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The Belvédère-Sébikotane ecovillage -
12/08/2020 - Senegal - Senegal loses 40,000 hectares of forests per year. To remedy this, the country is part of the international project of the Great Green Wall in the Sahel. In this dynamic of reforestation, a new project has just been launched, the "tolou keur", or small nourishing and medicinal forests, replanted next to villages with an ecological vocation. A second pilot project was launched on Wednesday August 12 in the village of Belvédère, 40 kilometers from Dakar. Portrait of Djibril Sall, the village chief

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - With the participation of the 60 people of the village, the Senegalese agency for Reforestation and the Great Green Wall has planted a nourishing forest of 5000 m², a few steps from their houses.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - In Senegal, in Belvédère, nourishing forests are emerging as part of the Great Green Wall project. The goal is to fight against deforestation.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - A farmer from the village of Belvédère feeds his oxen.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - the reforestation agency wanted to help this village without water and electricity to become more autonomous, in an ecological way.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - a child from the village of Belvédère collects kindling to make a fire.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - Aly Ndiaye, project manager of the Belvédère village project.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - Aly Ndiaye, project manager of the Belvédère village project.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - Villagers cross an old dried up stream near the village of Belvédère.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - Notables from the region visit the fruit tree plantations of the association "tolou keur" in the village of Belvédère.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - Omar and his daughter pose in front of an old sign from an ecovillage mission in the 90s.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - Djibril Sall, the village chief explains how irrigation works in the village.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - There are over 60 people living in the village without water or electricity.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - Fruit tree plantations can produce more than 2 tons of fruits and vegetables in 3 months.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - The volunteers plant the fruit trees near the village of Belvédère.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - A village woman walks through the fields of medicinal plants.

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12/08/2020 - Senegal - The artificial lake in the village of Belvédère.

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