Nature and EnvironmentThe man greening Burkina Faso's desert04:06This browser does not support the video element.Nature and EnvironmentSharaph Coulibaly11/26/2018November 26, 2018Yacouba Sawadogo started planting trees in northern Burkina Faso in 1980 to stop desertification. Now at 80 he has won the Right Livelihood award and looks back to see the fruits of his labor.Copy linkAdvertisement