Chinguetti threatened by desert erosion
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'Surrounded by an ocean of sand': Desertification pushes ancient city to the brink of oblivion
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Shifting sands have long covered the ancient city's 8th-century core and are encroaching on neighbourhoods at its current edge.
Chinguetti is one of four UNESCO World Heritage sites in Mauritania , a West African nation where only 0.5 per cent of land is considered farmable.
Tree-planting projects are trying to keep the invading sands at bay, but so far, they haven't eased the deep-rooted worries about the future.
Residents use mules and carts to remove the sand because the old city's streets are too narrow to accommodate cars or bulldozers.
As rainfall plummets, trees die, and more sand migrates into Chinguetti .
The solution, Bahane believes, has to be planting more trees both in neighbourhoods and along the perimeter of town.
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