A Tale of Two Walls: A Comparison of the Green Wall Projects in Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan Regions

Desertification as a bio-physical stressor threatens food and water security, and is exacerbated by climate change. Other issues such as peace, gender equity, and livelihood are some examples of socio-economic issues also connected to desertification. This is apparent in the cases of Inner Mong...

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Main Author: Ratilla, Daniel Chen
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.budhi-14532024-11-27T10:36:02Z A Tale of Two Walls: A Comparison of the Green Wall Projects in Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan Regions Ratilla, Daniel Chen Desertification as a bio-physical stressor threatens food and water security, and is exacerbated by climate change. Other issues such as peace, gender equity, and livelihood are some examples of socio-economic issues also connected to desertification. This is apparent in the cases of Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan region, where desertification has spurred the creation of afforestation projects, colloquially known as “Green Walls”: these are the Three-North Shelterbelt Project, and the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, respectively. This paper explores the principles of environmental ethics (such as vulnerability, common goods, biological and cultural diversity, and environmental virtues) in the two Green Wall projects and compares these in their respective environmental management strategies. The paper concludes that both Green Wall projects can benefit from collaboration such as an exchange of knowledge and effective methods and practices. These include the capacity of the Chinese State in resource mobilization and of the African Union’s emphasis on organization at the grassroots level. 2024-11-27T11:18:37Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol23/iss1/3 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1453/viewcontent/Budhi_2023.1_203_20Article_20__20Ratilla.pdf Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture Archīum Ateneo Africa China climate refugees desertification environmental ethics environmental management Green Walls Inner Mongolia Sahara Sahel vegetation
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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Philippines
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topic Africa
China
climate refugees
desertification
environmental ethics
environmental management
Green Walls
Inner Mongolia
Sahara
Sahel
vegetation
spellingShingle Africa
China
climate refugees
desertification
environmental ethics
environmental management
Green Walls
Inner Mongolia
Sahara
Sahel
vegetation
Ratilla, Daniel Chen
A Tale of Two Walls: A Comparison of the Green Wall Projects in Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan Regions
description Desertification as a bio-physical stressor threatens food and water security, and is exacerbated by climate change. Other issues such as peace, gender equity, and livelihood are some examples of socio-economic issues also connected to desertification. This is apparent in the cases of Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan region, where desertification has spurred the creation of afforestation projects, colloquially known as “Green Walls”: these are the Three-North Shelterbelt Project, and the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, respectively. This paper explores the principles of environmental ethics (such as vulnerability, common goods, biological and cultural diversity, and environmental virtues) in the two Green Wall projects and compares these in their respective environmental management strategies. The paper concludes that both Green Wall projects can benefit from collaboration such as an exchange of knowledge and effective methods and practices. These include the capacity of the Chinese State in resource mobilization and of the African Union’s emphasis on organization at the grassroots level.
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author Ratilla, Daniel Chen
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title A Tale of Two Walls: A Comparison of the Green Wall Projects in Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan Regions
title_short A Tale of Two Walls: A Comparison of the Green Wall Projects in Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan Regions
title_full A Tale of Two Walls: A Comparison of the Green Wall Projects in Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan Regions
title_fullStr A Tale of Two Walls: A Comparison of the Green Wall Projects in Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan Regions
title_full_unstemmed A Tale of Two Walls: A Comparison of the Green Wall Projects in Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan Regions
title_sort tale of two walls: a comparison of the green wall projects in inner mongolia and the sahelo-saharan regions
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2024
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol23/iss1/3
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1453/viewcontent/Budhi_2023.1_203_20Article_20__20Ratilla.pdf
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