National park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
s and other protected areas cover 17% of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
's land area.
[UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Ethiopia from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 27 February 2022]
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National parks
Proposed national parks
* Afar Depression, Afar Depression National Park
* Blue Nile Gorges National Park
* Dessa Forest National Park
* Donkoro Chaka National Park
* Lake Abbe National Park
* Malka Guba National Park
* Ogaden Desert National Park
Wildlife reserves
* Alledeghi Wildlife Reserve
* Awash-West Wildlife Reserve
* Chelbi Wildlife Reserve
Chelbi Wildlife Reserve or Stephanie Wildlife Reserve is a protected area in Ethiopia's Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region."Chelbi Wildlife Reserve". Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) Culture and Tourism ...
(Chelbi or Stephanie)
* Degodi Lark Reserve
* Gewane Wildlife Reserve
* Guassa Community Conservation Area
The Guassa Community Conservation Area (GCCA) is a protected area in central Ethiopia. It is one of the oldest known common property resource management in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has been the focus of an indigenous natural resource management ins ...
* Indeltu (Shebelle) Gorges Reserve
* Mille-Serdo Wildlife Reserve
Mille-Serdo Wildlife Reserve () is a protected area in Ethiopia. It is located in Afar Region of Ethiopia. The reserve protects a portion of the Awash River and the surrounding desert.
Geography
Mille-Serdo Wildlife Reserve covers an area of 6503 ...
* Shire Wildlife Reserve
Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the beginn ...
* Tama Community Conservation Area
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(Tama Wildlife Reserve)
Sanctuaries
* Babile Elephant Sanctuary
* Kuni-Muktar Mountain Nyala Sanctuary
Kuni-Muktar Mountain Nyala Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It was set up in 1989 through the intervention of the Zoological Society of London to safeguard a small decreasing population of the critically endangered ...
* Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary
Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary is a protected area in the Oromia Region (or ''kilil'') of Ethiopia, dedicated especially to the protection of the Swayne's hartebeest (''Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei''). Covering 54 square kilometers, the ...
* Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary
Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area and wildlife sanctuary in southern Ethiopia. It is located in the Borena Zone of the Oromia Region west of the town of Yabelo, having an area of 2,500 square kilometers and elevations ranging from 143 ...
Proposed sanctuaries
* Liben Plain Sanctuary
* Tullo Lafto-Sadden Wildlife Sanctuary
Controlled hunting areas
* Afdem-Gewane Controlled Hunting Area
* Akobo Controlled Hunting Area
* Awash West Controlled Hunting Area
* Boyo Swamp Controlled Hunting Area
* Dabus Valley Controlled Hunting Area
* Eastern Hararghe Controlled Hunting Area
* Erer-Gota Controlled Hunting Area
* Mizan-Teferi Controlled Hunting Area
* Murule Controlled Hunting Area
* Omo West Controlled Hunting Area
* Segen Valley Controlled Hunting Area
* Tedo Controlled Hunting Area
National forest priority areas
* Abelti Gibie National Forest Priority Area
* Abey-Albasa National Forest Priority Area
* Abobo-Gog National Forest Priority Area
* Aloshie-Batu National Forest Priority Area
* Anferara-Wadera National Forest Priority Area
* Arba-Minch National Forest Priority Area
* Arero National Forest Priority Area
* Babiya-Fola National Forest Priority Area
* Belete Gera National Forest Priority Area
* Bonga National Forest Priority Area
* Bore-Anferara National Forest Priority Area
* Bulki-Melakoza National Forest Priority Area
* Butajira National Forest Priority Area
* Chato-Sengi-Dengeb National Forest Priority Area
* Chilalo-Gallema National Forest Priority Area
* Chilimo-Gaji National Forest Priority Area
* Deme-Laha National Forest Priority Area
* Dengego-Melka Jedbu National Forest Priority Area
* Desa-A National Forest Priority Area
* Dindin-Arbagugu National Forest Priority Area
* Dire-Gerbicha National Forest Priority Area
* Dodola-Adaba-Lajo National Forest Priority Area
* Gara Muleta National Forest Priority Area
* Gebre Dima National Forest Priority Area
* Gedo National Forest Priority Area
* Gergeda National Forest Priority Area
* Gidole-Kemba National Forest Priority Area
* Godere National Forest Priority Area
* Goro-Bele National Forest Priority Area
* Gumburda-Grakaso National Forest Priority Area
* Gura Ferda National Forest Priority Area
* Harena-Kokosa National Forest Priority Area
The Harenna Forest is a montane tropical evergreen forest in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains. The forest covers the southern slope of the mountains, extending from 1450 to 3200 meters elevation. The Bale Mountains are in Ethiopia's Oromia Region, and fo ...
* Jalo-Addes National Forest Priority Area
* Jarso-Gursum National Forest Priority Area
* Jibat National Forest Priority Area
* Jorgo-Wato National Forest Priority Area
* Kahatasa-Guangua National Forest Priority Area
* Komto-Waga-Tsige National Forest Priority Area
* Konchi National Forest Priority Area
* Kubayo National Forest Priority Area
* Megada National Forest Priority Area
* Mena-Angetu National Forest Priority Area
The Harenna Forest is a montane tropical evergreen forest in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains. The forest covers the southern slope of the mountains, extending from 1450 to 3200 meters elevation. The Bale Mountains are in Ethiopia's Oromia Region, and fo ...
* Menagesha-Suba National Forest Priority Area
* Munesa-Shashemene National Forest Priority Area
* Negele (Mankubssa) National Forest Priority Area
* Sekela Mariam National Forest Priority Area
* Sele Anderacha National Forest Priority Area
* Sheka National Forest Priority Area
* Sibu-Tole-Kobo National Forest Priority Area
* Sigmo-Geba National Forest Priority Area
* Tiro-Boter-Becho National Forest Priority Area
* Wof-Washa National Forest Priority Area
* Yabelo National Forest Priority Area
* Yayu National Forest Priority Area
* Yegof-Erike National Forest Priority Area
* Yeki National Forest Priority Area
* Yerer National Forest Priority Area
International designations
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves
*Kafa Biosphere Reserve
The Kafa Biosphere Reserve is located in the Kafa Zone of Ethiopia approximately 460 km southwest of Addis Ababa. The Bonga National Forest Priority Area partly forms the southern boundary of the Biosphere Reserve, whilst the eastern boun ...
*Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve
The Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve is a protected area located in the Amhara National Regional State approximately 563 km northwest of Addis Ababa in the north-western part of Ethiopia. The biosphere reserve comprises Lake Tana
Lake Tana ( ...
*Yayu Biosphere Reserve
The Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve is situated in Illubabor Zone of the Oromia, Oromia Regional State, southwestern Ethiopia.
It is the center of origin for the most popular coffee in the world, ''Coffea arabica''.
Yayu is the largest and ...
World Heritage Sites
* Simien National Park
Simien Mountains National Park is the largest national park in Ethiopia. Located in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, its territory covers the highest parts of the Simien Mountains and includes Ras Dashan, the highest point in Ethi ...
See also
* Wildlife of Ethiopia
The richness and variety of the wildlife of Ethiopia is dictated by the great diversity of terrain with wide variations in climate, soils, natural vegetation and settlement patterns. Ethiopia contains a vast highland complex of mountains and diss ...
* Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Ethiopia)
The Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Tourism ( Amharic: የባህልና ቱሪዝም ሚኒስቴር) is the ministry of the government of Ethiopia responsible for researching, preserving, developing, and promoting the culture and tourist at ...
References
External links
Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
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National parks
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...