on Development in Eastern Africa (IGAD) MDG Center for West and Central Africa (MDG-WCA) Pan African Farmers Organization (PAFO) Panafrican Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAGGW) Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD-Secretariat) United Nations Development Programme–Drylands, Development Center (UNDP-DDC) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Environment Programme–World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC) Walloon Region of Belgium, Wallonie-Bruxelles International World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) The World Bank Major principles The project encompasses the Saharan strip, north and south borders, including Saharan oases and enclaves. The GGWSSI intends to strengthen existing mechanisms (such as Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program, Environmental Program (CAADP) of New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), regional, sub-regional, and national action programmes to combat desertification) to improve their efficiency through synergy and coordination activities. The Regional Harmonised Strategy emphasizes partnerships between stakeholders, integration into existing programmes, sharing of lessons learnt (especially through South-South cooperation and technology transfer), local participation and ownership of actions and developing more integrated and global planning. The $8-billion project intends to restore 100 million hectares (250 million acres; 1 million km2) of degraded land by 2030, which would create 350,000 rural jobs and absorb 250 million tonnes (250 million long tons; 280 million short tons) of from the atmosphere. See also Three-North Shelter Forest Program, a Chinese anti-desertification program started in 1978 The Great Green Wall of Aravalli, a 1,600 km long and 5 km wide green ecological corridor of India The Great Hedge of India, a historic inland customs border References Bibliography External links FAO page on the Great Green Wall The African Great Green Wall project-What advice can scientists provide? French Scientific Committee on Desertification (CSFD) The Great Green Wall of Africa, BBC Newsnight Great Green Wall - Africa For Africa, WorldPeaceLab Planting in Syer, WorldPeaceLab Desert greening Desertification Environment of Africa Forestry in Africa Forestry initiatives Sahel