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Dagim Terefe

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Climate Change
Ethiopia

Uncontrolled wildfire burns Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains National Park

Urgent help is needed to contain the fires, which have devastated 400 hectares of natural forest, grass and farmland in a world biodiversity hotspot Uncontrolled wildfire is devastating Simien Mountains National Park in northern Ethiopia, killing threatened species and destroying hundreds of hectares of natural forest. The fires, both natural wildfires and alleged arson, have […]
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Lake Tana Bahirdar Ethiopia3
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Ethiopia

Rescuing Lake Tana

The spread of an invasive alien species is neither easy to manage nor easy to reverse, threatening not only biodiversity but also economic development and human wellbeing. According to the United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP), native to the Amazon Basin in South America, water hyacinth (water weed) has emerged as a dangerous weed in more […]
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