Ethiopia
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Ethiopia reviews and validates National Great Green Wall Coalition Framework
Ethiopia is working to improve coordination among institutions implementing the Great Green Wall Initiative, with a new coalition framework setting…
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Planting the foundations of the Somali Region’s first tree seed system
New seed orchards, a tree seed laboratory and seed collector groups are being established in Ethiopia’s Somali region to improve…
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Gedeo’s agroforestry legacy: Farming without losing forests
This article follows a visit to the Humbo Carbon Project, where communities restored degraded land through collective action. In Gedeo,…
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Learning from the Humbo experience: How community-led forest restoration delivers climate and livelihoods
A group of 25 people from various faith-based non-governmental organizations and government offices visited the South Ethiopia Region from 12…
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Ethiopia moves toward a national agroecology strategy
In late November 2024, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture—together with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), the…
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Better support for local communities can boost reforestation efforts in Ethiopia
Tree planting in Ethiopia presents opportunities, but also poses unique challenges for local communities. Limited opportunities to influence decisions about…
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Dissecting multi-stakeholder forums and how they shape forest governance
Gathering a diverse group of people together — with various vested interests — to discuss how to best manage a…
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Soil health critical for maintaining human health, biological diversity, researchers say
Healthy soil sustains life on Earth, channeling nutrients through plants, supporting essential water and land-based systems, absorbing carbon dioxide to…
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Getting Ethiopia REDD+ ready
Forest protection is not usually a huge money spinner. Logging, mining, clearing forests for grazing, or building a new city…
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How do you protect what’s ‘everywhere but nowhere?’
Yesterday Ethiopia began its ambitious 4 billion tree planting program. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, said the mega campaign will…
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Ghetto chimps, 4 billion trees for Ethiopia, while Amazon deforestation accelerates…fast!
In Forests News last week: Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa? Agriculture expansion presents the biggest threat…
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Gender equality vital part of forest-based climate action, says CIFOR scientist at COP24
KATOWICE, Poland — Failing to address gender equality in forest- and tree-based climate initiatives can have negative implications for gender…
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When rights to land doesn’t mean rights to resources
As indigenous communities around the world gain recognition of rights to their ancestral lands, their rights to resources on those…
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In the hands of farmers: Ethiopia’s push to restore degraded lands
Ethiopia is home to sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest population, and most of the country’s 100 million people are farmers. In…
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How China, Nepal and Ethiopia are restoring forest landscapes
Forest landscape restoration has gained a high political profile internationally, but still faces the challenge of how best to involve…
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