Beza, Who Saved the Forests of Ethiopia, One Church at a Time – A Conservation Story is a wonderful story to help bring this message into school and to educate children about the importance of conservation in an accessible way. Promoting conservation through literature is one of the easiest and most important ways that we can create a dialogue with young people about the often abstract and difficult concept of what conservation really means to them.
Read more →Enjoy this cool critter, in the family Scutelleridae. Via Josh Martin: We nick-named this one “Punisher Beetle”, but 1) that’s not it’s name, and 2) it’s not a beetle, it’s a Hemipteran. I think it’s in the Scutelleridae (shield-backed bugs) family. Punisher Beetle by Tanner Boucher on
Read more →This film was produced by our awesome partner, Untamed Science, with Haley Nelson Chamberlain as film maker. During May 2017, our expedition had multiple goals – 1. to meet with the Arch Bishop of the Coptic church, 2. to host a workshop for priest leadership about the
Read more →Dr. Meg Lowman continues to work on protecting the ancient forests in Ethiopia. Next month, Dr. Lowman plans to help a women’s monastery build a wall around their forest. From insidescience.org: In Ethiopia, churches may hold the key to protecting threatened species. In the highlands of Ethiopia,
Read more →In Summer 2017, the REU Site at Colby College in Waterville, Maine will offer eight undergraduate students the chance to conduct path-breaking interdisciplinary research on the ecological, economic and cultural roles of church forests in Amhara, Ethiopia. During the 8-week program (June 12-August 9), students will train
Read more →PhD thesis “Ethiopian Church Forests: Opportunities and Challenges for Restoration” by Dr. Alemayehu Wassie Eshete General Introduction Tropical dry forests are among the most exploited forest ecosystems of the world and have been increasingly fragmented (Cabin et al., 2002). The fragmentation results in small stands of forest
Read more →by Jenna Yonegaga As an aspiring ecologist and rather nerdy science enthusiast, having the opportunity to meet Meg Lowman was a gift to me. Our class took a field trip to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, one of the largest and most prestigious natural
Read more →From the Science of The Total Environment, Volumes 551–552, 1 May 2016, Pages 404–414: Abstract: In the central and northern highlands of Ethiopia, native forest and forest biodiversity is almost confined to sacred groves associated with churches. Local communities rely on these ‘church forests’ for essential ecosystem
Read more →CONGRATULATIONS to our Ethiopian conservation partner, Dr. Alemayehu Wassie, for his feature in this African Geographic article! TREE is very proud to partner with this wonderful Ethiopian scientist! From Africa Geographic Magazine: Dr. Alemayehu Wassie – Forest Ecologist, Ethiopia Alemayehu Wassie works in northern Ethiopia where most
Read more →In this article from Levi Strauss & Co., CanopyMeg is described as being a modern day pioneer who wears her Levi’s® in the rainforest treetops. Dr. Meg Lowman is a woman of many titles; she is an American biologist, educator, ecologist, writer, editor and public speaker. But
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