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Ethiopia Bets on Fifty Billion Seedlings to Restore Its Forests

Original: Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests? A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia strugglin

Ethiopia is undertaking one of the world's largest forest restoration efforts, aiming to plant fifty billion seedlings to reverse decades of deforestation. The loss of tree cover has left the country facing more intense flooding and drought, and the reforestation drive is among the most ambitious and well-funded anywhere. Observers are watching whether the programme can genuinely rebuild native forests and ease the country's growing climate pressures.

Why now: Climate reporters are highlighting Ethiopia's record-scale reforestation push as a test case for large-scale restoration amid worsening droughts and floods.

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• Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests? A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world’s most ambitious and well-funded… · climatenewsnow · 6

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