Worku Mulat, who has been working with Dr. Lowman and the TREE Foundation to help save the Ethiopia’s Church Forests, writes: Ethiopian government is advised to actively promote protection of church forests. See below: _________________________ Re-Greening the Horn The international community and national governments are advised to invest in re-greening the Horn, through improved water […]
Matthew Jellings is a photographer currently studying for a masters in wildlife conservation at Sheffield University. He specializes in close up and landscape photography. Mr. Jellings recently accompanied Dr. Lowman on an expedition to Ethiopia and captured some stunning images. You can view the photo gallery at here. Mr. Jellings is willing to work on […]
A critical element of our “conservation of Ethiopian church forests” project, Alemayehu and I hosted a worksohp for priests. TREE Foundation “funded” the per diem for each priest to attend. For 2 days of travel to the workshop, one day in attendance, 2 days returning, and all their lodging/meals, Alemayehu calculated that we would give […]
Debresena Church forest walls are in progess in Ethiopia, thanks to generous contributions from the global forest conservation community! [nggallery id=30] (photos from Alemayehu Wassie) Help us continue this effort of funding the conservation of Ethiopia’s last forests by donating: Ethiopia Church Forests Conservation Cost Table
Student Jiri Hulcr was on NPR’s Living on Earth to talk about the Belly Button Biodiversity project. Listen and read at: http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=11-P13-00019&segmentID=7 You can also listen using the player below: [media id=26 width=320 height=20]
Here is some updates on the progress going on to help save the Church Forests of Ethiopia. From De Alemayehu Wassie Eshete: 1. Zahara is in a good progress: they will finish the fence in two weeks. and they have started digging the hole for the latrine. I will send you photos. 2. This weekend […]
Progress is being made in the “Saving the Forests of Ethiopia – one church at a time” project. Below are photos of the Zahara church forest wall under construction: Thank you to TREE Foundation donors who sponsored this wall, to save the forests of Ethiopia! To learn more about how you can help please visit […]
From The Hindu: Margaret Lowman inhabits a space where few tread — tree canopies. Hema Vijay talks to the environmental activist who says India’s forests hold great potential for eco-tourism. Strapped in a cord with a harness, she swings herself to land upon branches about 200 feet above the ground — in the heart of […]
When people see the lecture about Ethiopian church forests, they are inspired about this incredible resource and how to save it. Here is one free-lance writer who took the conservation message to heart, and wrote her own article about our project: http://blogs.plos.org/blog/2011/02/25/church-forest/ Update: BoingBoing has a post mentioning the PLoS article here.
You may have noticed inconsistencies in the spelling of Ethiopian place names. Spelling is tricky with some Ethiopian names, because the locals use different spellings than what the English-speaking cartography world picks up. Alas, we used various spellings along the way, depending on whether we were working directly with our local partners or if we […]
