From degradation to restoration: addressing the environmental challenges in the Ethiopian highlands
Eyasu Elias, Abreham Berta Aneseyee, Afework Mekeberiaw, Habtamu Hailu, Hailu Hundie, Józef Hernik, Hamere Yohannes · 2025
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Description
Eyasu Elias and co-authors measure, in a 2025 study, what twenty years of land restoration have actually achieved in the Ethiopian highlands. These hills are a textbook case of severe land degradation in Africa, driving food shortages, and vast conservation work has been poured into them since a landmark national study.
The team mined the national watershed database and checked fifty-six sample watersheds in the field. Satellite greenness and land cover maps from 2002 to 2022 tracked vegetation recovery and forest change. Their aim was to replace effort counts with outcome evidence: how much soil and water work exists on the ground, and whether the land is truly healing.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Eyasu Elias, Abreham Berta Aneseyee, Afework Mekeberiaw, Habtamu Hailu, Hailu Hundie, Józef Hernik, Hamere Yohannes |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |