Ethiopia is located in Eastern Africa, bordered by Eritrea (North), Sudan (West), Djibouti(East), Somalia (East) and Kenya (South). Its history is extremely rich, complete with kings, castles and .... Its main exports are coffe and ... The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa, located in the centre of the country.

The landscape of Ethiopia varies greatly. Its highest point is Ras Dashen, at 4,533 m, while its lowest point is the Danakil Depression, at -155m. It has alpine mountains (notably the Simien and Bale mountains).

Ethiopia is one of the world's rich biodiversity countries. It has a very diverse set of ecosystems ranging from humid forest and extensive wetlands to the desert of the Afar depression. Ethiopia is one of the twelve known ancient countries for crop plant diversities in the world and has valuable reserves of crop genetic diversity, of which 11 cultivated crops have their centre of diversity in the country. The extensive and unique conditions in the highlands of the country have contributed to the presence of a large number of endemic species.

The flora of Ethiopia is very diverse with an estimated number between 6,500 and 7,000 species of higher plants, of which about 15 per cent are endemic. It has been said that Ethiopia is the fifth largest floral country in tropical Africa. The country is also rich in its faunistic diversity. The larger mammals are mainly concentrated in the south and southwest border and adjacent areas of the country. There are also plentiful plains games along the stretch of the Great Rift Valley System. About 277 species of mammals, 861 species of birds, 201 reptile species (over 87 snakes, 101 lizards and 13 species of tortoises and turtles), 145 species of freshwater fish, 324 butterflies and 63 species of amphibians are known from Ethiopia.

Endemic Mammals: A total of 31 species of endemic mammals are found in Ethiopia. Among these seven are larger mammals Walia Ibex, Gelada Baboon  Mountain Nyala, Ethiopian Wolf Swayne's Hartebeest, and wild Ass.