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Bale Mountains

A selection of photos from the Bale Mountains and FZS's work in and around the national park. These photos may be used by media only in context of the Frankfurt Zoological Society’s work in the area. Please give the copyright information given in the captions.
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Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia, supports tens of millions of people around it with fresh and clean water. If the villagers continue destroying Bale by cutting firewood, burning it and letting their livestock graze there this will soon come to an end. The microclimate will change so that the rains will be more concentrated and thus will run past the people before they can use it. Also the soil surface will change so that the water runs by even faster. Waterfall in Harenna Forest, Bale NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
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Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia, supports tens of millions of people around it with fresh and clean water. If the villagers continue destroying Bale by cutting firewood, burning it and letting their livestock graze there this will soon come to an end. The microclimate will change so that the rains will be more concentrated and thus will run past the people before they can use it. Also the soil surface will change so that the water runs by even faster. Waterfall in Harenna Forest, Bale NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS

  • Giant lobelias (one of many species endemic to Ethiopia) on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • The Black Lake on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Highland forest on the southerns slopes of Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • The Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • An Ethiopian Wolf on the Sanetti Plateau in Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • The Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) is endemic to the Bale massif in Ethiopia. Having such a restricted distribution makes it very vulnerable. Here are two males on the Gaysay plains in Bale Mountains NP. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • The Bale monkey is a very shy species only found in the Harenna Forest in Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. It is endemic to the Bale area. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • FZS delivering hundreds of Eucalyptus plants to villages near Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Eucalyptus is an alternative source of firewood and hopefully this can mitigate the need to take wood from the park. This is Muhammed Edris (Community Development Facilitator for FZS). © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • FZS planting apple tree seedlings that will later be distributed in the villages around Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, to improve life conditions outside the park. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • FZS is cooperating with para-ecologists in Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. These ecologists are censusing areas to monitor changes in the park. They take data on plants, signs of fire wood collection, signs of domestic animal grazing and other things. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • FZS is cooperating with para-ecologists in Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. These ecologists are sensusing areas to monitor changes in the park. They take data on plants, signs of fire wood collection, signs of domestic animal grazing and other things. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • FZS supports a project in villages outside Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia. These women make energy efficient stoves that use 50% less wood than cooking on a normal fire would. FZS subsidizes the price to villagers around the park by 30% thus hoping to reduce the need for firewood and illegal wood cutting in the national park. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Still green coffee beans in the FZS supported coffee forest near Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Illegal settlement in Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia, supports tens of millions of people around it with fresh and clean water. If the villagers continue destroying Bale by cutting firewood, burning it and letting their livestock graze there this will soon come to an end. The microclimate will change so that the rains will be more concentrated and thus will run past the people before they can use it. Also the soil surface will change so that the water runs by even faster. Waterfall in Harenna Forest, Bale NP, Ethiopia. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • FZS is supporting a beekeeping project near Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia, to help villagers in the area. Better and safer beehives are provided where the bees can produce a honey with a much better quality. Here, the old traditional beehive is seen. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Illegal fire wood collection is a threat to the native forests in Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. This man is transporting the wood from the park on a mule, the mule fell over from the weight of the wood and had to be helped to stand up again. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Illegal grazing and browsing by domestic animals is extensive in Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia. It is a threat to the native animals but also to the system as a freshwater reserve providing millions of people with water. Here an Ethiopian wolf is observing a group of cows, the wolfs diet is mostly restricted to rodents and could not har the domestic animals. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
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