Environment
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News: Multiple Forest fires result of arsonists: says forest conservation and preservation director
Forest Fire, Unknown Location, Oromia Regional State. Picture: Social Media ETENESH ABERA @ETENESHAB Addis Abeba, March 31, 2021 – Reports…
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News Analysis: Prosopis juliflora reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods
Invasive mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) near the Awash River, Afar Region, Ethiopia (Image courtesy of T. Wakie) . Addis Abeba, January…
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News: Nestlé launches a waste management program to tackle plastic pollution
Nestlé and TS Environment partnered to set up a plastics waste recovery program in Ethiopia Addis Abeba, December 17/2020 –…
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News: Climate-fueled La Niña in East Africa will drive millions into hunger: OXFAM
In August 2016, while struggling to overcome the El Niño induced drought Dire Dawa and its environs were suddenly hit…
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News: New documentary sheds light on Ethiopia’s Elephant crisis
Picture: Screenshot from “Ethiopia’s Elephant Crisis” Trailer. Ethiopia has already lost its black rhino, now it is losing its elephants…
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Op-Ed: To silence the guns, restore nature: Hailemariam Desalegn
Hailemariam Desalegn Addis Abeba, February 11/2020 – In the span of a human life, Mozambique’s majestic Gorongosa National Park has…
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News: Desert Locusts spread to new areas in Ethiopia; new threat from cyclic multiplication in the Somali region
Addis Abeba, January 20/2020 – Despite control efforts, Desert Locusts are spreading to new areas of Ethiopia in vast numbers.…
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News: Land governance project to improve land tenure, rights for farmers,pastoralists in Ethiopia inaugurated
Addis Abeba, November 12/2019 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has today launched its new Land Governance…
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Analysis: Ethiopian plant breeders turn to a nuclear technique to help Teff farmers adapt to climate change
Researchers [in Bishoftu] are working to develop new teff varieties with favorable characteristics. Here they compare the seeds of new…
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Alert: Ethiopia Desert Locust infestation worsens
In Amhara regional state, some farms have registered nearly 100 percent loss of teff, a staple crop in Ethiopia. Addis…
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