Ethiopia, Korea expand cooperation for forest restoration, sustainability

Addis Ababa, June 17, 2020 (FBC) – The Korea Forest Service has been expanding collaboration with Ethiopia to restore degraded forests through sustainable agroforestry.

The latest event was a launch ceremony held on Wednesday for a book “Re-greening Ethiopia” co-published by Korean Forest Service and Ethiopian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

During the event, a memorandum of understanding was also signed for P4G, the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 which is an initiative with 12 middle-power partner countries including Denmark and South Korea.

P4G aims to mitigate climate change and foster sustainable growth by promoting world-class forums that drive public-private partnership development, according to the KFS.

According to Korea Herald, the event was attended by more than 30 guests, including Ethiopian Ambassador to Korea Shiferaw Shigutie, South Korean Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador for Climate Change Yoo Yeon-chul, Global Green Growth Institute Deputy Director-General Kim Hyo-eun and officials from the National Institute of Forest Science.

Since September 2019, KFS planned and developed a forest restoration partnership project in Ethiopia.

It is to be recalled that Korean KFS Minister, Park Chong-hoof had paid a courtesy visit to President Sahle-Work Zewde in January 2020 in a bid to promote the forest restoration partnership project.

Join our telegram channel https://t.me/fbcenglish to get latest news updates.