Global responses on mother earth’s “unprecedented wakeup call”

 BY ZEKARIAS WOLDEMARIAM In recent years more and more reasons are coming to the arena causing a lot of suffering to Mother Earth. Among other things, the factors causing the earth’s suffering... Read more »

Ethiopia preparing for third round massive afforestation campaign

BY GIRMACHEW GASHAW Two years ago Ethiopia has announced a vision of planting some 10 million indigenous trees in three years. This year the country has been preparing to hit the target... Read more »

Why climate financing demands effective implementation

BY HAFTU GEBREZGABIHER The growing recognition of the urgency to act on climate change and the importance of financing underscore the global community needs to understand and achieve mainstreaming climate change into... Read more »

Preempting the future environmental risk of COVID-19’s waste management

BY STAFF REPORTER The outbreak of the coronavirus about a year ago has added one more, but a huge workload on the daily life of individuals. People have to use sanitisers and... Read more »

Harnessing the multiple benefits of spices production in Ethiopia

BY GETACHEW MINAS Opportunities for spice production in Ethiopia are almost endless and promising. Partnership between Ethiopia and the donors who are sincerely interested in helping the country may be further developed... Read more »

The need to fight forest degradation in Ethiopia

BY STAFF REPORTER Satellite data show that undisturbed forests will completely disappear in large tropical humid regions by 2050 under current disturbance rates, according to new research. Similarly, Ethiopia has been losing... Read more »

Maximizing Ethiopia’s benefit from carbon trade

BY GIRMACHEW GASHAW Carbon-trading deals involving forestry projects in developing countries could reduce poverty at the same time as they offer an inexpensive way to off-set carbon dioxide emissions. Under the clean... Read more »

Why nuclear technology is basic for health service in developing counties

BY STAFF REPOTER Nuclear is an expensive technology that is often difficult to afford for many developing countries. However compared to the indispensable solution it provides for the health sector, it is... Read more »

Why developing countries should focus on harnessing bamboo

BY STAFF REPORTER  Harnessing agricultural and other natural resources is one of the options for the economic development of countries like Ethiopia. Among the natural resources widely available in the country is... Read more »

The need to give due attention to conserving freshwater ecosystem

BY STAFF REPORTER Freshwater ecosystems such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams and wetlands are estimated to cover 15 per cent of the world’s continental surface area. These inland bodies of water are... Read more »