
Articles by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese
Maheder is a freelance photographer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
People and changes being a main inspiration to most of her documentary work,
Maheder mainly focuses on telling stories, documenting changes and giving voices to
what she considers to be voiceless in her community.
Photo Exhibitions she has participated in include Morning Star Mall, Addis Ababa
(October, 2014), “Photojournalists in Conflict”, World Press Freedom Day Celebrations
in Finland, Helsinki (May, 2016) and the most recent one, “In Quest for” Goethe-
Institute, Addis Ababa Ethiopia (August25 - Sep 30, 2016).
In addition, she will also be presenting her works at the fourth edition of Addis Foto
Fest which will take place from December 12th – 21st, 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Moreover, in April 2015, Maheder was among the top 10 honorable mention of women
Professional artists after participating in the art competition announced by the USA
embassy in Addis Ababa.
She is currently working on personal projects involving documentary Photography
works.


In Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa, Gullele Botanical Garden captivates city dwellers

In Ethiopia, a community leans on customs to save an antelope from extinction

Land restoration makes progress in Ethiopia

Community pulls water-thirsty invasive weeds from Ethiopia’s Lake Tana

The people of Ethiopia’s forests
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Bolivian national park hit hard by forest fires in 2022, satellite data show
- Deforestation ‘out of control’ in reserve in Brazil’s cattle capital
- In Brazil’s Amazon, land grabbers scramble to claim disputed Indigenous reserve
- Gold mining invades remote protected area in Ecuador

Oceans
- Good fisheries management, if enforced, can help sharks and rays recover
- An El Niño is forecast for 2023. How much coral will bleach this time?
- Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade
- Mongabay Explains: What’s the difference between artisanal and industrial fishing?

Amazon Conservation
- Joenia Wapichana: ‘I want to see the Yanomami and Raposa Serra do Sol territories free of invasions’
- JBS is accused of misleading investors with suspicious green bonds
- Sonia Guajajara: Turnaround from jail threats to Minister of Indigenous Peoples
- From Japan to Brazil: Reforesting the Amazon with the Miyawaki method

Land rights and extractives
- Tense neighbors: Chinese quarry in Cameroon takes a toll on locals
- FOIA lawsuit suggests Indonesian nickel miners lack environmental licenses
- Shadows of oil in Peru: Shipibo people denounce damage, contamination left by company
- In Liberia, a gold boom leads to unregulated mining and ailing rivers

Endangered Environmentalists
- ‘We lost the biggest ally’: Nelly Marubo on her friend Bruno Pereira’s legacy
- Murders of 2 Pataxó leaders prompt Ministry of Indigenous Peoples to launch crisis office
- Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing
- Scientists call for end to violence against Amazon communities, environmental defenders

Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
- Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
- A utopia of clean air and wet peat amid Sumatra’s forest fire ‘hell’

Conservation Effectiveness
- Biodiversity, human rights safeguards crucial to nature-based solutions: Critics
- Protecting canids from planet-wide threats offers ecological opportunities
- Mangrove forest loss is slowing toward a halt, new report shows
- ‘South Asia needs its own tiger plan’: Q&A with Nepal’s Maheshwar Dhakal

Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Tunnel collapse at dam project in orangutan habitat claims yet another life
- Sulawesi nickel plant coats nearby homes in toxic dust
- Indonesia’s grand EV plans hinge on a ‘green’ industrial park that likely isn’t
- Java communities rally as clock ticks on cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’
