sarah tewolde—berhanis an expert at restoring degraded land.le university in northern ethiopia. some 30 or 40 years ago data shows that droughts were occurring every ten years. now they are every five years. so we need to prepare, as a community, as a society to be able to function in drought years and one of the best ways to do that is to restore the environments and restore the environments we can capture every little drop of rain that comes. here is how it works. people and animals are kept out to allow natural regrowth. the trees help keep moisture in the soil, recharging rivers and springs. it may seem trivial to people who live in wet environments that a spring has come back. but for people who live in a dry environment, a spring that was around 100 years ago or 200 years ago is now coming back and giving water. it is highly significant. and this re—greening is happening on a vast scale. in this one province in northern ethiopia, they have reforested 15,000 square kilometres. trees are also a source of cash. local people get paid for ever

sarah tewolde—berhan is an expert at restoring degraded land.le university in northern ethiopia. 30 or a0 years ago, some data shows that droughts were occurring every ten years. now they're every five years. so we need to prepare as a society, as a community, to be able to function even in drought years, and one of the best ways to do that is to restore environments and in restored environments we can capture every little drop of rain that comes. what sarah and the communities she works with have achieved, is really impressive. you can see it very vividly on this experimental site on the outskirts of mekelle university. this is degraded land, it's been used as farmland fairly recently. virtually no vegetation. but take a look on the other side of the fence, and already after just a few years it has begun to regrow. you can see shrubs, you can see trees, it is greener and it's way, way lusher. give it a couple of decades and the results are even more impressive. here's how it works. people and animals are kept out to allow natural regrowth. the

sarah tewolde—berhanis an expert at restoring degraded land.data shows that droughts were occurring every ten years. now they are every five years. so we need to prepare, as a community, as a society to be able to function in drought years and one of the best ways to do that is to restore the environments and restore the environments we can capture every little drop of rain that comes. here is how it works. people and animals are kept out to allow natural regrowth. the trees help keep moisture in the soil, recharging rivers and springs. it may seem trivial to people who live in wet environments that a spring has come back. but for people who live in a dry environment, a spring that was around 100 years ago or 200 years ago is now coming back and giving water. it is highly significant. and this re—greening is happening on a vast scale. in this one province in northern ethiopia, they have reforested 15,000 square kilometres. trees are also a source of cash. local people get paid for every unit of carbon stored here. last year, the community was p

sarah tewolde—berhan is an expert at restoring degraded land.ersity in northern ethiopia. some 30—a0 years ago, data shows that droughts were occurring every ten years. now, they're every five years. so we need to prepare, as a community, as a society, to be able to function even in drought years. and one of the best ways to do that is to restore environments, and in restored environments, we can capture every little drop of rain that comes. what sarah and the communities she works with have achieved is really impressive, and you can see it very vividly on this experimental site on the outskirts of mekelle. look over here. so this is degraded land. it's been used as farmland fairly recently. virtually no vegetation. but take a look on the other side of the fence, and already, after just a few years, it has begun to regrow. you can see shrubs, you can see trees, it's greener, and it's way, way lusher. give it a couple of decades and the results are even more impressive. here is how it works. people and animals are kept out to allow natural regrow