The total area of 14, 580 ha. includes Aya Town in the transition zone, which has a population of 7, 283.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Twenty-seven tribal and non-tribal communities inhabit 418 villages living on agriculture (including production of medicinal plants) and non-timber products produced in the buffer zone and transition areas.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

There are limited human activities in the buffer zone, and the transition area, which includes forests, plain areas, wetlands and many rivers, is where most economic activities take place.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences

The GGW was conceived by the 11 countries located along the southern border of the Sahara with the goal of containing the desertification of the Sahel zone, which is the transition between the Sahara in the north and the African savannas in the south, and includes parts of the countries of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

FORBES: Great Green Wall Plans to Stop Sahara

In correspondence to the Seville strategy, all clusters have core area, buffer zone and transition zone.

UNESCO: Natural Sciences

The new extension incorporates the transition area that was not included in the previous nomination and enlarges the buffer zone, tripling the total area of the Reserve.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

This extension incorporates the transition area that was not included during the nomination in 1977 and enlarges the buffer zone.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The transition zone is mainly used for organic agriculture, and Aya Town is the first community in the country to develop a traditional recycling-oriented agricultural system, put in place in 1988.

UNESCO: EDUCATION