How Africa's Great Green Wall is Solving an Ancient Conflict
Published at : 23 Dec 2025
In Episode 3 of the series, Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to Africa's Great Green Wall in the Mongo region of Chad. He visits a project where land restoration is being used to address the age-old conflict between nomadic herders and settled farmers, and looks at the details of water harvesting and plant systems that are restoring food security and rehabilitating damaged lands.
Coordinates of major sites visited (paste these into Google Earth): Main site (Klimty): 12.41331° 18.93279° Pastoral pond outside boundary of restoration site: 12.42561° 18.92808° Site of fish ponds: 12.40954° 18.95742° Another restoration site featured (Djoukoukouli): 12.28899° 18.82072°
Thanks to Evelyn Fey of the WFP media team for camera and drone videography