Reforestation & agroforestryActive

Great Green Wall, Senegal

ASERGMV carries out Senegal's component of Africa's Great Green Wall. Its zone runs 850 km and covers 95,704 km², 40.4 percent of the country, across 131 communes, and its mission is to intensify reforestation, develop eco-villages and promote green jobs.

Great Green Wall zone, SenegalSahelian drylandsNone
OperatorAgence Sénégalaise de la Reforestation et de la Grande Muraille Verte (ASERGMV)
EcosystemSahelian drylands
StandardNone
StatusActive
LocationGreat Green Wall zone, Senegal
Overview

Inside the project

Alongside the national reforestation strategy, the agency runs integrated community agricultural farms and Tolou-keur village gardens.

Its site references a 2026 national reforestation campaign. The agency does not publish a cumulative hectares figure on its homepage.

850 km
Length of the zone
95,704 km²
Area of the zone
131 communes
Communes covered

Objectives

  • Intensify reforestation across the Great Green Wall zone
  • Develop eco-villages and green jobs
  • Implement Senegal's component of the continental Great Green Wall

Approach

  • Reforestation campaigns are combined with community farms and village gardens so restored land also supports food and income.

Sources

Inspect 1 source
  1. asergmv.sn ↗https://asergmv.sn/

Documented by one public source so far.

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