Photostory by Shibire Bekele
The landscape is ill and needs medication
Landscape Degradation and Restoration in the Ethiopian Highlands
![Highland Ethiopia: Degraded mountainous land](/sites/default/files/2022-02/1_Degraded_Landscapte%20%28Gro%C3%9F%29.jpg)
Degraded landscape of the Ethipian highlands due to poor land management and farming practices on mountaineous land.
![Ethiopian Highland: Comparison](/sites/default/files/2022-02/2_Comparison_Landscape_I%20%28Gro%C3%9F%29.jpg)
The picture shows a sad reality of the impact of human being on landscape. the green part of the picture is managed park while the degraded/ grey landscape is with settlement and unmanaged cropping.
![Ethiopian Highland: Landscape comparison during rainy season](/sites/default/files/2022-02/3_Comparison_Landscape_II%20%28Gro%C3%9F%29.jpg)
This picture is the same landscape as the picture before, at a different season. The nature is contributing its part to make the landscape restoration.
![Team carrying seedlings.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/4_Seedlings%20%28Gro%C3%9F%29.jpg)
Young people taking seedlings to be planted. Here, I would like to show that we need commitment and we need to play our part to restore the landscape.
![Villagers planting seedlings](/sites/default/files/2022-02/5_Community_Restauration%20%28Gro%C3%9F%29.jpg)
Engaged communities play a key role for landscape restoration and give sense of ownership. No one destroys his/her own land.