Organisation Organisation > International Organisation
Name GGWA – Panafrican Agency for the Great Green Wall
Type International Organisation
About

The GGWA is a inter States organization estabilished under the aegis of the African Union (AU) and CEN-sad and has legal international capacity and operational autonomy

Mission

The GGWA aims at coordinating and managing the following-up of the realization of a green barrier of protection against the desert advancement; contributing to the durable development in the sahelian strip mainly between isohyets 100 and 400 mm, on a distance of 7000 km of lenght and 15 km wid from DAKAR to DJIBOUTI

Partners African Union, Cen-Sad
Year 2007 - Ongoing
Category Agriculture, Landscape, Biodiversity Water Resources
Target global
Title Great Green Wall for Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI)