Video Spotlight Niger's Trees May Be Insurance Against Drought To view the NPR video, click here. On the NPR website, scroll down the video video list and select "Trees Return to Arid Niger". 
Scientists studying vegetation patterns in the broad arid region just south of the Sahara desert have discovered that trees are growing like crazy there, due in part to a change in the law decentralizing ownership and management of trees, with all kinds of benefits, such as increased water retention, agricultural productivity, nutrition, incomes for women and youth, etc. And while it's a big unknown whether global warming will bring further drought to this impoverished region, these trees will be one of the things that help people in countries like Niger cope. Author: Climate Connections: NPR Radio , Produced by Richard Harris, this NPR radio broadcast features natural regeneration in Niger and USAID/FRAME-funded researchers Larwanou and Tappan. Related Links |  | Online Learning The Portal provides a web-based learning management system used for delivering online courses, and managing virtual learning communities. It is designed using sound constructivist pedagogical principles and has the ability to create syllabi, objectives, content modules, assignments, tests, and social course activities like forums, chats, news and calendars.
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