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REDD+/CDM/ /PFM Projects March 2015
[This piece collates basic information on forest projects in Ethiopia with a special focus
on forest carbon (CDM and REDD+) and Participatory Forest Management (PFM). It
attempts to summarize the basic features of individual projects like location, goal, target
communities, challenges, achievements etc and is meant to serve as a source of basic
information for potential member of the envisaged Network and beyond]
[REDD+/CDM/ PFM Learning
Network]
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Ethio-Wetlands & Natural Resource Association (EWNRA)
1. Organizational Information
Established (year) 2000 G.C.
GO/NGO/INGO/Others A not for profit local NGO
Focal person/Key Expert Ato Afework Hailu
Cellphone/e-mail + 251911635720; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Office Address EWNRA, Jomo Kenyata Road, Bambis Area, Mekane Eyesus Building, 6th
Floor, P.o.Box:1518 Code 1110
Website www.ewnra.org
2. Project Location
Regional State and Wereda(s) Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples Region (SNNPR): Masha, Anderacha, Gesha and South Bench
Oromia Regional State: Nonosele
3. Project Description
Ecosystem Type "Montane Broadleaf" Forest”
i) Transitional Rainforest
ii) Afromontane rainforest
Size of project area (ha) 240,000
Project type REDD+ through participatory Forest Management
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Ethio-Wetlands & Natural Resource Association (EWNRA)
4. Stakeholders
4.1 Direct Stakeholders Local communities/ Beneficiaries and Local level CBOs
4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Woreda level Agriculture and Natural Resource & Environmental Protection Offices; Woreda level
government offices (e.g. Cooperative office); Woreda level administrative offices; Zonal level
relevant government offices; OFWE; Wereda Agricultural Office; Wereda Cooperative Development
Office
4.3 Indirect Stakeholders SNNPRS BoA and Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Authority; SNNPRS Bureau of
Finance and Economic Development; Oromia Bureau of Finance and Economic Development
5. REDD+ Principles of the project
Climate √
Biodiversity √
Livelihood √
Rights √
Fair & Effective Funding √
Targeted Emissions reduction N/A
Project lifespan ???
Number of beneficiary households 16,000
Size of project area (ha) 240,000
Project type REDD+ through participatory Forest Management
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Ethio-Wetlands & Natural Resource Association (EWNRA)
6.Problems to be addressed Land use changes that affect carbon storage capacity of the forest and other forest ecosystem
services
7. Context of the Experience
Type of Ecosystem High Montane Forest
Key Drivers of Deforestation & Degradation Land use change; Illegal logging; large scale investment
Historical & current state of the Vegetation
(trend)
Annual average rate of deforestation (1987-2005) ranged 0.3 - 3%
Affected population & their social
conditions
Source of a huge share of livelihood for local people, source of 50% of national coffee production
& a genetic heart for coffee, hydrological importance;
Issues that need to be addressed Forest tenure; limited technical and financial capacity; gaps in institutional arrangement and
effective legislation;
Institutional situation related to REDD+ N/A???
8. Population and/or communities
involved
Local communities are beneficiaries. Grassroots organizations at community and kebele level
(NTFP Production & Marketing and PFM) Take part in project design, involve in proposed
development activities, capacity building activities and participatory project monitoring &
evaluation
9. Goals and Desired Changes
Purpose of the work (objectives) Intends to develop model for community driven REDD+; to demonstrate how cost effective
carbon storage through avoided deforestation can be achieved in a mutually inclusive way with
objectives related to sustainable development and poverty reduction of forest dependent peoples
Desired changes at the end of the project Secure local forest rights combined with forest benefits leads to increased forest management
responsibility among local people; Policy backing for local forest control; Forest-based
enterprise development; Forest-centered institutions
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Ethio-Wetlands & Natural Resource Association (EWNRA)
10. Timeline of Activities,
challenges/achievements &
possible future action
?????
11. Mobilization of resources The project is supported financially by the Norad through the Development Fund of Norway.
Technically it works with the government structure including agricultural bureaus (from region to
woreda) in SNNPRS and with Oromia forest and wildlife enterprise in Oromia. Woreda level
Cooperative offices also support technically. The project also access international experiences through
international consultants
12. Policies or related legislation In the problem analysis institutional gaps have been identified as a challenge. If community based
forest management systems are needed to be used as mechanisms for REDD+ policies and legislations
related with community management rights, benefits and tenure related issues need to be settled.
13. Lessons lerned When successfully completed a lesson will be drawn on how REDD+ objectives can be achieved through
engaging community in management of state/ communal forests and, how a cost effective strategy can
be designed for carbon storage and avoided deforestation & degradation in a mutually inclusive way
with objectives related to sustainable development and poverty reduction of forest dependent peoples.
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FARM Africa/SOS Sahel
1. Organizational Information
Established (year) FARM Africa: 1980 GC; SOS Sahel: 1985 GC
GO/NGO/INGO/Others FARM Africa: International NGO; SOS Sahel: National NGO
Focal person/Key Expert FARM Africa: Dr. Mulugeta Lemenih; Mr. Sahlemariam Mezmur
SOS Sahel: Mr. Feyera Abdi; Mr. Lulu Likassa
Cellphone/e-mail FARM Africa: SOS Sahel:
Office Address Farm Africa, Ethiopia, P.O. Box: 5746 Addis Ababa; SOS Sahel Ethiopia, P.O. Box 3262, Addis Ababa
Website FARM Africa:
SOS Sahel:
2. Project Location
Regional State and Wereda(s) Amhara:
Benishangul Gumuz:
Oromia:
SNNPRS:
3. Project Description
Ecosystem Type High Forests /afromontane forest
ii) Afromontane rainforest
Size of project area (ha) ????
Project type Oromia: Bale: REDD+ project
Other regions: PFM projects
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FARM Africa/SOS Sahel
4. Stakeholders
4.1 Direct Stakeholders Oromia Forest and Wilde life Enterprise; Bale & West Arsi CBOs; FARM Africa/SOS Sahel;
Ministry of Environment and Forest
4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Royal Norwegian Embassy; Royal Netherlands Embassy; Irish Aid
4.3 Indirect Stakeholders Bale wider community; Bale Mountains National Park;
Frankfurt Zoological Society
5. REDD+ Principles of the project
Climate √
Biodiversity √
Livelihood √
Rights √
Fair & Effective Funding √
Targeted Emissions reduction 36,347,550tCO2
Project lifespan 20yrs
Number of beneficiary households 50,000households (300,000 people)
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FARM Africa/SOS Sahel
6.Problems to be addressed Illegal settlement; poor law enforcement; high population growth; improper investment land allocation; Stakeholder communication and coordination; Capacity gaps in all aspects of REDD+.
7. Context of the Experience
Type of Ecosystem High forest/Afromontane moist forest; Dry forest/afromontane dry forest & lowland woodland
Key Drivers of Deforestation &
Degradation
Agricultural land expansion ainly by small holder farmers; fuelwood & construction wood demand &
overgrazing
Historical & current state of the
Vegetation (trend)
Moist forest: 1.1% per year
Dry forest: 6.67% per year
Affected population & their social
conditions
???
Issues that need to be addressed Law enforcement at all levels; empowering institutions local community participation
Institutional situation related to
REDD+
???
8. Population and/or communities
involved
Local communities around the project area are beneficiaries
9. Goals and Desired Changes
Purpose of the work (objectives) REDD+ scheme established in the Bale Mountains through institutional support to community and
regional level bodies
Desired changes at the end of the
project
To make significant contribution to enable Ethiopia to realize its Climate Resilient Green Economy
strategy at grassroots level
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FARM Africa/SOS Sahel
10. Timeline of Activities,
challenges/achievements &
possible future action
Completed Near completion On Progress Will follow after project implementation
Key questions answered in the Project design document(PDD) were: What are the expected GHG benefits of the
project? How will they be estimated, and how will they be monitored after implementation? Where exactly will the
project take place? Is the project truly additional? What social and environmental impacts (intentional or
unintentional) might the project bring about?
11. Mobilization of resources The project was developed by the support of different stakeholders such as: Farm Africa and SOS Sahel
Ethiopia: technically, financial and managed the overall project design; OFWE: project proponent,
contributed staffs for carbon inventory; Royal Norwegian Embassy (major funder), Royal Netherlands
Embassy and Irish Aid financial support; Consultants: technical support
12. Policies or related legislation Not relevant
13. Lessons lerned ????
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Horn of Africa Regional Environmental Center and Network (HoAREC & N)
1. Organizational Information
Established (year) 2006 GC
GO/NGO/INGO/Others GO under the auspices of Addis Ababa University
Focal person/Key Expert Dr. Araya Asfaw ; Dr. Almaz Tadesse
Cellphone/e-mail ????
Office Address Gulele Botanic Garden, P.O. Box 80773
Website www.hoarec.org
2. Project Location
Regional State and Wereda(s) Oromia: west-Arsi Zone, Shashemene and Shalla wereda
3. Project Description
Ecosystem Type Woodland????
Size of project area (ha) 6593.13
Project type REDD+/PFM/Forestry CDM
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Horn of Africa Regional Environmental Center and Network (HoAREC & N)
4. Stakeholders
4.1 Direct Stakeholders Arsi Nature Conservation and Environmental Development Association (ANCEDA)
4.2 Strategic Stakeholders HoAREC & N; West Arsi Zone Agricultural
4.3 Indirect Stakeholders Department of Local non-forest development cooperatives & residents of Shashemene & Hawassa
Towns
5. REDD+ Principles of the project
Climate √
Biodiversity √
Livelihood √
Rights √
Fair & Effective Funding -
Targeted Emissions reduction 567,227tCO2
Project lifespan ???
Number of beneficiary households 36,000households
6.Problems to be addressed Forest degradation; illegal settlement; unsustainable harvesting of timber, human induced forest
fires; overgrazing
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Horn of Africa Regional Environmental Center and Network (HoAREC & N)
7. Context of the Experience
Type of Ecosystem Woodland???
Key Drivers of Deforestation &
Degradation
Forest degradation; illegal settlement; unsustainable harvesting of timber, human induced forest fires;
overgrazing
Historical & current state of the
Vegetation (trend)
???
Affected population & their social
conditions
Local communities frequently suffer from severe flooding & drought. community forced to look for
alternative livelihood through migration
Issues that need to be addressed Law enforcement; right issues
Institutional situation related to
REDD+
Communities organized into formal/legal forest development cooperatives with full right over
resources and carbon
8. Population and/or communities
involved
Local communities around the project area organized in cooperatives (Pastoralists & semi-pastoralists)
are beneficiaries
9. Goals and Desired Changes
Purpose of the work (objectives) Rehabilitating degraded forests through A/R
Desired changes at the end of the
project
Increasing C sinks in biomass; Sustainable financing of project activities ; Improve livelihood
of communities through the creation of alternative livelihood schemes; A range of environmental
benefits through improved ecosystem benefits
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Horn of Africa Regional Environmental Center and Network (HoAREC & N)
10. Timeline of Activities, challenges/achievements & possible future action
??????
11. Mobilization of resources ANCEDA is project proponent with a responsibility of managing the overall project implementation jointly with local government. Local community i.e. forest development cooperatives are fully responsible in managing the project, mobilizing the community and decision making process. HoA-REC&N will provide technical and Financial support
12. Policies or related legislation The government shall work on how to address Open access problem in order to avoid the ever
increasing illegal resource exploitation.
13. Lessons lerned Involving local community from the first date of project inception will determine the success and
sustainability of the project; Lack of the buyers, less price and long time to access carbon market
in forestry sector is the main challenge. Hence, it is better not to tell the community about the
benefit generated from carbon revenue rather encouraging them to benefit from micro climate
improvement and environmental co-benefits will help to ensure project sustainability.
Experience sharing with similar projects in the country will help to change the attitude of the
community towards adopting similar experiences.
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Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association (SUNARMA)
1. Organizational Information
Established (year) 2000 GC
GO/NGO/INGO/Others NGO
Focal person/Key Expert Mr. Teklearegay Jirane
Cellphone/e-mail ????
Office Address Abenezer Building, CMC Road, Bole Sub City, Addis Ababa
Mailing - PO Box 6942, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website ????
2. Project Location
Regional State and Wereda(s) Amhara: Ankober, Baso Na Worana and Tarmaber Woredas
3. Project Description
Ecosystem Type Dry afromontane forest???
Size of project area (ha) 8000
Project type PFM
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Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association (SUNARMA)
4. Stakeholders
4.1 Direct Stakeholders SUNARMA; project beneficiaries and community around Wof Wasa Forest
4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Project donors are SUNARMA UK, tree Aid , All We Can and Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund
4.3 Indirect Stakeholders Government offices at Zonal, Wereda and Kebele
5. REDD+ Principles of the project
Climate -
Biodiversity √
Livelihood √
Rights -
Fair & Effective Funding -
Targeted Emissions reduction Not available currently
Project lifespan ???
Number of beneficiary households Direct 18,530 Indirect 38,900
6.Problems to be addressed Deforestation, land degradation, poverty and food insecurity, population pressure, inappropriate natural
resource management, agricultural expansion, land inaccessibility, land fragmentation and poor policies and
governance
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Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association (SUNARMA)
7. Context of the Experience
Type of Ecosystem High forest & woodland
Key Drivers of Deforestation &
Degradation
Agricultural expansion, fuel wood and population pressure
Historical & current state of the
Vegetation (trend)
1.34% per year
Affected population & their social
conditions
Forest dependent communities in and around Wof Washa Forest who are subsistence farmers
Poverty and food security
Issues that need to be addressed Lack of forest resource governance and regulation; participatory forest management; rights issue
Institutional situation related to
REDD+
N/A
8. Population and/or communities
involved
Forest dependent communities in 3 weredas
9. Goals and Desired Changes
Purpose of the work (objectives) Improve livelihood of rural community through implementation of sustainable natural resource management;
capacity building, dissemination of appropriate technologies and practices
Desired changes at the end of the
project
Improvements in household income and food security Sustainable forest Mgt through PFM; Decreased
deforestation and increased forest carbon stocks; Improve d reliance of forest based timber products
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Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association (SUNARMA)
10. Timeline of Activities,
challenges/achievements &
possible future action
11. Mobilization of resources Key donors for the project are All we can (UK), Tree Aid (UK), SUNARMA UK, Arche Nova (German), Critical
Ecosystems Partnership Fund (USA), SCIP (UK)
12. Policies or related legislation Not applicable to this project.
13. Lessons lerned Knowledge & skills of the community has increased through capacity building activities; Linkages to market is
critical for development activities; Competence of project staff and strong working relationships with key stakeholders
is importance to ensure delivery of project objectives; Success for enterprise development is morel likely if
consideration is given to participatory engagement and gender inclusion at all levels within the target communities
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World Vision Ethiopia
1. Organizational Information
Established (year) 2006 GC
GO/NGO/INGO/Others NGO
Focal person/Key Expert Ato Kebede Regassa
Cellphone/e-mail ????
Office Address ???
Website ????
2. Project Location
Regional State and Wereda(s) SNNPR: Humbo; Sodo Zuria
Oromia: Hidhabu Abote
3. Project Description
Ecosystem Type Woodland
Size of project area (ha) 2728; 503; 4763
(total 7994)
Project type A/R CDM
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World Vision Ethiopia
4. Stakeholders
4.1 Direct Stakeholders Local communities; Zonal, regional and National GO
4.2 Strategic Stakeholders World Vision Ethiopia, World Vision Australia, World Bank, Government Organization
4.3 Indirect Stakeholders ????
5. REDD+ Principles of the project
Climate √
Biodiversity √
Livelihood √
Rights -
Fair & Effective Funding -
Targeted Emissions reduction 1,542,170 tCO2
Project lifespan 30-35yrs
Number of beneficiary households 10,479HHs (86,490 People)
6.Problems to be addressed Denuded mountain; Soil erosion; Flooding; Large gully; Silt loads;
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World Vision Ethiopia
7. Context of the Experience
Type of Ecosystem Woodland
Key Drivers of Deforestation &
Degradation
Increase in Population; expansion of agricultural lands, fuelwood and timber extraction, charcoal
making; settlement
Historical & current state of the
Vegetation (trend)
Before some 30 – 50 years it was a dense forest (depleted b/s of above mentioned drivers of
deforestation). Bare land with dispersed bushes
Affected population & their social
conditions
Part of the community living in the vicinity
The adverse effect have negative impact
Issues that need to be addressed ???
Institutional situation related to
REDD+
The target is to combat effect of climate change
both benefits the targeted population from sale of CER
contribution to poverty alleviation strategy of the nation
Sequestration of GHG
8. Population and/or communities
involved
The project is implemented in around twenty one kebeles of SNNPR and Oromia regions, the
community involved in implementation and benefiting from the project are those part the
community with in the project operation area that are willing to be organized in to Forest
protection and development cooperatives,
9. Goals and Desired Changes
Purpose of the work (objectives) Sequestration of carbon in a bio-diverse native forest and through restoring of degraded forest
Desired changes at the end of the
project
Contribute to alleviation of poverty through sale of CER, benefits from forest & non forest
products.
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World Vision Ethiopia
10. Timeline of Activities,
challenges/achievements & possible
future action
Community resistance on inception; Upfront budget for project implementation;
Aligning with global standards; Search for carbon market; Shouldering the projects
sustainably keeping up the standards
11. Mobilization of resources World Vision Ethiopia have a structure at the grass root level (Area Development Program
(ADP)) where the project were/are implemented with necessary personnel & logistics;
Government line departments from wereda to the federal level (Administration, Ministry
of Environment & Forest, Ministry of Agriculture & Agency of Cooperative promotion at
all level); World Vision Australia; World Bank
12. Policies or related legislation ???
13. Lessons lerned 1. Transparent consultation with concerned stakeholders at each level right from the onset of
the project; 2. Investing time and effort on community capacity building; 3. Ensuring land
tenure right & community ownership; 4. clear property right and benefit sharing system;
5. Working in partnership with community and government at each level; 6. FMNR as a
technique is very simple, replicable and cost effective tool to restore degraded land; 7.
Documenting data starting from day one; 8. Community should practice management role
and others should play facilitation role only which will sustainability of the project; 9.
Source of conflict for the project has to be identified thoroughly right from the beginning;
10. Helping community to access carbon credit encourages communities to improve their
livelihoods; 11. In addition to the carbon credit, the environmental and other benefits
such as biodiversity, watershed management, ground water improvement and soil
conservation, income from ecotourism are enormous.
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Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenabreit (GIZ)
1. Organizational Information
Established (year) ???
GO/NGO/INGO/Others Bilateral
Focal person/Key Expert Ato Amare Worku, - Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Program PFM Project coordinator.
Cellphone/e-mail
Mobile: +251 (0) 913325750, [email protected]
Office Address
Rahem Building, Megenagna, Diaspora square P.O. Box 100009, P.O. Box 100009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: +251(0) 116 6299884,
Website
www.giz.de/slm
2. Project Location
Regional State and Wereda(s) Amhara: Guangua Ellala (Guangua and Zigem)
Kulkualber (Gonder Zuria)
Tigray: Hirmi (Atsegede Tsembella, Tahitay Koraro and Medebay Zana)
Wujig Mahgo Warren (Alaje, Hintalowejerat, and Raya Azebo)
Oromia: Gumay
3. Project Description
Ecosystem Type Gungua Ellala (Afromontane raineforest), Kulkualber (Dry evergreen montane forest), Wujig Mahgo Waren (Dry
evergreen montane forest), Hirmi (Dry evergreen montane forest) and Gumay (Montane moist Forest).
Size of project area (ha) Guangua Ellala (10,000ha), Kulkualber (1350ha), Wujig Mahgo (17,000ha), Hirmi (31,000 ha)and Gumay
(12,000ha) Total: 71,350ha
Project type PFM
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale
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Zusammenabreit (GIZ)
4. Stakeholders
4.1 Direct Stakeholders Rural Communities, MoA with its regional bureaus, zonal Departments, wereda offices and kebeles; Cooperative Agencies, Environmental Protection, Land Administration and Use Bureaus and local Administrations
4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Local Communities, MoA and GIZ
4.3 Indirect Stakeholders Local courts local police, kebele administration, and Women, youth and Children affair offices.
5. REDD+ Principles of the project
Climate √
Biodiversity √
Livelihood √
Rights √
Fair & Effective Funding -
Targeted Emissions reduction NA
Project lifespan ?????
Number of beneficiary households 50-60,000 house holds
6.Problems to be addressed ??????
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Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenabreit (GIZ)
7. Context of the Experience
Type of Ecosystem Mostly in dry evergreen vegetation type on mountainous land features within the Kola and Weyna Dega agro-ecological zones.
Key Drivers of Deforestation & Degradation Agricultural expansion, fuel wood collection, and livestock free grazing system
Historical & current state of the Vegetation (trend)
The forests are very much degraded due to illegal cutting for timber and fuel wood. However, the deforestation rate and the degradation level is not yet quantified.
Affected population & their social conditions
Rural Communities who are practicing mixed agriculture. Communities are dependent on the forest and forest products for their household energy, fodder for their animals and construction materials. Rural households collect medicinal herbs, and also use the vegetation for honey production.
Issues that need to be addressed 1) Existence of clear legal framework that provides sufficient legal security on land utilisation agreement for the respective parties; 2) The forest types in the project regions provide sufficient biological potential to make sustainable management strategies worthwhile; 3) There is clear will of the forest owner to include communities and the communities receive suffcient rights to incentivise sustainable management; 4) Population growth/ land use pressure prevent the success of sustainable strategies – forest area continues to be converted. Hence there is a need to put in place a conducive family planning strategy; and 5) Conflicts arising from the definition of user groups where benefits to be shared are limited – the carrying capacity of the forest areas is not sufficient to include all important stakeholders. Hence, there must be a clear rules and regulations to prepare a forest management plan to provide sustainable utilization of the forest resources.
Institutional situation related to REDD+
?????
8. Population and/or communities involved
The target group comprises the members of village communities living adjacent to forest areas within the SLM programme areas. This includes households with and without access to arable land that traditionally use forest areas for timber and firewood, as well as for cattle grazing. In addition, urban and semi-urban households are included that use biomass resources (especially wood) from rural areas. A particular focus is placed on female forest users who collect firewood for subsistence use and for local sales in an unregulated manner and who must be more systematically integrated into sustainable schemes for using forest resources.
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9. Goals and Desired Changes
Purpose of the work (objectives)
Goals: Participatory forest management is implemented in and adjacent to critical watersheds under the national Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP).
Desired changes at the end of the
project Expected outcomes: a) Community Based Organizations (CBOs) are established, strengthened and be able to manage the forests and related resources; b) Forest Land utilization agreements between community and land owner are signed for at least 12,000 ha per region; c) The Timber volume in the project areas is stable or increasing; d) The equal participation of men and women (gender) in the benefit sharing is established and implemented through a formalized mechanism for consent; and e) The biodiversity of the forest area under PFM has increased.
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Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenabreit (GIZ)
10. Timeline of Activities,
challenges/achievements &
possible future action
Timeline: ??????
11. Mobilization of resources 1) The MoA, represented by the Natural Resources Management Directorate (NRMD), is both the
recipient of individual programme inputs and the main point of contact for coordinating the strategic
focus and operational implementation. At the same time, it will coordinate implementation via the
SLMP coordination office at the MoA; 2) Since regional stakeholders play an especially important role
in implementation, cooperation with other institutions is sought at both the political and the
implementation level in order for PFM to be sustainably mainstreamed. Accordingly, implementation
partners are the Bureau of Agriculture in Tigray, the Oromia Forest and Wildlife Management
Enterprise and the Bureau of Agriculture in Oromia, and the Amhara Forest Management Enterprise
and the Bureau of Agriculture in Amhara. Furthermore, the structures of the districts (woredas) and
communities (kebeles) are important implementation partners in the PFM areas; 3) The Project term is
five years from July 2013 to December 2018 with the financial and technical support from the
Government of Federal Republic of Germany via GIZ –SLM; 4) The programme will provide the
partners at the Ministry of Agriculture with more support to ensure that all required funds are included
in annual budget planning in good time. Although the actual monetary amount of the partner
contribution cannot be estimated at the outset of the programme, partner inputs include the provision of
Forest Site
Selection
(baseline data both
in form of forest cover
maps and socio-
economic surveys)
Mobilization
(stakeholder analysis, establishing of community-based forest management institutions;)
PFM planning
(participatory forest resource assessment and mapping FRA): forest management planning formulation and signing of forest management agreement)
Implementatio
n
(mainly includes
capacity building
and skills
development and
monitoring and
evaluation
activities)
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competent specialists, the provision of offices and payment of a share of the operating costs.
12. Policies or related legislation Integrated land-use and forest-use concepts must be developed that are supported by a clear legal
framework and local structures.
13. Lessons lerned 1) Good foundations exist for this work in Ethiopia, with competent institutions along with a
wealth of implementation experience by donors and government programmes.. In this
context, Ethiopia can also benefit from GIZ’s extensive international experience. Through the
targeted exchange of experts (both short term and long term) and contacts at the institutional
level (work visits or study tours), forest know-how in Ethiopia can be considerably improved.
Specific strategies that have already proved effective in practice in other countries can
potentially be adopted and adapted to the Ethiopian context.To this end, international experts
are also deploye; 2) The direct link with the existing SLM structures permits the effective use
of national personnel, without the need to establish additional administrative structures; 3)
The programme activities are designed to be closely linked to the SLM activities andfocus on
the relevant stakeholders’ capacity development needs. The different capacity development
levels (society, organisations, individuals) are considered; 4) Formal coordination
mechanisms among various development partners and implementing organisations and the
state organisations in Ethiopia are in place in the context of the Sector Working Group Rural
Economic Development and Food Security (RED-FS). For the Natural Resource Management
Sector, there is also the SLM Steering Committee and the SLM Technical Committee as well as
a working group on the topic of PFM coordinated by MoA; 5) The programme has planned
close coordination with the EU programme Scaling-up Participatory Forest Management.
Work contacts are already established via the SLM programme; 6) The PFM programme will
closely cooperate with the TC module Sustainable Land Management program of GIZ and
primarily use its structures on the regional level, adapting to its approaches such as
participatory land-use planning and advice for implementing plans; 7) In particular, it will
build on the relationship of trust with the district authorities and communities obtained
through years of cooperation. At the end of the process, the forest-use plans will become part
of the more comprehensive watershed plans and their implementation will be supported with
advice by the same watershed management teams.
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Environment and Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF)
1. Organizational Information
Established (year) 2005E.C.
GO/NGO/INGO/Others NGO
Focal person/Key Expert Mr. Hailu Merga
Cellphone/e-mail 0911805218; [email protected]
Office Address
ECFF, P. O. Box 28513 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website
???
2. Project Location
Regional State and Wereda(s) Oromia, Yayu Wereda
3. Project Description
Ecosystem Type Afromontane Rainforest, Transitional Rainforest
Size of project area (ha) 168,610
Project type REDD+: The project aims to avoid deforestation and forest degradation plus promoting carbon stocks
conservation and enhancement (REDD+), coffee genes and forest biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction
through the creation and implementation of conservation areas through the strengthening of OFWE and
community based organizations in Illubabor Zone in Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia.
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Environment and Coffee Forest Forum
4. Stakeholders
4.1 Direct Stakeholders OFWE, Oromia BoA, ECFF and the local community
4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Strategic partners identified and shown interest: ICCO, HoA-REC, Althelia Fund
4.3 Indirect Stakeholders
5. REDD+ Principles of the project
Climate √
Biodiversity √
Livelihood √
Rights -
Fair & Effective Funding √
Targeted Emissions reduction 16,637,271 tCO2
Project lifespan 20years
Number of beneficiary households At least 150,000 people
6.Problems to be addressed The main problems are deforestation and forest degradation. The primary driver of deforestation in the
project area is forest clearance for agriculture. In this case, trees are almost totally cleared, though some
farmers leave few trees on farm. On the other hand, there are two drivers of forest degradation:
intensification of forest management for coffee production and illegal logging.
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7. Context of the Experience
Type of Ecosystem The project area is a humid tropical climate type, with the mean minimum and maximum temperatures of 12.7
0C and 26.1 0C, respectively; and with the mean annual rainfall of around 2100 mm with the minimum and
maximum being 1400 and 3000 mm, respectively. The rainfall pattern is uni-modal having over 240 days of
growing period per year. The vegetation of the area is predominantly Afromontane rainforest with some other
vegetation types such as woodlands and grasslands. The forests are distributed between 1200 and 2600 metres
whereas the woodlands occur below 1200 and above 2300 m. The grasslands occur in patches within the
different vegetation types. There also small plantation forests and woodlots distributed in relation to settlement
areas and along boundaries of farmlands.
The forest vegetation of the area is categorized into two types: Afromontane rainforest and transitional
rainforest. The Afromontane rainforest occurs at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,300 metres; and the transitional
rainforest occurs at elevations between 1,100 and 1,500 metres. The Afromontane rainforest is part of the
greater Afromontane eco-region in Africa. It is also part of the “Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot”
which is one of the 34 globally important regions for biodiversity conservation
Key Drivers of Deforestation & Degradation Agriculture???
Historical & current state of the Vegetation (trend)
Average historical rate of deforestation= 1.2%
Affected population & their social conditions
Rural communities in the area. They are dependent on the forest agricultural land in the area for coffee, honey,
and annual crops production
Issues that need to be addressed - Participation of the community members, benefit-sharing arrangement, project design.
Institutional situation related to REDD+
- Discussions going on ways of incorporating into the Oromia REDD+ program
8. Population and/or communities involved
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9. Goals and Desired Changes
Purpose of the work (objectives) The project aims to avoid deforestation and forest degradation plus promoting carbon stocks conservation and
enhancement (REDD+), coffee genes and forest biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction through the
creation and implementation of conservation areas through the strengthening of OFWE and community based
organizations.
Desired changes at the end of the
project Carbon stocks conservation and enhancement (REDD+), coffee genes and forest biodiversity
conservation and poverty reduction
10. Timeline of Activities,
challenges/achievements &
possible future action
The project feasibility study is completed. Immediate next steps are:
• Secure funding to proceed with project design process with particular focus on multinational
corporations in coffee sector,
• Review and negotiate roles and responsibilities of government, implementers and communities roles;
• Design and develop project governance board
Timeline: ??????
11. Mobilization of resources - Feasibility study was done in-house with experts at ECFF, with some technical support of partners from
Ghana and Brasil.
- Financial resources are being mobilized from development partners and a private equity fund.
12. Policies or related legislation ????
13. Lessons lerned - Clearly policy and REDD+ strategies are crucial to go forward with project development, fund
mobilization and implementation.