Kafa Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 2010, in Ethiopia. The Kafa Biosphere Reserve is located in the Kafa Zone of Ethiopia, approximately 460 km south-west of Addis Ababa. The Bonga National Forest Priority Area (NFPA) partly forms the southern boundary of the biosphere reserve, while the eastern boundary follows Adiyo Woreda. The Gojeb River and the Gewata–Yeba (Boginda) NFPA form the northern boundary. Kafa is the birthplace of wild Arabica coffee and contains close to 5,000 wild varieties of the plant in this biodiversity hotspot.