Apart from being the engine of the country's industrialization, the Abbay Dam would play an immense role in preserving the biodiversity of Nile lower riparian states, the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute(EBI) said.
Speaking to the Ethiopian Press Agency , EBI Genetic Resources Access and Benefit Sharing Research Lead Executive Officer Abiyot Birhanu stated that the dam would be of paramount significance in tackling climate change."Given the fact that climate change is not limited to a single country, the dam would maintain a balanced climate in the Nile riparian countries."
"Climate change, drought and biodiversity are unbounded. The fact that the surrounding of the dam is green and well developed; it would play an undeniable role for conservation of biodiversity resources. Also, it would tackle the degradation witnessed in the neighboring countries."
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