Locusts expose people to famine in East Africa leaving land naked, demolishing crops

Billions of hungry insects are threatening to cause famine amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. Huge swarms of desert locusts with a greedy appetite for main crops like... Read more »

COVID-19 pandemic causes concern over plastic pollution

COVID-19 pandemic leads to concern over plastic waste Communities across the country have seen examples of increased litter during the coronavirus pandemic – especially masks and gloves discarded on the ground –... Read more »

Greening human mind serves to greening the environment

Ethiopia has a thousand and above years’ experience in planting seedlings of different plant species with whole nations living together. Now to get fruits of it, greening the human mind is an... Read more »

Ding-Dong! The bells are tolling! It is a wakeup call for all countries of the Nile Valley!

 Yes Ding-Dong! The bells are tolling! It is a wakeup call for all the countries of the Nile Valley and the African Union. The world is witnessing a shameful squabble among Egypt,... Read more »

Importance of newly designed genetic law for proper handling of biotechnology

Genetic technology mutations in natural products are disadvantageous to natural producers and consumers in Ethiopia. In particular, it is said that genetic modification was forbidden not be imposed on consumers. As a... Read more »

“Nile should not be source for confrontation, but cooperation”

The Ethiopia Herald approached Omer Redi via email to talk about the current negotiations and other related issues on the Nile. AU and other pertinent stakeholders’ duties and responsibilities in the process... Read more »

Effective environmental Protection can be attained only through allied forces

Ethiopia is one of the countries with a good geographical location, climate, and biodiversity. However, it has not benefited properly from its natural services economically and socially for a long time. The... Read more »

Harnessing the green legacy initiative

I had the opportunity to trek through a rural area landscape that once used to be dense forest as a kid with my mother. Glancing at the degraded landscape, she said: “Son,... Read more »

Attaching importance to biodiversity resources

Ethiopia is on the verge to lose its biodiversity resource due to the newly coming (exotic and invasive) species those are artificially hybrid and less useful for the community compared to the... Read more »

A few thoughts on the tree planting initiative

Greenhouse gas emission has continually increased over the past decades, which means that significant action is needed to reduce emissions. There have been many mitigation policies and efforts put forward to bring... Read more »