Strengthening the partnership between the great green walls of China and Africa
• China’s and Africa’s Great Green Wall initiatives are key to global ecosystem restoration. • China’s dryland development experience is valuable for the Sahel but remains underutilized. • Africa’s GGW can leverage China’s 50-year experience to meet Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030.
Authors
- Tong Shen
- Qi Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0653-5036)
- Georges Anicet Ouédraogo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-1379)
- Chaochao Chen
- Annah Lake Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0439-6677)
- Xiaoxia Jia
- Xiaosong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6048-1577)
- Amos T. Kabo-Bah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1361-4250)
- Bo Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8593-9743)
- Marcelin Sanou
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of Energy and Natural Resources (GH)
- Beijing Institute of Big Data Research (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Forestry (CN)
- Beijing Great Wall Hospital (CN)
- Aerospace Information Research Institute (CN)
- United Nations University (DE)
- Université de Nouakchott (MR)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Geography and sustainability
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2025.100341
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- International Development and Aid
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.45