CHURCH FOREST OF ETHIOPIA

Gibstawit

Featured Church Forest

Olea grows slowly but has high survival success once established even under environmental stress. Its seeds are easily dispersed by birds from one habitat to another and so Olea appear widely in the Church forests.
-- Photo by Trees ForTheFuture
The Meneliks Bushbuck is one of the many species indigenous to the church forests. Building walls to preserve the church forests will help protect this and other native mammals.
-- Photo by Michal Porebiak
A woman weaves an injera breadholder. Injera is an important flatbread eaten through out Ethiopia made from teff. Teff is often grown in the agricultural areas encroaching on the church forests.
-- Photo by Tree Foundation
There are approximately 30,000 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Churches with 40 million followers. The Church perceives nature to include people, trees, animals, water, land features and the nation as a whole.
-- Photo by Tree Foundation

Forest Health Indicators for Gibstawit Church Forest


Hectares
of Forest
Remaining
8.7


Woody
Species
Remaining
52


Number of
Cattle Trails
In the Forest
2.3


Number of
Cut Trees
In the Forest
130


Percentage of
Wall
Completed
0%

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