How ready is Ethiopia for electric vehicles?

BY DARGIE KAHSAY Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on December 2019 reported that more than two million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in 2018, and predicted to grow the... Read more »

Ethiopia: Origin of High Quality Gemstones

BY GETACHEW MINAS  Gemstones have never played any significant economic role in the long history and rich culture of Ethiopia. It is only in the last two decades that Ethiopia has emerged... Read more »

A bird’s eye view of Lake Ziway

BY ADDISALEM MULAT Lake Ziway is part of the Central Rift Valley (CRV) where Lakes Abijata, Langano, Shala and Chitu are located. It has a surface area of 434 km2, with an... Read more »

Ethiopia to register industrial chemicals to prevent environmental pollution

BY DARGIE KAHSAY Ethiopia has enacted Industrial Chemical Registration and Administration proclamation 1075/2018, to establish a national system for registration and administration of industrial chemicals with the goal of preventing and controlling... Read more »

Fruits of forest development and international community’s support

BY TSEGAYE TILHAUN Most of the efforts that have been recently carried out on plant seedlings are protection and conservation. Speaking to The Ethiopian Herald, Bitew Shibabaw, Forest Development Director General at... Read more »

Natural resource conservation for sustainable land management

BY MUSSA MUHAMMED Ethiopia has strengthened the work of minimizing degradation /damage of land, sustainably enhancing land productivity, improving the income of farmers, and preventing ecosystem damage by establishing sustainable land management... Read more »

Ethiopia’s greening campaign to expand to East Africa in 2021

 BY DARGIE KAHSAY Following the successful plantation of five billion trees during the 2020 greenery campaign, Ethiopia announced to supply six billion seedlings, five billion to be planted at home and the... Read more »

The private sector participation to build climate resilient green economy

BY DARGIE KAHSAY Ethiopia is continuously implementing a number of measures to counter the impacts of climate change. Ethiopian government’s Climate-Resilient and Green Economy (CRGE) vision and strategy aims at building middle–income... Read more »

A promising move towards environmental conservation

BY ADDISALEM MULAT It has become obvious that environmental conservation plays a vital role in human growth and development beyond a shadow of doubt. Back in the day, on the grounds of... Read more »

Sharing the burden of fighting climate change

BY MENGISTEAB TESHOME  There is no doubt that, like many big transboundary issues, strong efforts of individual countries in environmental protection and fighting climate change will be more successful when they are... Read more »