Great Green Wall receives over $14 billion to regreen the Sahel – France, World Bank listed among donors

萨赫勒绿色长城项目获超 143 亿美元资金支持 法国、世界银行位列出资方

The ambitious Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative has received at least 14.326 billion United States Dollars in new funding. The funding will fast track efforts to restore degrading land, save biological diversity as well as create green jobs and build resilience of the Sahelian people. Emmanuel Macron, President of France, made the announcement at the just concluded One Planet Summit for Biodiversity on 11 January 2021, co-organized by France, the United Nations and World Bank.

规模宏大的萨赫勒 — 撒哈拉绿色长城倡议新增资金总额达 143.26 亿美元。该笔资金将加速推进退化土地修复、生物多样性保护、绿色岗位培育工作，并提升萨赫勒民众的生态抗风险能力。本次消息由法国总统埃马纽埃尔・马克龙，于 2021 年 1 月 11 日落幕的生物多样性 “同一个星球” 峰会上对外公布；此次峰会由法国、联合国与世界银行联合主办。