Conservation, Sustainable Use & Access and Benefit Sharing
OSLO, April 23 (Reuters) – A tree that covers a large area of eastern Ethiopia but has only recently been categorised by botanists raises hope for finding new species elsewhere, experts said.
The problem of invasive alien species continues to grow, essentially due to global trade, transport and travel, including tourism, at an enormous cost to human and animal health and the socio-economic and ecological well-being of the world.
President Girma Woldegiorgis, a strong supporter and enthusiast of sustainable environmental management, congratulated Dr. Demel with the trophy on 20 March 2009. The HW-WGCFNR’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Forest Research in Ethiopia recognizes Dr. Demel’s 27 years of dedicated service and hard work in forest research, education and development in Ethiopia, and more widely in Africa and the global community.
Ethiopia has published the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). You can download the document below.
The list of Endemic plants of Ethiopia is produced and published here. You can download the document below.
