create 10 million green jobs. .
Ethiopia has made great progress since 2007. But the initiative has reached only 15% of it's targets, in a decade - according to the United Nations.
Green belt project - DW television.
