As Ethiopia’s war rages, a 400-year-old conservation site is scarred by battle

Mongabay
Dec 16, 2021, 4:22 am211 pts
A major fire has burned more than 1,000 hectares, or nearly 2,500 acres, of grassland in the Guassa Community Conservation Area of Ethiopia. While any long-term impacts are yet to be assessed, the fire — which coincided with a local battle in Ethiopia’s ongoing civil war — is the most severe damage in 40…

Read Article Share
Share Article
- email
- twitter
- facebook
- pocket
- reddit
- tumblr
- linkedin
- pinterest

Trending Today on EcoTopical

Researchers develop new urban sustainability assessment method using SDGSAT-1 satellite data 130

Ford is making road trips easier for all EVs 130

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest still losing ‘large amounts’ of mature forest, despite legal protection 129

GM is adding NACS to its EVs, and new adapters in the meantime 128

'Same-dip double subduction' results in mountains that are shaped by faraway forces 126

Wildfires Burning Less Land but Threatening More People 123

ChargePoint + Eaton’s Express Grid amps up DC fast charging 121

New method better predicts methane emissions from boreal-Arctic wetlands 113

About EcoTopical

Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator.

Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.