
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
- New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon
- Deforestation rises in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park as cattle invade
- ‘What other country would do this to its people?’ Cambodian land grab victims seek int’l justice
- Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar

Oceans
- European tuna boats dump fishing debris in Seychelles waters ‘with impunity’
- Red flag: Predatory European ships help push Indian Ocean tuna to the brink
- Surge in seizures of giant clam shells has Philippine conservationists wary
- Ocean protection scheme can yield ‘triple benefits’ study says

Amazon conservation
- ‘We are made invisible’: Brazil’s Indigenous on prejudice in the city
- Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing
- Government inaction prompts voluntary REDD+ carbon credit boom in Brazil
- Study sounds latest warning of rainforest turning into savanna as climate warms

Land rights and extractives
- Recognizing the true guardians of the forest: Q&A with David Kaimowitz
- Nearly half the Amazon’s intact forest on Indigenous-held lands: Report
- Pension and endowment funds linked to conflict-plagued oil palm in DRC
- Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)

Endangered environmentalists
- Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing
- Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)
- Brazilian woman threatened by Amazon loggers wins global human rights award
- Indonesian fishers opposed to dredging project hit by ‘criminalization’ bid

Indonesias forest guardians
- Why I stand for my tribe’s forest: It gives us food, culture, and life (commentary)
- Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time
- Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time
- Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition

Conservation effectiveness
- A Malagasy community wins global recognition for saving its lake
- Scientists in Costa Rica are growing new corals to save reefs
- Technology innovations look to change the cacao landscape in Colombia
- In mangrove restoration, custom solutions beat one-size-fits-all approach

Southeast asian infrastructure
- Indonesian governor’s arrest in road project points to more tainted contracts
- Papua deforestation highlights eastward shift of Indonesia forest clearing
- Podcast: Omens and optimism for Sumatran orangutans
- Planned coal-trucking road threatens a forest haven for Sumatran frogs
