If you see a forest in Ethiopia, you know there is very likely to be a church in the middle, says Alemayehu Wassie. Wassie, a forest ecologist, has spent the past decade on a mission: preserving, ...

In the face of Africa’s rapid deforestation in past decades, many countries in the continent are now starting to see progress in combating forest loss—and making inroads in reforestation efforts.

They, in turn, are granted exclusive user rights to that tract. Such a grassroots approach is intended to conserve Ethiopia's remaining forests, which once blanketed upwards of 35 percent of the ...

May 31, 2007 (ADDIS ABABA) — A thousand rare black-mane lions — an Ethiopian national symbol — and some 300 elephants are in danger after a swathe of forest in their sanctuary was cut down, a wildlife ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, headquartered in Rome, Italy, has once again granted ...

Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other ...

Thousands stuck after leaving camps in Amhara region Refugees say they face robbery, beating and abduction UN seeking $175mln in funding, $400,000 received Case highlights lack of options for those ...

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