Ethiopia Launches Digital Wildlife Monitoring Platform Across 106 Protected Areas

Ethiopia has introduced a digital wildlife monitoring platform on a pilot basis, currently being tested across 106 protected areas nationwide. Initially deployed at Bale Mountains National Park and the Senkele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary, the platform integrates satellite data, geospatial tools, and unmanned systems to analyse land-use patterns, predict potential conflicts between competing land uses, and provide early warnings of environmental changes that could affect biodiversity. The system marks a significant shift from the previously manual and fragmented approach to natural resource management, which had limited coverage across the country's protected areas.