Solomon Yimer
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Freelance journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
My leatest for @mongabay.com Ethiopian youth are bringing life back to Rift Valley lakes and creating a brighter, cleaner future. 🌿 #BlueSkyAhead
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Ethiopian youth groups restore Rift valley lake & livelihoods
Abijata-Shalla National Park, ETHIOPIA — Under the scorching midday sun in the upper catchment of Ethiopia’s Abijata-Shalla National Park, a local youth group toils along the edges of a deep gully car...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My leatest for @mongabay.com Ethiopian youth are bringing life back to Rift Valley lakes and creating a brighter, cleaner future. 🌿 #BlueSkyAhead
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/ethi... #RestoreOurLakes #EthiopiaNature #CleanLakes #SustainableFuture #EcoAction #RiftValley #NatureRestoration
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/ethi... #RestoreOurLakes #EthiopiaNature #CleanLakes #SustainableFuture #EcoAction #RiftValley #NatureRestoration
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Efforts are underway to revive the cultivation & use of enset, a drought-tolerant crop native to Ethiopia, through innovation & national development programs.
But, challenges such as crop disease & limited investment & support remain key obstacles to its expansion as a sustainable food solution.
But, challenges such as crop disease & limited investment & support remain key obstacles to its expansion as a sustainable food solution.
Ethiopian initiatives try to mainstream traditional and resilient enset crop in diets
ARBA MINCH, Ethiopia — On a late May morning, as the chill of dawn gives way to sunlight warming the hills of Hareba village in southern Ethiopia, 56-year-old Almaz Achamo tends to her staple crop: a…
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August 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Efforts are underway to revive the cultivation & use of enset, a drought-tolerant crop native to Ethiopia, through innovation & national development programs.
But, challenges such as crop disease & limited investment & support remain key obstacles to its expansion as a sustainable food solution.
But, challenges such as crop disease & limited investment & support remain key obstacles to its expansion as a sustainable food solution.
Reposted by Solomon Yimer
After decades of invasions, pollution and state neglect, the Akroá Gamella Indigenous people have reclaimed part of their ancestral land in Brazil’s Maranhão state, and shut down illegal landfills maintained by local governments, with an aim to restore the territory through agroecological practices.
Brazil’s Indigenous Akroá Gamella reclaim and restore their land, one patch at a time
For more than 12 years, the government of Viana municipality in Brazil’s Maranhão state dumped used needles and syringes into three springs in Tabarelzinho village, inside the Taquaritiua Indigenous…
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June 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
After decades of invasions, pollution and state neglect, the Akroá Gamella Indigenous people have reclaimed part of their ancestral land in Brazil’s Maranhão state, and shut down illegal landfills maintained by local governments, with an aim to restore the territory through agroecological practices.
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After USAID cut, Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area aims for self-sufficiency
After USAID cut, Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area aims for self-sufficiency
After USAID cut, Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area aims for self-sufficiency
ADDIS ABABA — Local leaders at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area are working to become financially self-sufficient and continue protecting land and wildlife independently, following the a...
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June 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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After USAID cut, Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area aims for self-sufficiency
After USAID cut, Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area aims for self-sufficiency
My leatest for @mongabay.com - USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area
USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area
ADDIS ABABA — Alawara Kolbala, 39, from the Mursi tribe, said he remembers the sense of pride and hope his community felt when they officially gained legal right to manage their land in the Tama Commu...
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May 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My leatest for @mongabay.com - USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area
Photos: Ethiopian farmers blend tradition, innovation to sustain centuries-old agriculture
Photos: Ethiopian farmers blend tradition, innovation to sustain centuries-old agriculture
KONSO, Ethiopia — As the first light of the morning sun breaks over the hills of Konso, Kawadaya Oldisha, 45, begins his daily routine of inspecting his terraced fields. His family’s small plot, locat...
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April 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Photos: Ethiopian farmers blend tradition, innovation to sustain centuries-old agriculture
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Ethiopia’s bold EV ambitions hit bumps in rural areas
After becoming the world’s first country to ban imports of fossil fuel vehicles last year, a patchy power grid and high EV purchase costs are slowing Ethiopia’s green transport revolution in the countryside
After becoming the world’s first country to ban imports of fossil fuel vehicles last year, a patchy power grid and high EV purchase costs are slowing Ethiopia’s green transport revolution in the countryside
In Ethiopia, EV ambitions are hitting bumps in rural areas
Ethiopia, the first country to ban fossil fuel vehicles imports, sees its green transport slow due to a patchy power grid and high EV costs
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April 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ethiopia’s bold EV ambitions hit bumps in rural areas
After becoming the world’s first country to ban imports of fossil fuel vehicles last year, a patchy power grid and high EV purchase costs are slowing Ethiopia’s green transport revolution in the countryside
After becoming the world’s first country to ban imports of fossil fuel vehicles last year, a patchy power grid and high EV purchase costs are slowing Ethiopia’s green transport revolution in the countryside