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The People of Ethiopia's Forests

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Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2016-11-15

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Like many countries, there is money in Ethiopia’s forestry sector – both regulated and unregulated. The most recent official figures from Global Forest Watch show that the country’s forestry sector contributed $893.7 million to the economy in 2011, or about 3.2 percent of the GDP. But beyond the numbers are stories of people whose lives are connected to, supported and touched by, and dependent upon the forests of Ethiopia. They include men and women, young and old, skilled and unskilled, rich and poor.

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