Landscape of Sahel

The Sahel is a transition zone between the arid north and the tropical green forest that borders the maritime coast, covering a surface area of 5.4 million km2. Vegetation in the Sahel region is composed of mainly stunted and scattered trees, shrubs, bushes and grasses. Sahel, Africa.

Photo by Daniel Tiveau/CIFOR

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sahel, spatial variation, landscape, natural resources, horizontals, carbon, CIFOR, IMAGE/COLOR/STYLE/FORMAT, Burkina Faso, environmental impact, global warming, Carbon sequestration, Africa, REGIONS, Forests, climate change, horizontal, Dry Forests.