Sustainable Development in Rift
Valley Landscape, Ethiopia
HoAREM 7
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Almaz Tadesse
The Project
— Sustainable development of
Gambella & Rift Valley Landscapes
— Focus – Central Rift Valley (CRV)
and South Omo (SO) Landscapes
– CRV – focus on the watershed
of the lakes
– SO – focus on pasture land
rehabilitation and livelihood
development for pastoralists
Sustainable Development
Improve environmental
governance
Guide agricultural investments & development through LUP
Sustainably diversify &
enhance the livelihood bases
Maintain or restore the
resilience and functions of
key ecosystems
The objectives:
Approach
─ Integrated Landscape Approach
─ Integrated Watershed Management
─ Select the right implementing partners:
─ Network members
─ Government bureaus at different levels
─ Communities (CBOs)
─ Agreement with clear roles and responsibilities
─ Frequent M&E (including planning together)
Integrated Approach
Social Impact
Economic impact
Environmental impact
Major outcome areas
1. Establishing Governance Structure
- CRV Steering & Technical committees
- CRV working group to coordinate initiatives
- Strengthening Indigenous institutions for CC
adaptation strategies
Major outcome areas
2. Agricultural Sustainability
Strengthening Evergreen Agriculture
Promoting evergreen agriculture with a
focus on F. albida
Increasing the number of Faidherbia trees
on the farmland
Enhance crop production, improve soil
fertility, carbon storage, and Food
Security
FMNR
- Promoting Organic Fertilizer through
PPP for small holder farmers
Major outcome areas
Alternative energy technologies to improve agricultural production systems - Solar and wind water pumping
systems for irrigation - Solar driers for vegetables - Biogas systems for milk cooling
Major outcome areas
3. NR Conservation & Rehabilitation of degradation
Main Goal - Reduce pressure exerted on NRs & improve livelihood of the rural communities through different livelihoods and income generated from carbon finance ─ Integrated Watershed Management
─ Stewardship Programme - CBOs
─ Soil and Water Conservation
─ Water Quality Monitoring
─ Green and low impact developments
─ Capacity building
- Rangeland Rehabilitation – SO
- Introducing different livelihood options
Major outcome areas
NR Conservation & Rehabilitation of degraded areas
Build capacity of key institutions in environmental monitoring,
governance and sustainability aspects
Including reviving and strengthening traditional institutions
Promoting conservation of existing forests & woodlands,
Rehabilitation of degraded areas - Target 10,000 ha
So far accomplished 80%
Through implementing integrated watershed management
Management plans for priority hotspot areas
Major outcome areas
NR Conservation & Rehabilitation of degraded areas
Water quality monitoring
– Data is being collected on water quality characteristics of the fresh water
Lake seasonally – Lake Ziway
– Awareness creation and training for small holder farmers on the use of
fertilizer;
– Technical assistance for the private investors on waste water treatment
Support to development of a (local) institutionalized water monitoring
system to ensure sustainability after the project has ended
Major outcome areas
Introduced different alternative
energy technologies to support the
rehabilitation work
Energy Centers in rural areas –
local entrepreneurs
Shifting the source of fuel
Using Efficient appliances
Dilla Briquette Field Test in Dilla at W/ro Aynalem’s Restaurant: August 2012
Energy saving cook stoves and alternative fuel wood (Briquette)
Major outcome areas
4. Value Chain Development
- Identification, coordination, production and market link
- Honey production
- Moringa – food security and climate change
- Eco-tourism – CCA, NP
- Promote economic opportunities (especially for
women) and help develop Local Entrepreneurship
Rehabilitated areas
and Protected
Forests
REDD+, VCS, CDM
Voluntary Market
5. Carbon Credit Exploration & Development
Diversification of
Livelihood options
for communities
Carbon Credit Exploration & Development
PoA document is developed to serve as an umbrella
document for forestry carbon projects developed
(CPA) by local and regional partners
One AR project is development jointly with
ANCEDA and local government to register with
the PoA
The project covers a total of 6,500ha
Six cooperatives established - one from each
district
Started the process to develop Forest & fire
management plan
Purpose of PoA
─ Assist partners to access carbon market
─ Share knowledge and experiences on how to develop pro-
poor and bankable projects
─ Capacity building training