GUASSA COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AREA, Ethiopia — On an early misty morning in July, Worku Mekonen, 39, one of the scouts at the Guassa Community Conservation Area  in Ethiopia’s central highlands, arrives at his duty site and starts patrolling. Walking deep into the shrubland covered in lush green grass, everywhere he turns, Mekonen happily recounts the … Continue reading Tested by COVID and war, an Indigenous conservation system in Ethiopia prevails