{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Forestry in Chad - Newikis","description":"Like most states of the African Sahel, Chad has suffered desertification—the encroachment of the desert. Traditional herding practices and the need for firewood and wood for construction have exacerbated the problem. In the early 1980s, the country possessed between 135,000 and 160,000 square…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Bodele_Depression_Dust_Storm_-_NASA_Earth_Observatory.jpg","thumbnail_width":720,"thumbnail_height":480}