Tag: Ethiopia

Until  now, forests have often been valued mainly for their timber. Yet they provide far more than wood and carbon storage. Forests offer a wide range of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) that sustain millions of people worldwide. From  medicinal plants and wild fruits to honey and natural resins, the resources sustain rural economies and cultural …

In the North Ethiopian Highlands, decades of agricultural expansion, overgrazing, and unsustainable forest use have left the land severely degraded. Ethiotrees is tackling this challenge through exclosures, community managed areas that drive landscape regeneration. We spoke with Project Coordinator Seifu Gebreslassie, one of the founders of Ethiotrees, who has been managing the project together with …