Op-ed: National Tree for Ethiopia’s environmental, economic, social welfare
Photo: Professor Legesse Negash By Teshome Hunduma (PhD) Addis Abeba - On 9 April 2022, Professor Emeritus Legesse Negash, from Addis Abeba University proposed the evergreen native tree, Podocarpus falcatus (Zigba in Amharic; Birbirssa in Afaan Oromo), as Ethiopia’s National Tree. He shared his proposal