{"id":39656,"date":"2025-06-13T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=39656"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:08:20","slug":"desertification-india-green-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/desertification-india-green-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Desertification, India will have its own “Green Wall” to fight it"},"content":{"rendered":"

1,400 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide, the Green Wall will cross 4 states of India along the Aravalli mountain range. The territory has long been subject to increasing desertification that damages agricultural activities and ecosystems<\/h2>\n

by Emanuele Isonio<\/p>\n

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India will also have its own \u201cGreen Wall\u201d. A 1,400 km long and 5 km wide belt designed with one goal: to combat soil degradation<\/strong>, slow desertification and conserve biodiversity<\/strong>. The project is called \u201cAravalli Green Wall<\/strong>\u201d and will develop along the mountain range of the same name, which crosses 29 districts<\/strong> in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi.<\/p>\n

The first tree of the ambitious environmental initiative was planted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/strong> on the occasion of World Environment Day, on June 5. “Our aim,” Modi explained in a post on X, “is to redevelop the areas connected to this mountain range. We will work with the respective local governments and focus on things like improving water systems, containing dust storms, arresting the eastward expansion of the Thar Desert.<\/strong> In the Aravalli range and beyond, in addition to traditional plantation methods, we will encourage new techniques,<\/strong> especially in urban and semi-urban areas where space is limited.”<\/p>\n