The Senegalese Agency for Reforestation and the Great Green Wall (ASERGMV) has received support from the OCP Foundation (Office Chérifien des Phosphates). The charity of the Moroccan phosphate giant OCP is providing 1.4 billion CFA francs (more than 2 million euros) for the Senegalese part of the Great Green Wall initiative. As part of its commitment to sustainable development, the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) Foundation is allocating 1.4 billion CFA francs (over 2 million euros) to the protection of biodiversity in Senegal. This funding has been granted to the Senegalese Agency for Reforestation and the Great Green Wall (ASERGMV) for the implementation of projects aimed at enhancing the floristic and faunal potential of this West African country. According to the foundation's secretary general, the agreement will contribute to the development of partnerships with soil and water analysis laboratories, and the training of managers in climate, environment and water. "Projects will soon begin on the challenges and opportunities offered by the Great Green Wall, which is central to Senegal and the continent, but also to the entire planet," explains Abdelhadi Sohib. This support will also enable collaboration between the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco and research institutes in Senegal with a view to designing development projects likely to have an impact on the realisation of the Great Green Wall. Initiated by the African Union (AU), this project aims to combat desertification in Africa through the restoration of 100 million hectares of degraded land thanks to a strip of vegetation that will link Dakar to Djibouti and will cover more than 117,000 km2, or 11.7 million hectares. To support the implementation of the Senegalese part of the Great Green Wall, the Canadian mining company Endeavour Mining, which operates the Sabodala-Massawa gold mine in the Kédougou region, also announced in May 2022 that it would provide 40 million CFA francs (more than 60,000 euros) in funding for ASERGMV. Benoit-Ivan Wansi
As part of its commitment to sustainable development, the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) Foundation is allocating 1.4 billion CFA francs (over 2 million euros) to the protection of biodiversity in Senegal. This funding has been granted to the Senegalese Agency for Reforestation and the Great Green Wall (ASERGMV) for the implementation of projects aimed at enhancing the floristic and faunal potential of this West African country.
According to the foundation’s secretary general, the agreement will contribute to the development of partnerships with soil and water analysis laboratories, and the training of managers in climate, environment and water. “Projects will soon begin on the challenges and opportunities offered by the Great Green Wall, which is central to Senegal and the continent, but also to the entire planet,” explains Abdelhadi Sohib.
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This support will also enable collaboration between the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco and research institutes in Senegal with a view to designing development projects likely to have an impact on the realisation of the Great Green Wall. Initiated by the African Union (AU), this project aims to combat desertification in Africa through the restoration of 100 million hectares of degraded land thanks to a strip of vegetation that will link Dakar to Djibouti and will cover more than 117,000 km2, or 11.7 million hectares.
To support the implementation of the Senegalese part of the Great Green Wall, the Canadian mining company Endeavour Mining, which operates the Sabodala-Massawa gold mine in the Kédougou region, also announced in May 2022 that it would provide 40 million CFA francs (more than 60,000 euros) in funding for ASERGMV.
Benoit-Ivan Wansi
