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A satellite image of the Sahara, the world's largest hot desert and third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. Desert greening is the process of afforestation or revegetation of deserts for ecological restoration (biodiversity), sustainable farming and forestry, but also for reclamation of natural water systems and other ecological systems that support life.
People involved with desert greening (12 P) Pages in category "Desert greening" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Desert farming is the practice of developing agriculture in deserts. As agriculture depends upon irrigation and water supply, farming in arid regions where water is scarce is a challenge. However, desert farming has been practiced by humans for thousands of years. In the Negev, there is evidence to suggest agriculture as far back as 5000 BC. [1]
The Sahara Forest Project aims to provide fresh water, food and renewable energy in hot, arid regions as well as re-vegetating areas of uninhabited desert. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The founding team was composed of Seawater Greenhouse Ltd, Exploration Architecture, Max Fordham Consulting Engineers and the Bellona Foundation .
Such techniques are known by the collective terms agroforestry and farmer-managed natural regeneration. [2] A 2010 documentary feature film, The Man Who Stopped the Desert, first screened in the UK, portrays his life. [3] Sawadogo was a native speaker of Mossi. [2] In 2018, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award. [4]
These holes are oriented against the slope of the ground, [3] generating a small dike in the curved area with the soil from the hole itself, so they capture the rainwater running downhills.
Greening the Desert II site, Dead Sea Valley Jordan (photographed 2018) is an oasification project. In hydrology, oasification is the antonym to desertification by soil erosion. This technique has limited application and is normally considered for much smaller areas than those threatened by desertification. [citation needed]
Contour trenching (a.k.a., Continuous Contour Trench or CCT) [1] is an agricultural technique that can be easily applied in arid sub-Sahara areas to allow for water, and soil conservation, and to increase agricultural production.