{"id":1411,"date":"2026-02-06T09:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:21:04","slug":"addis-ababas-green-coverage-rises-to-22-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/addis-ababas-green-coverage-rises-to-22-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Addis Ababa\u2019s Green Coverage Rises to 22%: Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AMN Plus-February 6\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Addis Ababa City Council has commenced its Second Regular Session of the Fifth-Year Term at the Adwa Victory Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor of Addis Ababa City Adanech Abiebie is presenting the city administration\u2019s six-month performance report for the 2018 fiscal year to the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/2-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/2-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/2-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/2-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/2-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the council, Mayor Adanech highlighted that, based on a structured plan to make the city more beautiful, vibrant, and green, the green coverage of Addis Ababa\u2019s urban forest areas has increased from 18 percent in 2016 to 22 percent in the past six months alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the Addis Ababa City Council\u2019s regular session, Mayor Adanech Abiebie reaffirmed that this improvement was achieved through careful planning, development, and protection of the city\u2019s green spaces, reflecting the administration\u2019s commitment to a sustainable and livable urban environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Birhanu Workneh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN Plus-February 6\/2026 The Addis Ababa City Council has commenced its Second Regular Session of the Fifth-Year Term at the Adwa Victory Memorial. Mayor of Addis Ababa City Adanech Abiebie is presenting the city administration\u2019s six-month performance report for the 2018 fiscal year to the council. Addressing the council, Mayor Adanech highlighted that, based on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change-and-sustainability","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/1414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}