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United Nations Recognizes Forest Restoration Initiative in Northern Ethiopia

The United Nations Environment Programme named Ethiopia's Desa'a forest restoration initiative as a World Restoration Flagship at a global biodiversity conference.

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The United Nations Environment Programme recognized the Desa'a forest restoration project in Ethiopia as a World Restoration Flagship on October 29, 2026. Mongabay reported that the recognition was announced during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, CBD COP17, in Yerevan, Armenia. The initiative works to restore degraded forests located in the Great Rift Valley. [1][2]

Doreen Lynn Robinson, deputy official at the agency, stated that the award aims to inspire others to take action and revive nature. The initiative has continued its work inside the Desa'a forest despite ongoing conflict in the region. [1]

As HEROIC BREAKING NEWS reported earlier, the United Nations previously allocated 8.5 million dollars from its Central Emergency Response Fund to support people affected by conflict across northern Ethiopia. That emergency relief targeted displaced populations in the Tigray, Amhara, Afar, and Benishangul-Gumuz regions. [4]

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In short

  • The United Nations Environment Programme named the Desa'a project a World Restoration Flagship on October 29, 2026.
  • The announcement occurred during the UN Biodiversity Conference CBD COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia.
  • The initiative focuses on restoring forests inside the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia.

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  1. [1]UN recognizes ongoing restoration work inside Ethiopia’s Desa’a forest amid conflictMongabay, 1d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]UN recognizes ongoing restoration work inside Ethiopia’s Desa’a forest amid conflictnews - Mongabay, 1d ago

Background

  1. [3]Animal agriculture in Nigeria on Wikipedia
  2. [4]United Nations Releases Emergency Aid for Conflict Affected Northern Ethiopia Regions HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, 21d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 4 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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