TIL that pan-African nations have come together pledging to build a 15 kilometer wide band of trees that will stretch all the way across Africa, 7500 kilometer, in order to stop the progressive advancement of the Sahara.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforestation



Submitted March 28, 2015 at 07:46PM by kharbachay http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30lma4/til_that_panafrican_nations_have_come_together/