Tena and other farmers used to grow beans here, but the climate has now become too dry, he said, frowning. The climate of the Choke Mountain watershed in the Upper Blue Nile Highlands is changing as the planet warms. At an elevation of 4,000 metres (13,120 ft), the Choke Mountain range has a tropical alpine ecosystem and is home to more than 150,000 people living in six districts. "It completely shows there is severe ecological shift on Choke Mountain," he said. Debre Markos University has partnered with Addis Ababa University to study how livelihoods in the Choke watershed should adjust to cope with – and alleviate – ecological problems.

Source: Ethiopian News April 12, 2019 08:02 UTC