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Ethiopia

Last Updated
May 2023
15 Mha
Committed area to restore by 2030
22 %
Tree Cover
20 Billion
Trees to be planted by 2022
Ethiopia

Bitew SHIBABAW
AFR100 Focal Point, Ethiopia

bitew_shibabaw@yahoo.com

Projects in Ethiopia

Our Approach

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Steps to Success

Stakeholder involvement

In Ethiopia, all stakeholders including Government,  Donors , CSOs, NGOs and communities agree that land degradation is a very serious problem in most agricultural zones of the country and one can now claim that Ethiopia is in a national emergency to combat the problem. In view of this,  coordinated and well organized campaigns were organized to address the problem. Ethiopia established a working group comprising of relevant government ministries/departments, universities, research institutions, civil organizations and private sector. The members inform the decisions and implementation of policies and set targets towards restoration of the degraded landscapes. 

A coordinating mechanism/platform

To oversee the implementation of the LDN targets cross sectors and other entities, the SLM coordination mechanism was established by the government in the Ministry of Agriculture to facilitate coordination of all SLM activities in Ethiopia so as to avoid duplication and promote synergies. Thus, this unit will also be involved in the implementation processes of programs and projects that will help to achieve LDN targets in Ethiopia. 

Capacity building

Ethiopia launched a training  program focusing on land use, titling and administration, security of land tenure and dispute resolution, public information and education, capacity building and monitoring, impact evaluation and special studies. Building the capacity of lower level implementing parties to properly and transparently implement the laws and regulations should be a continuous process and context specific in restoration. Trainings and workshops were also organized in Ethiopia and the majority of these activities were on restoration and tree plantation, with others focusing on market analysis and development and Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs). 

Partnership

The Government institutions, local and international non-governmental organizations found in the country are supporting the development activities of the government of Ethiopia through different programs and projects aligning with the government’s priorities. In a similar manner the NGOs working in different parts of the country are engaged in the projects and programs that will be implemented to achieve the LDN targets in the country. Partnership is created between the NGOs, Government institutions and MEF with their own respective roles and responsibilities. The main role and responsibility of NGOs will be directly implementing the different programs and projects designed to achieve the LDN targets and, reporting the progresses and achievements of the implementation process. On the other hand MEF is responsible to secure the budget required to implement these programs and projects, and put in place a stringent monitoring, reporting and verification system. 

Key Milestones

Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM), 
 
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Our Vision

The Government of Ethiopia has made an ambitious targets for the land restoration to build a carbon-neutral and middle-income economy by 2030. 

Priority Interventions: 

  • Supporting Ethiopia to fulfill the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) goal of achieving middle-income status by 2025 while transitioning to a climate-resilient green economy. This will require scaling up successful tree-based approaches to improve crop and livestock practices, food security, and farmer income; protect and re-establish resilient and productive forests rich in biodiversity; develop the forestry sector and wood- and forest biomass-based technologies, expand renewable power generation for domestic and regional markets; and leapfrog to modern and energy-efficient technology in transport, industrial sectors and buildings. 
  • Increasing the scientific foundation in decision-making processes for planning and implementing tree-based landscape restoration. Related processes include assessing the potential for tree-based landscape restoration, enabling coordination across sectors, and using best practices from Ethiopia and around the world.
  • Support the sustainable generation of benefits from restored forest landscapes and restoration processes for the local population and the national economy.
  • Identifying and addressing enabling conditions necessary for long-term, tree-based restoration at scale. Enabling conditions relate to policy and legal frameworks, incentives, value chains and market conditions that increase and diversify investments in restoration across the public and private sectors.  
  • Developing a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for tree-based landscape restoration and its contribution to domestic targets and international commitments. The M&E system will address the environmental, social and economic costs and benefits of tree-based restoration and will be operationalized countrywide and harmonized among all forest-related projects.
  • Supporting Ethiopia to meet its international development and environmental commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals, Nationally Determined Contribution, Convention for Biodiversity, and Land Degradation Neutrality target.
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Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Ethiopia

Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is the ongoing process of regaining ecological functionality and enhancing human well-being across deforested or degraded areas. CIFOR’s FLR research work is funded by the International Forestry Knowledge (KNOWFOR) Prog

Resources

15 Resources
in Ethiopia

Website
10/11/2022
Tree-based Landscape Restoration Atlas of Ethiopia
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Website
10/11/2022
New Report: 73 percent of Ethiopia's Land Could Benefit from Restoration
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Website
10/11/2022
CRGE
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Website
10/11/2022
GTP2
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Website
10/11/2022
CDN
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Website
10/11/2022
Community Based Participatory Watershed Development
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Website
10/11/2022
Lessons learned and best practices for Sustainable Land Management
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Website
10/11/2022
Implementing Forest Landscape Restoration in Ethiopia (BMZ-GIZ, Unique)
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Document
10/11/2022
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Options for Oromia Regional State
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Document
10/11/2022
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Options for Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) Regional State
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10/11/2022
Trees, Forests and Profits in Ethiopia: An Assessment of Tree-Based Landscape Restoration Investment Opportunities in Ethiopia (EFCCC, WRI)
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10/11/2022
Potential for Tree-Based Landscape Restoration (FLR) for Amhara Regional State
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10/11/2022
Landscape Action Plan for Meket and Gazo Woredas, Amhara Regional State
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Document
10/11/2022
Landscape Action Plan for Sodo and Sodo Guragie Woredas, SNNP Regional State
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Document
10/07/2020
Trees, Forests and Profits in Ethiopia
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