{"cache_age":"3600","width":"920","description":"Cutting trees along river banks is creating desertification in northern Benin. Without tree roots to hold soil in place, topsoil washes away. The river bank turns to sand, which local people dig and sell.  Agriculture is no longer possible. Bio-Benin is educating locals about this destruction and planting trees along the waterways to restore them to health. We provide training for them to make a living in other ways. Our success will give us all water to drink, for food, for fishing, for LIFE!","html":"<iframe src='https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/dy\/v2\/oembed\/?format=html&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalgiving.org%2Fprojects%2Fenvironmentalwatershedprotection%2F' style='width:920px;height:613px;border:0;'><\/iframe>","type":"rich","title":"Protect Waterways\/Protect Life on GlobalGiving","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/pfil\/67618\/pict_large.jpg","version":"1.0","height":"613"}