If you liked this story, share it with other people. Earlier this year, the Gura Ferda forest in southwest Ethiopia was surveyed to assess its conservation potential. By some estimates, wet forests ...

Wild life plays a critical role in maintaining ecological balance, supporting biodiversity, and providing ecosystem services like pollination, pest control, and nutrient cycling. Conservation of wild ...

ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ethiopia may not be known internationally for its wildlife, unlike neighbouring Kenya, but the government has launched a plan both to protect and promote ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — For many people around the world, mentioning Ethiopia brings to mind its devastating 1984 famine. The specter of the disaster haunts the country’s international image and still ...

Ethiopia has banned game hunting to allow the recovery of animals decimated by poaching, deforestation and decades of civil war, officials said Sunday. Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Organization ...

TWILIGHT had enveloped the Simien Mountains, high up on the roof of Africa, when a series of high-pitched screams pierced the cold night air. The din increased. Shifting position on the rocks where I ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14th May 2015—TRAFFIC today hosted a workshop in Addis Ababa for Chinese businesses and citizens based in Africa to address the growing issue of illegal ivory trade. The event ...

ADDIS ABABA, EthiopiaADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — At least six elephants were killed in a single day by poachers in Ethiopia last week, wildlife officials said, the largest such slaughter in memory in the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Authorities have seized more than 1,100 pounds of illegal ivory, stuffed animals and ostrich eggs that were destined for collectors abroad, police said Thursday. Raids on more ...