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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Highlands" title="Ethiopian Highlands">Ethiopian Highlands</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The main causes of <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">deforestation</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> are shifting agriculture, livestock production and fuel in drier areas. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> is exceptionally rich in history, as well as cultural and biological diversity. It is home to one of the earliest ancestors of the human species, around 80 languages are spoken by various ethnic groups, and it is home to two globally important biodiversity hotspots. However, this rich cultural and natural heritage is threatened, especially in the form of <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">deforestation</a>. </p><p>Ethiopia has the second largest population in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and has been hit by famine many times due to rain shortages and a depletion of natural resources. Deforestation may have further lowered the already meagre rainfall. Bercele Bayisa, a 30 year old Ethiopian farmer said "his district was very forested and full of wildlife but, overpopulation caused people to come to this fertile land and clear it to plant crops, cutting all trees to sell as fire wood".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Growing populations are increasing deforestation which is leading the country to <a href="/wiki/Famines_in_Ethiopia" title="Famines in Ethiopia">famine</a>. As the population continues to grow, the needs of the people increase. The country has lost 98% of its forested regions in the last 50 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Parry-2003_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parry-2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forests_in_Ethiopia">Forests in Ethiopia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Forests in Ethiopia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_Ethiopia" title="Forestry in Ethiopia">Forestry in Ethiopia</a></div> <p>Forests in Ethiopia play a big role in protecting <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">erosion</a>, as tree roots protect against washouts. Trees also help to keep water in the soil and reduce <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">global warming</a> by uptake of carbon dioxide. Because there are not enough trees, the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Nile" title="Blue Nile">Blue Nile</a> is carrying all the soil and nutrients in the water to the neighboring countries of <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>. </p><p>Historically, forests have been very important for the livelihoods of the people of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian people used trees for lumber for construction, and to fuel their cooking fires. They also made traditional medicines from trees and other forest plants. Forests were also important in Ethiopian religious beliefs; the people believed in holy spirits in the forest that they treat in the same way as human beings. Mitchell Page states that over 6603 plant species live in Ethiopia, of which approximately one fifth are not native to other countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At the beginning of the twentieth century around 420,000 square kilometres (35% of Ethiopia's land) was covered by trees but recent research indicates that <a href="/wiki/Forest_cover" title="Forest cover">forest cover</a> is now less than 14.2% due to population growth. Despite the growing need for forested lands, lack of education among locals has led to a continuing decline of forested areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Parry-2003_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parry-2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accelerated_destruction">Accelerated destruction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Accelerated destruction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Earth trends estimated that in 2000 Ethiopia had 43,440 km² of natural forest area, which is 4% of its total land area.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compared to other East African countries Ethiopia's deforestation rate is about average.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the deforestation rates in East Africa are second highest of the continent. Moreover, it has the smallest fraction of its forest area designated primarily for conservation. Apart from Northern Africa, East African countries show the second highest decline rates of conservation forests in the continent. </p><p>In a forest resource assessment of Ethiopia, Reusing found that within 17 years (1973–1990) high-forest cover decreased from 54,410 to 45,055 km² or from 4.72 to 3.96% of the land area.<sup id="cite_ref-reusing_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reusing-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He calculated a deforestation rate of 1,630 km² per year, which means that deforestation at the same rate would leave about 18,975 of the 45,055 km² in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-reusing_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reusing-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FAO (2007) estimated a deforestation rate of 1,410 km² per year. </p><p>Dereje carried out a study in the coffee forest areas of southwest Ethiopia in order to estimate forest cover change between 1973 and 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study area covered an area of 3,940 km² with 2,808 km² of high-forests (71% of the area) extended over five woredas (<a href="/wiki/Bench_(woreda)" title="Bench (woreda)">Bench</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheko_(woreda)" title="Sheko (woreda)">Sheko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yeki" title="Yeki">Yeki</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Guraferda_(woreda)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guraferda (woreda) (page does not exist)">Guraferda</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Godere_(woreda)" title="Godere (woreda)">Godere</a>) in the two regional states of the <a href="/wiki/Gambela_Region" title="Gambela Region">Gambela</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Nations,_Nationalities,_and_Peoples_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region">Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regions</a>. His analysis shows that the forested land declined to 1,907 km², which equals 67% of the forest cover in 1973. Between 2001 and 2005 another 55.4 km² of forest land were allocated for private coffee production and 20 km² for rubber plantations. </p><p>Gessesse studied an upland rain forest area of 3,060 km² in the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Awasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Awasa">Awasa watershed</a> of the south-central <a href="/wiki/Great_Rift_Valley,_Ethiopia" title="Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia">Great Rift Valley</a>, 280 km south of Addis Ababa.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He estimated the rate of deforestation between 1972 and 2000 using remote sensing techniques. Furthermore, he could show that within the 28-year period 80% (400 km²) of the 1972 forest cover (489.24 km²) was lost. He describes that within the formerly closed forest, clearings created a speckled pattern of non-connected small forest patches. </p><p>Despite the slightly different estimates for deforestation in different regions of Ethiopia, given deforestation rates remain the same, the country will have lost its last tree of high forests within about 27 years. And with it will go the world's only original wild populations of <i><a href="/wiki/Coffea_arabica" title="Coffea arabica">Coffea arabica</a></i>. The economic loss of that genetic resource ranges between 0.4 and US$1.5 billion/year.<sup id="cite_ref-econcoffee_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-econcoffee-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Causes_of_deforestation">Causes of deforestation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Causes of deforestation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dereje explains deforestation in the coffee forest area he studied by linking it to historical events in certain time periods. From 1973 – 87 forest cover reduced by 11%. That period was characterized by resettlement and villagization programs and the expansion of state farm programs. Twenty-four percent of <a href="/wiki/Forest_loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Forest loss">forest loss</a> was a result of converting 101.28 square kilometers of high forests into coffee plantations. In later periods forests continued to be converted to agro-forestry systems, agricultural land and settlement areas. The speed and pattern varies depending on the distance to state monitoring and coincides with changes in government. </p><p>From the 1950s to 1974 private land ownership was promoted through land grants to civil servants and war veterans. During this period mechanized farming became increasingly attractive.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, large numbers of rural people were dislocated – also to forest areas. Recently pressure comes from intensive management of forest coffee and semi-forest coffee which drastically changes the structure and functions of the original forests. Improved transport and communication infrastructure and thereby better access to markets is facilitating deforestation. More forest cover change was detected close to areas with good road networks and around settlements. </p><p>Gessesse Dessie and Carl Christiansson identify an entire combination of biophysical and socio-political conditions for forest decline in the Awassa watershed area.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geographic properties, socio-political change, population growth, insecurity of land tenure, agricultural development and the improvement of transport capacities are among the most important. As a result of a political power vacuum during periods of political transition, large forest areas were cut down. </p><p>Those proximate reasons are accompanied by underlying causes for deforestation. Faced by <a href="/wiki/Food_security" title="Food security">food insecurity</a> agricultural land is just more valuable to farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Individual farmers do not have many other options than converting forests into agricultural land if they are exposed to severe food insecurity. Their <a href="/wiki/Time_preference" title="Time preference">time preference</a> rates are low which means they prefer food today over tomorrow and they definitely can not carry the costs of forest conservation for the larger national or global society. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deforestation_and_coffee_production">Deforestation and coffee production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Deforestation and coffee production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Coffee_production_in_Ethiopia" title="Coffee production in Ethiopia">Coffee production in Ethiopia</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Afromontane" title="Afromontane">afromontane</a> rainforests of Southwestern Ethiopia are the world's birthplace of <i><a href="/wiki/Coffea_arabica" title="Coffea arabica">Coffea arabica</a></i> and harbor their last wild populations. The variability in their tolerance towards diseases<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and drought<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reflects the high genetic diversity of the wild coffee populations. Their value has been estimated between 0.42 and 1.458 billion US$ a year.<sup id="cite_ref-econcoffee_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-econcoffee-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Worldwide about 5 billion kg of coffee per year are consumed in the importing countries.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coffee houses have become popular and the specialty coffee market is booming.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Economically valuable forests in Ethiopia, which contain the world's only wild <i>Coffea arabica</i> populations are diminishing and, at current deforestation rates, will be completely lost in 27 years. Deforestation in Ethiopia is caused by past governmental and institutional changes, insecurity of land tenure, <a href="/wiki/Resettlement_and_villagization_in_Ethiopia" title="Resettlement and villagization in Ethiopia">resettlement programs</a>, population pressure, <a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Ethiopia" title="Agriculture in Ethiopia">agricultural</a> and <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Ethiopia" title="Transport in Ethiopia">infrastructure developments</a>. Farmers suffer from poverty as well as food insecurity and cannot bear the costs of forest conservation. Ethiopian and international stakeholders are involved in a competitive game for resources, rights and mandates. That hinders collective action and cooperation to prevent deforestation. Apart from appropriate economic incentives, environmental education, public awareness and civil society engagement need to be strengthened and trust needs to be rebuilt between stakeholders. Capacities for conservation must be built by devolving authority. Despite being the birthplace of <i>Coffea arabica</i> and the source for one of the world's finest coffees, current commitment of the worldwide coffee industry to conserve the forests is negligible. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Locales_of_special_concern">Locales of special concern</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Locales of special concern"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Derg" title="Derg">Derg</a> military regime seized power in 1975, socialism was declared the guiding ideology for Ethiopia and all rural and forest land was nationalized. Central and Eastern European experience has taught us that state ownership of land is a disincentive to manage it productively and sustainably. However, also the current government adopted a <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ethiopia" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Ethiopia">constitution in 1995</a> in which forests (land and other natural resources) are declared exclusively state property.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also says that anybody who is willing to work the land has a right to obtain land without payment. Although this goal can be enforced through land allocation, it almost certainly will conflict with land users’ tenure security.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is because the administrative redistribution of land and use rights (in all Regions except <a href="/wiki/Amhara_Region" title="Amhara Region">Amhara</a>) is contingent on physical residence, the amount of land to be rented out and the prohibition of mortgaging and sale of land. "This leads to confusion and provides scope for bureaucratic discretion."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994 a proclamation made the distinction between public and private ownership of forests, declaring natural forests as state owned and allowing planted forests to be owned privately. The proclamation No. 94/1994 prohibits any person to use or harvest trees, settle, graze, hunt or keep bee hives in the state forest. </p><p>With the intention to improve tenure security, the first land certification scheme was initiated 1998 in <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Region" title="Tigray Region">Tigray</a> and only 80% completed (because of the <a href="/wiki/Eritrean-Ethiopian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Eritrean-Ethiopian War">war with Eritrea</a>). Shortly before the 2005 elections land certification continued also in other regions of Ethiopia.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The results showed that certification has indeed improved tenure security and investments into land. However, certification of land rights cannot eliminate systemic uncertainty of the type of problem mentioned earlier in the context of administrative retribution of land. Also, the head of the Ethiopian Forum for Social Studies expressed doubt that "…a piece of paper will bring about (tenure) security because it leaves all other aspects of the (current) land tenure system intact, like interference by the authorities."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000 a new approach to forest ownership and management was initiated with the help of international donor agencies. The so-called co-management approach builds on a contract between the government and communities which rely on forest management for their livelihood.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forest user groups are established and exclusive rights for forest use are granted to the members of the group. The contract confirms the boundaries of the forest, defines ownership and use and other specific conditions. The principal idea behind the co-management approach is that secured rights are a crucial incentive for sustainable management. After initial promising results, the sustainability of that approach still needs to be evaluated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deforestation_and_drought">Deforestation and drought</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Deforestation and drought"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horrific <a href="/wiki/Famines" class="mw-redirect" title="Famines">famines</a> occurred in Ethiopia during the 1970s and 1980s, especially in the northern part of the country where there was a bad drought. Thousands of people died. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Deforestation can exacerbate the problems caused by drought because rain is less likely to soak into the soil and replenish ground water. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attitudes_to_deforestation_in_Ethiopia">Attitudes to deforestation in Ethiopia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Attitudes to deforestation in Ethiopia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is costly to halt deforestation. Coffee companies have discovered the niche market for forest coffee from Ethiopia and are willing to pay higher prices to the farmer cooperatives in coffee forest areas. Consumers are promised that buying the coffee will improve incomes of farmers and therefore farmers are motivated to manage their coffee forests sustainably. Traditionally farmers have abandoned wild coffee collection when coffee prices were too low. Whether or not higher prices for forest coffee are an incentive either to <a href="/wiki/Over-harvest" class="mw-redirect" title="Over-harvest">over-harvest</a> or harvest more sustainably, remains an open question. Currently there is no scientific evidence that higher prices for forest coffee are an incentive for sustainable harvest practices. In fact, even the knowledge about the amount of wild coffee that can be collected in a sustainable way is scarce. </p><p>Because of the complex nature of the problem of deforestation, the Ethiopian government alone is not able to prevent deforestation. By now we also know that markets alone are unable to prevent this either.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually local stakeholder participation will be required. Much of Ethiopia's national budget is covered by international development aid.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not surprisingly international aid agencies should also play a prominent role in sustainable forest management. The government of Ethiopia has asked several international agencies, like the Japanese ICA, the <a href="/wiki/German_Technical_Cooperation" class="mw-redirect" title="German Technical Cooperation">German Technical Cooperation</a> (GTZ) and <a href="/wiki/FARM-Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="FARM-Africa">FARM-Africa</a> to get involved in Participatory Forest Management. Such projects aim at developing forest management plans and signing contracts between local communities and the government. Different areas of the remaining forests are divided among the foreign aid agencies, where they carry out “their” projects on behalf of the government. What is needed, however, are direct, competent, trustworthy relations between local resource users and the federal authorities: a functioning and effective forestry extension service. </p><p>Another problem is that the environmental issues in Ethiopia have no (or a very weak) lobby and the current restrictive socio-political context for public engagement has detrimental effects on environmental education, awareness, advocacy and the building of an engaged and empowered civil society – assets which are necessary to conserve and use Ethiopia's forests in a sustainable way. The recent "School Children Talent Competition Award on Biodiversity Conservation", organized by the Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum is an excellent example of what is needed.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_and_deforestation">Government and deforestation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Government and deforestation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The government has begun<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (June 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> teaching the people about the benefits of forests and encouraging the people to plant more trees and to protect what they have by providing them alternative home and agricultural materials. If any person cuts a tree, he or she needs to plant one to replace it.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The government is trying to provide the Ethiopian people with fuel and electrical machinery so the demand for forest resources is not as high. Additionally, the government is providing flat land with no pre-existing forests to promote agriculture so that deforestation is not necessary for modern agriculture.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are governmental and nonprofit groups working with the government to protect the land. Organizations such as SOS and Farm Africa are working with the federal government and local governments to create a good system of forest management. The government is also working to relocate people who live in dry regions to places where they can find fertile land for farming, so that they would be able to support themselves without any assistance from the government. With the fund provided by E.C grant (around 2.3 million Euros) people were trained to protect the land from erosion and taught to use water for irrigation, which improved quality of life and the environment. Locals have now come to the realization that trees need legal recognition, and must be protected for future generations. One of the methods used to protect trees is to designate certain areas where trees may be chopped down and used, and other areas where trees are protected by law.<sup id="cite_ref-Parry-2003_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parry-2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deforestation_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Ethiopia" title="Environmental issues in Ethiopia">Environmental issues in Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_forests_of_Ethiopia" title="Church forests of Ethiopia">Church forests of Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EthioTrees" title="EthioTrees">EthioTrees</a></li></ul> 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