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4 projects · 4 organizations

Latest from Ethiopia

Warka Water Inc.

Warka Water

Fresh Water

Bamboo towers designed by architect Arturo Vittori harvest up to 100 liters of drinking water a day from fog, dew, and rain.

100liters/dayWater harvested per tower per day (Ethiopia pilot)
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Climate

Farmers on Ethiopia's Mount Damota regrew a forest from old tree stumps and turned the carbon credits into grain mills, warehouses and floodproofing for their villages.

2,728hectaresDegraded land restored
1.2MUSDCarbon credit revenue paid to local communities
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EthioTrees Ecosystem Restoration Association

EthioTrees: Rebuilding Tigray's Highland Terraces

Forests

Landless and smallholder farmers in Ethiopia's Tembien highlands are regenerating degraded mountain slopes with exclosures, hillside terraces and native trees, funded by carbon credits they control.

58.6khouseholdsHouseholds benefiting
8MtreesTrees planted
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Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS)

Protecting Ethiopia's Birds and Wild Places

Wildlife

Ethiopia's oldest environmental NGO safeguards the country's wild birds and habitats through flyway conservation, tree-planting and grassroots education.

859speciesEthiopian bird species documented in the free Birds of Africa app
1,966founding yearOperating as Ethiopia's oldest conservation NGO since
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