 In 2007, CHSG directed the project to tackle the social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification.Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Chad thereafter created the Panafrican Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAGGW).A harmonized regional strategy was adopted in September 2012 by the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN).