The desert has claimed a third of Burkina Faso, but the residents of the nation’s capital city are fighting back by circling the city with trees, vegetable plots and water tanks. The project holds back the desert, cools the city, and provides residents with a source of food.
‘We water, rest, water’: the green belt of vegetable plots cooling a city
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/we-water-rest-water-the-green-belt-of-vegetable-plots-cooling-a-city
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