Ethiopia's Tigray Bags Gold Award for Greening Its Drylands

Tigray's drylands, home to more than 4.3 million people, are being restored on a massive scale, resulting in groundwater levels rising, a reduction in soil erosion, and people's ability to grow food and gain an income has improved, says the World Future Council.

A misty morning near Endaselassie in western Tigray.

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