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They Planted This Tree Against desertification... It Destroyed Everything.

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In the arid region of Afar, in north-eastern Ethiopia, a tree imported in the 1970s to combat desertification has become an ecological and economic scourge. Resistant to extreme temperatures, this thorny tree with long branches devours water resources, stifles water...
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They Planted This Tree Against desertification... It Destroyed Everything.

In the arid region of Afar, in north-eastern Ethiopia, a tree imported in the 1970s to combat desertification has become an ecological and economic scourge. Resistant to extreme temperatures, this thorny tree with long branches devours water resources, stifles water...

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Futura broke the news in on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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