EthioTrees
Across the North Ethiopian Highlands, 104 community groups have restored degraded slopes using exclosures and assisted regeneration, growing more than eight million native trees and rebuilding both water supply and species diversity.
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EthioTrees restores degraded Afromontane landscapes in Tigray through assisted natural regeneration and community-managed exclosures, areas closed to grazing so that native vegetation can recover.
The project is certified under Plan Vivo and is run with 104 local community groups. In 2025 it entered an agreement with Climate Impact Partners, giving access to more than 100,000 verified removal credits per year and financial stability to scale.
Benefits extend beyond carbon: species richness has risen 41 percent and more than 15 water reservoirs have been restored, with over 60 percent of credit income directed to communities.
Objectives
- Restore degraded highland landscapes through exclosures and assisted natural regeneration.
- Rebuild native species diversity and local water availability.
- Direct the majority of carbon revenue to participating community groups.
- Scale verified removals through long-term buyer partnerships.
Approach
- Community-managed exclosures that halt grazing and allow native vegetation to recover.
- Assisted natural regeneration rather than reliance on nursery planting alone.
- 104 local community groups as the delivery structure.
- A long-term offtake partnership with Climate Impact Partners to underwrite scale-up.
Sources
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- climateimpact.com ↗https://www.climateimpact.com/news-insights/news/ethiotrees-project-partners-with-climate-impact-partners-to-drive-reforestation-and-community-resilience-in-ethiopia/
- planvivo.org ↗https://www.planvivo.org/projects/ethiotrees
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