{"id":274128,"date":"2019-04-25T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?guid=3ac0aedd9236dba2fa55169a90eca60f"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:41:08","slug":"prosopis-invasion-hammered-ecology-and-livelihoods-across-afar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/274128","title":{"rendered":"Prosopis invasion hammered ecology and livelihoods across Afar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2019, CABI scientists and Addis Standard coverage detailed how the invasive tree Prosopis juliflora had reshaped Ethiopia\u2019s Afar Region, with steep ecological and economic losses for pastoral communities.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-429636\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Luna-Farm.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Prosopis invasion hammered ecology and livelihoods across Afar\" \/>\n<p>Prosopis spreads along watercourses and grazing routes, crowding out native browse and complicating herd mobility. What looks like green cover from a distance can be a trap for livestock economies already stressed by drought.<\/p>\n<p>Invasive species policy is rarely glamorous enough for Abiy Ahmed\u2019s summit calendar. It is still governance: research, clearance labor, land rights, and whether Afar voices set the priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as environment archive, the Prosopis file warns that Horn landscapes can be damaged by introduced \u201csolutions\u201d as surely as by neglect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/addisstandard.com\/news-new-study-reveals-the-massive-ecological-and-economic-impacts-of-woody-weed-invasion-in-ethiopia\/\">Addis Standard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2019\/04\/190425104249.htm\">ScienceDaily \/ CABI<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeffNews: New study reveals the massive ecological and economic impacts of woody weed invasion in Ethiopia&nbsp;&nbsp;addisstandard.comAddis Abeba, April 25\/2019 \u2013 CABI scientists have revealed the massive ecological and economic impacts that the invasive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":429636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Luna-Farm.jpg?fit=1024%2C519&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19jq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601444,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274128\/revisions\/601444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}