Mali’s Minister of the Environment, Mariam Tangara Doumbia, chaired the sixth ordinary session of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (ANGMV) on Thursday, August 21, 2025, reviewing the country’s achievements in 2024 and outlining priorities for 2025.
The Great Green Wall, a flagship pan-African initiative launched by the African Union in 2007, aims to combat desertification and restore degraded lands across 11 Sahel countries.
Mali, one of the initiative’s key participants, hosts a stretch of the wall measuring over 2,000 kilometers in length and 215 kilometers in width, spanning 12 regions, 92 circles, and 204 communes, directly affecting more than four million people.
By the end of 2024, Mali had made significant progress, restoring nearly 87,000 hectares of degraded land, producing more than 13 million seedlings, drilling 657 boreholes, and installing over 19,000 improved cooking stoves designed to reduce pressure on forest resources.
“These achievements reflect our commitment to sustainable land management and improving the livelihoods of communities across the Sahel,” said Minister Tangara Doumbia.
Earlier this year, on June 26, Mali hosted the 10th session of the Council of Ministers of the Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall in Bamako, reinforcing its active participation in regional decision-making and governance structures.
The initiative benefits from broad international support, with partnerships involving the World Bank, the Green Climate Fund, the European Union, the UN Development Programme, the Global Environment Facility, and the West African Development Bank.
These collaborations have provided technical, financial, and policy guidance, helping Mali implement large-scale restoration projects and integrate climate resilience strategies.
As Mali looks to 2025, the ANGVM session highlighted priorities including expanding reforestation efforts, strengthening water resource management, and promoting sustainable livelihoods to ensure long-term environmental, economic, and social benefits for communities along the Great Green Wall corridor.
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