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World Heritage Site listing for Ethiopian park leads to eviction of farming community (news.mongabay.com)

submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (8 children)

why did 24k people move into a national park? that's the opposite of what a park is for.

[–] millie@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

They didn't. They turned the place where 24k people live into a national park on September 18th after deliberating for 15 years.

On Sept. 18, Bale Mountains National Park finally received UNESCO World Heritage Site status, following 15 years of deliberation, thanks to its rich biodiversity and extraordinary beauty.

See? Literally the second paragraph in the actual article.

[–] SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

guess I should have read it and not skimmed it, my apologies.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you weren't wrong. The park was established in 1970, and most of the settlers moved in after that. It's only with the UNESCO designation that the government is actually going to stay protecting the park.

The park has a mix of old and new inhabitants — mostly new. According to the park’s official documents, the park had few permanent settlements before it was established in the 1970s, and only seasonal pastoralists came to graze the grasslands. However, the population and settlements increased rapidly along with a shift from traditional livestock husbandry that grazed through the area, to mixed farming that also plowed the land. Today, the park has more than 3,000 households, each with about eight residents, and seasonal resource users.

[–] SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

huh. that UNESCO designation must have some monetary compensation that comes with it, like a package deal or something.

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