The Ethiopian Flora Project of the National Herbarium has documented more than 6000 species of vascular plants in 6 volumes of Flora Books and deposited the specimens in the National Herbarium, Addis Ababa. This vast information is not accessible online.

These days online flora databases are easy to access and retrieve information as they are searched online using different criteria. For example, if a user wants a certain species that belongs to a certain family and grows in a certain ecosystem or habitat, he/she can search online using such criteria and find it very easily.

These types of databases are nowadays very famous and institutions are moving in this direction. There are many examples for such type of online databases such as the National Tropical Botanical Garden Plant Database, World Database of Protected Areas, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database and many European Flora Databases.

So far there are not such types of Flora Databases in Ethiopia and this network will be the first in its kind in the country. We hope many volunteers will join this project and make great contributions for the best of our country’s biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilization. It is us who are responsible for the past damages and future conservations of our biodiversity, thus, our contributions will make a difference.

You are kindly invited to register on our website for Free Membership so that you can contribute any relevant ideas, articles, data, etc.

Your contribution is priceless! We need your support and join us now!