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Ethiopia set to be named host of 2027 UN climate talks

Elodie Toto 17 Nov 2025
Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and TK Kenya's William Ruto at the Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa. Image courtesy Africa Climate Summit. (Public Domain)

Leaders pitch homegrown solutions at Africa Climate Summit — and $100b to back them

David Akana 9 Sep 2025
A cocoa pod opened by hand. Exclusion of smallholder farmers from markets, a potential consequence of the EUDR, could result in loss of income leading to environmental harms but also exacerbate existing problems including child labor on cocoa farms. “These risks are known,” says Rainforest Alliance’s Fanny Gauttier. “That's something that we have highlighted many times.”

EUDR implementation comes laden with potential unintended consequences

Sean Mowbray 4 Sep 2025
After separating the edible pulp, the leftover enset fibers are collected and used to make durable household items like ropes, mats and baskets. Image by Solomon Yimer for Mongabay.

Ethiopian initiatives try to mainstream traditional and resilient enset crop in diets

Solomon Yimer 20 Aug 2025
Banner image of a white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus), which is among the Nuer peoples’ gaatkuoth birds (meaning “children of god”). Image by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What we can learn from the Nuer people and their sacred birds

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2025
A male Walia ibex in Ethiopia. Image courtesy of Paul Scholte.

Ethiopia’s iconic Walia ibex faces extinction once again

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2025

Global maps reveal where mycorrhizal fungi thrive — and where they’re unprotected

Liz Kimbrough 4 Aug 2025

Ethiopia’s national tree campaign underway with aim to plant 700 million seedlings in one day

Associated Press 31 Jul 2025
Black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina). Image by Saverio Savio via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

The sacred humans-bird connection in Ethiopia’s wetlands: Interview with Abebayehu Aticho

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 25 Jul 2025

After USAID cut, Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area aims for self-sufficiency

Solomon Yimer 27 Jun 2025
Banner image of a gelada by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Gelada monkey vocalizations offer insight into human evolution: Study

Kristine Sabillo 9 Jun 2025
Banner image of tiang in South Sudan ©Marcus Westberg/African Parks.

New maps reveal Earth’s largest land mammal migration

Kristine Sabillo 3 Jun 2025
A reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata)

USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area

Solomon Yimer 30 May 2025
In Tishimale Village, Konso, Belachew and 147 other farmers use flood farming techniques to grow crops three times a year. Without these methods to adapt to the drought and the shortage of rain, it would be impossible to grow sustainably in this dry region. Image by Solomon Yimer.

Photos: Ethiopian farmers blend tradition, innovation to sustain centuries-old agriculture

Solomon Yimer 25 Mar 2025
For Gehano Guchiro Nekayto, these terraces aren’t just a method of farming; they’re the lifeblood of his community and represent a vital connection to land and cultural identity. Image by Solomon Yimer.

Sustaining a 400-year-old Ethiopian farming tradition: Interview with elder Gehano Guchoir

Solomon Yimer 17 Jan 2025

African Parks closes deal to manage Ethiopia’s Gambella National Park

Ashoka Mukpo 16 Jan 2025
Banner image of an Ethiopian wolf feeding on the nectar of red hot poker flowers, courtesy of Adrien Lesaffre.

Study finds rare wolf feeding on nectar and spreading pollen

Kristine Sabillo 27 Nov 2024
In a village near Kebribeyah district of Somali regional state, a young herder guides the cattle to the water source, keeping the age-old tradition alive. Image by Solomon Yimer.

As climate change upends Ethiopia’s pastoral wisdom, adaptations can help

Sonam Lama Hyolmo and Solomon Yimer 26 Nov 2024
Abdi Ahmed, in his late 60s, continues his pastoral life in Guyo Kebele, Somali Region, supporting his 19 children through a lifetime of nomadic herding.

Drought & climate change force Ethiopia pastoralists to go job hunting

Solomon Yimer 9 Oct 2024
Abijata-Shalla National Park’s management is working to build a common understanding of how deforestation and other activities affect the landscape on which communities and wildlife depend. Image by Solomon Yimer for Mongabay.

Holistic care for an Ethiopian lake system: Interview with Redwan Mohammed

Solomon Yimer 6 Aug 2024
Lake Turkana. Image by Aocrane via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Small steps towards larger goal of protecting East African wetlands

Petro Kotzé 6 Aug 2024
Harare locals visit the Mbare Agricultural Market to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. Photo by: Charles Dhewa.

African markets tackle food insecurity and climate change — but lack investment

Aimee Gabay 16 Jul 2024

Protected areas benefit nature & people, study says — with caveats

Malavika Vyawahare 2 Jul 2024
Aba Gebreselassie stands near a big tree in the forest around Ura Kidane Mihret Monastery in the Zege peninsula, Ethiopia.

Guardians of the sacred: Ethiopian Orthodox monks on spiritual forest conservation

Solomon Yimer 27 Jun 2024
Small children from Rira village stand by the roadside near their humble home.

World Heritage Site listing for Ethiopian park leads to eviction of farming community

Solomon Yimer 30 Oct 2023
Fetiya Ousman on a patrol.

Balancing elephant conservation and community needs: Q&A with award-winning ranger Fetiya Ousman

Solomon Yimer 8 Sep 2023
Desta Melaku, one of the board member of Guassa Community Conservation Office, stands in front of a field of guassa grass. Image by Solomon Yimer for Mongabay.

Tested by COVID and war, an Indigenous conservation system in Ethiopia prevails

Solomon Yimer 4 Jul 2023
Farmers in the Lower Omo Valley.

Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area brings Indigenous communities into the fold

Kaleab Girma 13 Jun 2023
Kwegu fishing in the Omo River

Dams and plantations upend livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo River Valley

John Cannon, Kaleab Girma 16 May 2023

Ethiopia used chemicals to kill locusts. Billions of honeybees disappeared

Malavika Vyawahare 1 May 2023
Two researchers measuring a Victoria boliviana leaf.

Kew Gardens joins local partners to save tropical plants from extinction

Sue Branford 15 Feb 2023
Herders in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia. Image courtesy of the Oakland Institute.

‘Development’ projects in Ethiopia leave starvation, disease in wake: Report

John Cannon 12 Feb 2023

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