Ethio Quest News - Environment

Ethiopia: Watching A
New Ocean Born

" Northern Ethiopia, the
Earth's crust is being
strecthed to breaking point,
providing geologists with a
unique opportunity to watch
the birth of....More

Ethiopia volcano sets lava
record

Wild Horses endanger
of extinction

" ..A Wildlife Exploratory
Team composed of Italian
researchers proved the
existence of wild horses at
a-not-so-easily accessible area
atop Kundido Mountain in East
Hararghe zone of the Oromia
State, near the City of Harar.".
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The Sidamo lark soon to be extinct

pril

2009

(

BBC

)

The

Sidamo lark could soon be

the first bird on mainland

Africa to die out since

modern records began.

A survey has found that just

a few hundred of the larks

survive in Ethiopia.....

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The dam that divides Ethiopians

"...The commentary goes on to insist that rather than
being beneficial to the river valley as the government
insists, the dam will ' produce a broad range of
negative effects, some of which would...." More

Cry Me a Lake: Crime Against Nature Alemayehu G. Mariam

The destruction of Ethiopia's once beautiful Lake Koka

Information key to climate change adaptation, say small farmers

Race to save
world's rarest wolf

Nov.10 ( BBC ) - Scientists in
the remote Bale mountains of
southern Ethiopia are in a race
against time to save the
world's rarest wolf.
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Vanishing African wildlife
threatens livelihoods:
Scientists

Ethiopian elephants, lions face extinction

"...A thousand rare black-mane lions -- an Ethiopian
national symbol -- and some 300 elephants are in
danger after a swathe of forest that was part of their
sanctuary was cut down, a wildlife expert said...".
More

Ethiopian Plateau Formation Coincided With Climate Change
That May Have Spurred Human Evolution

"...What caused that change of climate? Could the formation of one of
Earth's most spectacular landscapes, the Ethiopian Plateau, have been
responsible for development of the great African grasslands? And if so,
what were the geological processes that led to the formation of the
plateau? More

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Environmental
Journalists Form
Association
"...Ethiopian environmental
journalists working with
private and government media
outlets have got together to
form an association, an
official close to the newly
formed association ." More

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Beyond The Fence--Double Agony
By Almaz Mequanint
also > Editorial: Honoring Almaz
Mequanent, a Great Ethiopian Lady
(Ethiopia-Tecola Hagos)

Earth Day 2009: Deplorable State of Environment In Ethiopia

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Tena Kebena, an Ethiopian Youth Association among
innovators named 2009 'Champions of the Earth' by UN

New species of tree identified in Ethiopia

Environment & Economic Development in Ethiopia
28 May, 2009 (Ethio Quest News) - "...It is feared that officials are
only aimed at short-term economic gains and are causing massive
ecosystem extinctions. This fear is the catalyst for writing this article.
The article attempts to accentuate the grave consequences of
developments that. More.