(Posted 30th June 2025)
| Solomon Yimer, Mongabay (Global), June 27, 2025 |
| ADDIS ABABA — Local leaders at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area are working to become financially self-sufficient and continue protecting land and wildlife independently, following the abrupt cut of funding from USAID earlier this year. The Tama Community Conservation Area (TCCA), started in 2022 with $8.5 million from the USAID’s BIOM project, had made progress in environmental stewardship. It helped cut down illegal hunting and deforestation, according to the project office. |
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