Ethiopia: Experts Discuss Reducing Negative Impacts of Pesticides

Various experts drawn from the Ministry of Agriculture, Birdlife International, Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS), Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network as well as other Non Governmental Organizations extensively deliberated on how to reduce the negative impacts of pesticides on migratory soaring birds and other biodiversity in the Central Rift Valley Ecosystem of Ethiopia. They as well discussed the safe use and mitigation of pesticides in a recently held four-day workshop at the Haile Resort, Hawassa.

During the workshop, EWNHS Executive Director Mengistu Wondafrash told participants that migratory soaring birds, along the flyway of Rift Valley/ Red Sea, are under threat due to illegal hunting, poor waste management, tourism, agricultural intensification and the like.

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