The studyfoundthe most tree coverinSouth America. Next comesAfricasouthof theSahara, followed by SoutheastAsia. North AfricaandWestAsia have the least.
The pan-African Great Green African Wall (GGW), a lush strips of vegetation capable of supporting birds and other animals, would stretch from Djibouti in the Horn of Africa in the east to Dakar, Senegal in the west on the southern edge of the Sahara.
In west Africa, the land along the southern fringe of the Sahara desert is particularly fragile, and every year the growing population puts more pressure on the environment.