“These forests are active with people and are critical to the community,” Cardelús says. Scattered church forests in Northern Ethiopia. Within these forests, a problem is rooted: The church forests need more land to grow, but the people of the church need that land too. “The activities of the community can be intensive and impact the forests,” Cardelús notes. Ethiopia’s church forests need an active conservation process that balances human needs with forest conservation, write the researchers.

Source: Ethiopian News March 06, 2019 19:18 UTC