Egypt: The Amazing Forest in the Desert | Global 3000
Fertile land is scarce in Egypt. All of life depends on water from the Nile River. 85 million Eyptians are settled along its banks. The rest of the country is desert. Egyptian and German scientists have now found a way of cultivating forests in the desert sand.
It looks like a fata morgana. But the forests in the Egyptian desert are real. They’re watered with processed sewage. 24 such forests have sprung up across the country over the past eight years. The sewage is rich in nutrients and fuels the growth of plants like mahagony, eucalyptus and sisal.
A Report by Florian Nusch
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