 The $8-billion project intends to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, which would create 350,000 rural jobs and absorb 250 million tons of from the atmosphere.Ecosia reports having planted 5,531,042+ trees as of 25 July 2018, mostly in Burkina Faso, though no other source for this can be found.In September 2017, the BBC reported that progress was best in Senegal.