Story

In northern Ethiopia, most of the forest has disappeared or has been severely degraded. This means less productive soils and more frequent climate extremes like droughts and floods, causing extreme poverty. This programme in the Desa'a and Amhara regions aims to stop this vicious circle of forest degradation and poverty through restoring the forest and diversifying the population's income.

Impact

The planting and protecting of native species will boost biodiversity, regenerate soil and water resources and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. Mammals such as the rare baboon and the spotted hyena will find a new habitat to thrive. With local farmers we build dams, micro-basins and water harvesting ponds to retain rainwater, improve infiltration and increase water access. The project is undergoing carbon certification and will contribute to the Paris Climate Agreement by sequestering CO2.

Challenge

Northern Ethiopia is directly threatened by desertification while it is home to many threatened species with an important function for climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as water supply. The immediate consequence of the disappearance of forest is erosion of topsoil and the significant reduction of agricultural yields for the local farmers. Even more alarming is the long-term impact on local cloud formation and rainfall, causing more frequent droughts and food insecurity.

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