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Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (EOC-DICAC)

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Ethiopia's Last Highland Forests Survive as Islands Around 35,000 Churches

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia

In a country that has lost most of its forest, small wooded islands around Orthodox churches are often the only native trees for miles, and the church's development commission now helps neighbouring farmers protect and expand them.

35kchurch forestsChurch forests conserved by Ethiopian Orthodox churches (approx.)
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