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