This photo is from one of the Participatory Development Mapping (PDM) sessions carried out in the Wof Washa forest villages.

Exciting news from Wof Washa! The first tree planting has started, led by the local community and supported by the local government.

On May 23rd the Wof Washa project hosted a one-day workshop to explore avenues to enhance the livelihoods of the almost 8500 households in the forest community.

The security situation in Amhara remains uncertain, making it difficult to organise meetings on a large scale, but the project has nonetheless been able to carry out several Focus Group Discussions in 11 kebeles.

These red hot pokers (scientific name *Kniphofia foliosa*) are growing in the grasslands.

This beautiful view of the Wof Washa landscape shows not only how moist and verdant the area is, but also the diversity of land use in this area.

Much of Wof Washa forest is in a valley.

The Wof Washa project office has opened at Debrebirhan, and now it's time to carry out the baseline survey.

The team came across this massive juniper (*Juniperus procera*) during the inventory.

The baseline survey practical training started a week later than planned because of heavy rain.