🌳Forest gardens in Senegal are a natural solution to poverty, drought, and desertification.
🌱Tree planting using permaculture and diverse species creates a biodiversity paradise.
🌍The Great Green Wall project aims to stop desert expansion, combat climate change, and overcome poverty.
🌿These forest gardens provide food, habitat, and a thriving ecosystem for countless animals.
💪Collaboration with local farmers and ownership of planting sites are crucial for success.
What are forest gardens?
—Forest gardens are a unique approach to tree planting that mixes trees with fruits and vegetables, creating a biodiversity paradise.
How do forest gardens combat poverty, drought, and desertification?
—Forest gardens provide sustainable food sources, income opportunities, and combat soil degradation, making them a natural solution to these challenges.
What is the Great Green Wall project?
—The Great Green Wall project aims to create a forest frontier across Sub-Saharan Africa to stop desert expansion, combat climate change, and overcome poverty.
What is permaculture?
—Permaculture is an ecological design approach that focuses on creating sustainable and resilient systems by mimicking natural ecosystems.
Why is collaboration with local farmers important?
—Collaboration with local farmers ensures the success and sustainability of forest gardens, as they have ownership of the planting sites and are empowered to manage and benefit from the gardens.
00:00Discover the genius approach to tree planting in Senegal's forest gardens.
03:14Forest gardens combat poverty, drought, and desertification while creating a biodiversity paradise.
08:25The Great Green Wall project aims to stop desert expansion, combat climate change, and overcome poverty.
10:02Permaculture and diverse tree species are key to the success of forest gardens.
11:07Collaboration with local farmers ensures the sustainability of forest gardens.
