Despite population growth and management challenges, hope for forests in Ethiopia

Mongabay
Mar 17, 2017, 3:54 am144 pts
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – In Ethiopia’s ever-expanding capital of Addis Ababa, the massive afromontane forest coverage on the city's outskirts could be under threat from the increasing urban population, which is more than 3.4 million and growing. At an elevation of 3,200 meters (10,500 feet), the Mount Entoto…

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