Harry van Veen
Front Page'Forgotten' system for harvesting water transforms 'barren wasteland' into lush farmland
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#GreatGreenWall 2.0: #China is #geoengineering #deserts with blue-green #algae
These specially selected strains of #cyanobacteria can survive extreme heat and drought for long periods, according to China Science Daily on Thursday. When rain finally comes, they spring to life, spreading rapidly and forming a tough, biomass-rich crust over the sand. This living layer stabilises the dunes and creates the perfect foundation for future plant growth.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3338326/great-green-wall-20-china-geoengineering-deserts-blue-green-algae
These specially selected strains of #cyanobacteria can survive extreme heat and drought for long periods, according to China Science Daily on Thursday. When rain finally comes, they spring to life, spreading rapidly and forming a tough, biomass-rich crust over the sand. This living layer stabilises the dunes and creates the perfect foundation for future plant growth.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3338326/great-green-wall-20-china-geoengineering-deserts-blue-green-algae
Miguel Afonso Caetano"Deserts are hard to reclaim because plants cannot survive on shifting sand, but scientists in northwest China are changing that – by dropping vast amounts of blue-green algae onto the dry terrain.
These specially selected strains of cyanobacteria can survive extreme heat and drought for long periods, according to China Science Daily on Thursday. When rain finally comes, they spring to life, spreading rapidly and forming a tough, biomass-rich crust over the sand. This living layer stabilises the dunes and creates the perfect foundation for future plant growth.
This is the first time in human history that microbes are being used on a massive scale to reshape natural landscapes. As the “Great Green Wall” – China’s massive multi-decade initiative to plant trees and fight desertification – expands to include efforts in Africa and Mongolia, the unprecedented geoengineering technology could one day transform the face of our planet.
This artificial “crusting” technique was developed by scientists at a research station in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, located in northwest China on the edge of the Tengger Desert, according to China Science Daily."
'Forgotten' water harvesting system transforms 'barren wasteland' into thriving farmland
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/sustainable-half-moon-farming-technique-ex1
mofosynehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qwshdtijFY
How Africa's Great Green Wall is Solving an Ancient Conflict --- Andrew Millison
> In Episode 3 of the series, Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to Africa's Great Green Wall in the Mongo region of Chad. He visits a project where land restoration is being used to address the age-old conflict between nomadic herders and settled farmers...
#solarpunk in practice
The Most Important Land Restoration Project on Earth
Headlines AfricaAfrica: Will COP30 Reenergize Nigeria's Great Green Wall Project?: [IPS] Best intentions to create a green wall to capture millions of tons of carbon while tackling desertification are up against a lack of funding and banditry in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNznDx #GreatGreenWall #COP30 #Nigeria #ClimateAction #Desertification
gittacaEine Lösung für das Kain-vs-Abel-Problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qwshdtijFY #GreatGreenWall #GreatGreenWallOfAfrica #permakultur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qwshdtijFY #GreatGreenWall #GreatGreenWallOfAfrica #permakultur
The Most Important Land Restoration Project on Earth
Edwin G. 
Africa: The Great Green Wall in trouble
// Article in French //
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Afrique: la grande muraille verte en difficulté
Africa: Africa's 'Great Green Wall' Is Stalling - in Senegal Very Few Planted Areas Show Progress: [The Conversation Africa] Africa's Great Green Wall project began as an ambitious plan to build a 15-kilometre-wide band of trees across the north of Africa. The African Union launched the project in 2007 with plans for the trees to extend for 6,000 kilometres through 11 countries in the Sahel,… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNXnxY #GreatGreenWall #ClimateChange #SaharaDesert #AfricanUnion #Reforestation
