İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park marten ("Martes martes"), European badger ("Meles meles"), grey wolf ("Canis lupus"), deer ("Cervidae"), fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), European otter ("Lutra lutra"), yellow-necked mouse ("Apodemus flavicollis"), weasel ("Mustela"), big-eared bat ("Micronycteris"), and variegated skunk ("Mephitis mephitis"). As reptiles Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni"), southern crested newt ("Triturus karelinii"), lizard ("Lacertilia"), asp ("Vipera aspis"), earringed water snake ("Acrochordidae") are found in the area. İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park can be reached by public transportation from Istanbul via Silivri, Çorlu, Lüleburgaz, Pınarhisar, Demirköy and İğneada. It is convenient to go from Istanbul over the motorway via Saray, Vize and then Poyralı, Demirköy and İğneada by
Premiership of Meles Zenawi in February 2007. Including the new Axum University, 12 new universities are starting operation in 2007 Other fairly new universities like Dilla University in the Gedeo Zone SNNP region launched new facilities, expanded laboratories for research, and initiated new post-graduate studies. In the last decade, more than 30 new private colleges & universities have been created, including Unity College. The University Capacity Building Program (UCBP) is a leading project in this sector. Ethiopian agriculture is predominantly rain-fed subsistence agriculture, troubled by recurrent droughts. After Meles came to power in 1991, there were three major droughts in 1999/2000, 2002/2003 and 2009/2010.