I was the first warden of the Simien Mountain National Park, living there from September 1967 to October 1969. I wrote a book about this experience - 'From the Roof of Africa'. I am now a Japanese citizen and chairman of The C.W.Nicol Afan Woodland Trust' in Nagano, Japan. Since our protection and wise use began, 23 endangered species have returned and flourished. We have bears, deer, wild boar, serow, racoon dogs, foxes, hares, badgers, martens, weasels, squirrels, dormice and many other kinds of creatures. Loss of forest, erosion and government corruption were our worst nighmares in Ethiopia.