Abstract:
Green legacy initiatives are much to be gained from altering the plantations of indigenous
trees surrounding road sides, parks, and green places. One Tree Planted focus in our country
Ethiopia is to rebuild animal habitat, restore soil and critical watersheds, all while improving the
lives of the communities who rely on the forests the most. As trees grow, they help stop climate
change by removing carbon dioxide from the air, storing carbon in the trees and soil, and
releasing oxygen into the atmosphere.
The main environmental problems impacting, aside from climate change, are soil erosion and
land degradation, deforestation and forest degradation, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and
several forms of pollution, global warming, overpopulation, waste disposal, ocean acidification,
loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and ozone layer depletion are a few of the pressing challenges.
Not only, the political leaders, stakeholders as well as directly concerned bodies and the
community at all plant the seedlings but also, the foreign country like Heads of UN Agencies and
staff of the United Nations in Ethiopia planted trees in Addis Ababa in support of the Green
Legacy Initiative, a go-green campaign to counter the effects of deforestation and climate
change. “The Green Legacy Initiative “Launched in 2019 by Ethiopia Government, the Green
Legacy initiative is part of the Government’s plan to plant 20 billion seedlings by 2024 .Green
Legacy Initiative is aligned with the priorities of the Government of Ethiopia’s (GoE) national
development plan and strategy. Ethiopia. Since 2011, it has been preparing and implementing its
climate resilient and net-zero carbon emission development strategy. In his address,
strengthening the Enabling Environment for Clean Cooking Sector Phase II Project Manager, Dr.
Gessesse Dessie, urged participants to plant trees for a sustainable future for the next
generation. He added, 'Trees are not just wood. Their leaves, branches, trunk, and roots percolate
raindrops in the soil. This water later springs out and flows to a river. The most utilized humble
river that never leaves Ethiopia only to remain sunk inland.' Furthermore, he stressed that
making sure the seedlings grow into trees, will ensure the Green Legacy initiative for three
consecutive years . The year 2021 tree planting is held under the motto ’Let’s make Ethiopia
greener'. Assessing the impact of Green Legacy initiative on the environment research was
undertaken in Entoto Park where one of the interesting Green Legacy initiative center in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia