Ethiopian communities are regenerating entire forests without machinery, seedlings, or money, awakening ancient roots, recovering water resources, restoring 43 hectares, and transforming dead lands into living ecosystems recognized by the UN.

CPG ^ | 28/12/25 | Carla Teles

[Eleutheria5]

...awakening ancient roots, recovering water resources, restoring 43 hectares, and transforming dead lands into living ecosystems recognized by the UN.

In the region most affected by drought, communities in Ethiopia are regenerating entire forests without machinery, seedlings, or virtually any money, simply by awakening ancient roots hidden beneath the soil and changing the way they use the land day after day. These communities in Ethiopia take areas considered dead land, devoid of vegetation and water, and transform them into hillsides covered with trees, shrubs, and crops, where streams flow again and the soil stops cracking. In just a few years, They regenerate entire forests across approximately 43 hectares., creating living ecosystems that attract the attention of the UN and enter the global radar as concrete proof that restoring degraded landscapes is possible with local knowledge, organization, and a lot of persistence.

The first breakthrough is mental. Instead of imagining trucks carrying seedlings everywhere, the communities of Ethiopia start from a simple truth: that seemingly dry hill is not completely dead.

Beneath the hardened surface lie ancient roots, seeds, and dormant sprouts—remnants of an underground forest waiting for a chance to breathe again.

When rain falls on bare, compacted soil, the water runs off too quickly, carrying away sediment and disappearing in a few minutes.

With the management practices these communities adopt, the objective is the opposite: to hold the water in place for longerBreaking the hard crust of the soil allows moisture to seep deep into the soil, exactly where ancestral roots can reach.

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[Eleutheria5]

Just the act of doing, taking up a pickaxe, hoe, or plow, rather than waiting passively for something to happen, sets them apart, makes them kin to Israelis. We have quite a few Ethiopians here, too. One of them was my study partner on a complex halachic tome. Brilliant man, made aliya with his family from Ethiopia at age 3. He moved from Nahariya to Jerusalem, I to Haifa. Missing him greatly.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes, but clear communication is the key to universal understanding.

At least, according to my mother.

And I do not argue with her.

[cherry]

Yes it’s a start..good luck to them...

[Tired of Taxes]

Good to see some positive news.

[Mastador1]

I know a way to help California, get rid of all the Frickin illegals putting extra strain on the water resources. Because much of California is a desert it goes through feast or famine as far as rain, if instead of wasting billions on the bullet train from nowhere anyone wants to be, to nowhere anyone wants to go, it was spent on reservoirs to store the rain when it does fall, and desalination plants(denied by water resource board members who know nothing about water resources, California may not be in such a dire straight.

Oh, and give bac the water taken from farmers to save a crappy little fish that is no way different from the same species found elsewhere..

[sauropod]

Ping!

[Carry_Okie]

Saw it.

It is encouraging.