© CNRS Images, 2010

Great Green Wall (The)

Reference

2188

Duration

00:21:00

Production year

2010

Original material

SD
16/9
Color
Sound

Director(s)

Nicolas TEMPLE

Summary

In 2004, 11 African countries have gathered to challenge a major ecological issue: the Sahel desertification. That ' s how the Great Green Wall was born. The purpose of this project is to create a vast area crossing Africa, ecologically and economically viable.

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