New MOU with Ethiopia

Upon the request of Ethiopian side, the Korea Forest Service and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia established a new MOU in the field of forestry and climate change, recognizing the importance of forestry development for rural development and overall economic growth and environmental protection and considering the Ethiopian Government’s national response to tackling environmental degradation and climate change, particularly through the design and implementation of the Climate Resilient Green Economy (“CRGE”) vision and strategy.

The MOU was signed in the presence of the two Heads of both countries, President Park Geun-hye and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn at the Presidential Place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.