a featured guest at the united nations convention to combat the certification of. this stadium so i do. but the farmer spends most of his time back home in burkina faso. fighting deforestation during times of climate change takes constant care and vigilance. and his community depends on his knowledge to bring life back to the land. for many so i would go has given them a reason to stay. and joining us tonight from amsterdam is chris rage he is a close friend. so doug a mr a just good to have you on the show i understand that you have known. for more than thirty five years can you tell us what this award means to him well this award is very important to him it is perceived as an international recognition of the book that he has gotten and he has
created some of the most diverse forests in the region and his methods have saved hundreds of square kilometers of arid land from desert if occasion the reclaimed soil allows farmers to produce crops even in times of drought. so i would go has gained international recognition for his work in two thousand and ten he was a featured guest at the united nations convention to combat the certification for this stadium so i do. but the farmer spends most of his time back home in burkina faso. fighting the forestation during times of climate change takes constant care and vigilance. and his community depends on his knowledge to bring life back to the land. for many so i would go has given them a reason to stay. and joining us tonight from amsterdam is chris rage he is
as a leader in his own community and he is now well respected but it was a difficult difficult struggle he had to overcome difficulties you know that it s fascinating to them you wouldn t you know think that he would have to overcome those types of difficulties and it kind of begs the question could this award maybe give a boost goes calls in for kenya faso and the rest of west africa well interestingly there is going to send a huge program in africa to the store one hundred million hectares of decrease by two thousand and thirty it s called a of one hundred and i think death debt. to go getting. such an important of war forty storing decon angel into production is also a very good sign for the it s kind of. forest restoration program in africa and we certainly it s in our congratulations to mr assad chris rage joining us tonight
a reason to stay. and joining us tonight from amsterdam is chris rage he is a close friend of sourdough going to rangers going to have you on the show i understand that you have known. go for more than thirty five years can t can you tell us what this award means to him well this award is very important to him it is perceived as an international recognition of the book that he has done and he has managed to to any store degrade it lends to production by experimenting since the early one nine hundred eighty s. so what he has done is just remarkable in those days in the early one nine hundred eighty s. nobody really knew how to reach toward he couldn t event to put it productivity. at at reasonable cost so and he was the one who developed the technical breakthrough