2020年高考英语外刊时事命题阅读理解：绿色多哥，再见荒漠化 Fighting against desertification is ongoing in Togo

Fighting against desertification is ongoing in Togo 绿色多哥，再见荒漠化 Djatougbe Akouvi Aziaka, 32, holds a BA (文学学位) in language and has seven years of experience writing about social, environmental, gender (性别) and cultural problems as a journalist. She also has other positions. She is president of a youth association known as Welfare Togo, as well as the owner of a media company in the West African country of Togo. These two associations are working on sustainable development challenges and have strong working relationships with many United Nations organizations. Welfare Togo has been accepted by many UN organizations. Its work covers many areas, including climate change, gender equality and human rights. For example, the association is now working with the UN and Togo’s government to fight desertification (荒漠化). Togo has very little forest coverage. Because of the use of wood for fuel (燃料), as well as the practice of slash and burn (刀耕火种) agriculture, the country’s forest coverage dropp