National Potential and Priority Maps for Tree-Based Landscape Restoration in Ethiopia
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change NATIONAL POTENTIAL AND PRIORITY MAPS FOR TREE-BASED LANDSCAPE RESTORATION IN ETHIOPIA VERSION 0.0 | TECHNICAL REPORT i AUTHORS Ashebir Wondimu Zeleke Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ethiopia. Dr. Tefera Mengistu Woldie Formerly at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ethiopia. Florence Landsberg World Resources Institute. Bizuayehu Alemu Yimer Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ethiopia. Tariku Geda Ayane Formerly at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ethiopia. CITATION Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MEFCC). 2018. National Potential and Priority Maps for Tree- Based Landscape Restoration in Ethiopia (version 0.0): Technical Report. Addis Ababa: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. ii COVER PHOTO: FLICKR, THOMAS MALUCK PHOTO: FLICKR, OLLIVIER GIRARD/CIFOR TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Acknowledgements 4 Abbreviations 5 Foreword 6 Executive Summary 9 Introduction 11 Definitions and Method 11 Definitions 11 Method 14 Results 14 Step 1: Identify National Land-Use Challenges and Tree-Based Landscape Restoration Options 18 Step 2: Identify Criteria and Data to Assess Potential to Scale Up Tree-Based Landscape Restoration Options 27 Step 3: Assess Potential to Scale Up Tree-Based Landscape Restoration Options 34 Step 4: Assess Accuracy of National Tree-Based Landscape Restoration Potential Maps in Four Woredas 37 Step 5: Inform the National Prioritization of Landscapes for Cross-Sectoral Implementation of Tree-Based Landscape Restoration 43 Conclusions and Next Steps 46 Appendix A. List of Consultation Workshop Participants 50 Appendix B. Accuracy Assessment Results for the Potential Maps for Individual Tree-Based Landscape Restoration Options 57 Appendix C. General Observations on Input Data 60 Appendix D. National Ranking by Individual Prioritization Criteria 72 References ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Many institutions made these analyses possible Change (MEFCC) and the World Resources because of their investment in national data Institute (WRI) would not have been able to production. For sharing their data and the develop these maps without expertise and data knowledge embedded in these datasets, we provided by many institutions and individuals. thank the Central Statistical Agency (CSA); the We relied on the knowledge of many national Ethiopian Mapping Agency (EMA); the Ministry of and regional experts in tree-based landscape Agriculture and Natural Resources; the Amhara restoration. We are grateful to the many experts Regional State Bureau of Agriculture (Amhara BoA); who actively participated in the consultation the Tigray Regional State Bureau of Agriculture workshops (see Appendix A for a list of experts and Rural Development (Tigray BoARD); the who contributed during the workshops). Our Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise (OFWE); the visits to the regions were especially helpful in Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity; the giving us insight, and we are indebted to the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA); staff in Amhara; Oromia; Tigray; and Southern the Ethiopian Roads Authority; the Ethiopian Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ National Sugar Corporation; the Ethiopian Industrial Regional States. We also would like to recognize Parks Development Corporation; the National the Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Meteorology Agency; the National Disaster Risk Institute (EEFRI) and the International Network Management Commission (NDRMC); the Geological for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), which provided Survey of Ethiopia; the Ethiopian Wildlife and bamboo-specific input. We are also indebted to Natural History Society; the Ethiopian Agricultural the line ministries and stakeholders of the Climate Investment and Land Administration Agency; the Resilient Green Economy sectors, who helped IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre inform the prioritization of landscapes for cross- (ICPAC); the Addis Ababa University; the University sectoral implementation: the Ministry of Urban of Copenhagen; the World Agroforestry Center Development and Construction; the Ministry (ICRAF); the Center for International Forestry of Industry; the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Research; the Water and Land Resource Center Electricity (MoWIE); the Ministry of Agriculture and (WLRC); the Food and Agriculture Organization of Natural Resources (MoANR); the Ministry of Livestock the United Nations (FAO); and the Famine Early and Fisheries; the Ministry of Mines, Petroleum Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET). and Natural Gas; the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI); the U.S. Forest Service; and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). 2 We would also like to recognize the Clinton Roeland Kindt (ICRAF); Mr. Ian May (BirdLife Climate Initiative (CCI) for its general support. International); Mr. Michael Otieno (ICPAC); Specifically, we would like to thank His Excellency Dr. Antonello Salis (FAO); Ato Beyene Sebeko Ato Kebede Yimam, the State Minister for the (NDRMC); Dr. Arnout van Soesbergen (UNEP- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate WCMC); Ato Samuel Tesfaye (WLRC); Mr. Paulo Change, for his continuous guidance throughout Van Breugel (University of Copenhagen); Mrs. this process. We are also grateful to Dr. Abeje Eunice Wangui (ICPAC); and Dr. Gete Zeleke Eshete and Dr. Yigardu from EEFRI as well as Ato (WLRC). Tesfaye Hunde from INBAR for their expert input We are also indebted to our reviewers, Dr. regarding mapping bamboo potential. While Yigremachew Seyoum from the MEFCC and Ato we benefited from many institutions’ data and Tsegaye Tadesse from the GGGI, for taking the the guidance of their staff in using these data, time to provide their constructive comments. we would like to thank W/ro Misrak Alemu from A special thanks to Ms. Nkirote Koome (CCI) for OFWE; Ato Tsegaye Sewinet from Amhara BoA; facilitating this process in innumerable ways; Ato Tsehaye Mulugeta from Tigray BoARD; W/ro Mr. Thomas Maschler (WRI) and Ato Henok Ali Mebrate Samuel, Ato Elias Buzayene Gebremeskel (MEFCC) for leading the development of the and Ato Bemnet Ayalew from EMA; and Ato Sisay website; Mr. Aaron Hanna for helping write the Guta and W/ro Atreshiwal Girma from the CSA for technical report; and Caroline Taylor and Julie consistently helping us made the best of their rich Moretti for copy-editing and designing the spatial datasets. report, respectively. We are thankful to many other individuals who Finally, for their financial support, we would took the time to help us identify and access like to thank the German Federal Ministry for the best available data: Mr. Mark Balman the Environment, Nature Conservation and (BirdLife International); Mr. Gill Bunting (BirdLife Nuclear Safety; the German Federal Ministry for International); Dr. Girma Gebrehawariat (GIZ); Ato Economic Cooperation and Development; the Melakneh Gelet (FAO); Mr. Christopher Hillbruner Government of Norway; the Global Environment (FEWSNET); W/ro Simenesh Kidane (MoWIE); Dr. Facility Fund; and the United Nations Environment Programme. 3 ABBREVIATIONS AFR100 African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCI Clinton Climate Initiative CRGE Climate Resilient Green Economy CSA Central Statistical Agency EEFRI Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute EMA Ethiopian Mapping Authority FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FDRE FederalDemocraticRepublicofEthiopia FEWSNET Famine Early Warning Systems Network GCP Ground Control Point GDP Gross domestic product GGGI Global Green Growth Institute GIZ Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German agency for international cooperation) GTP Growth and Transformation Plan ICPAC IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre ICRAF World Agro-Forestry Center IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development INBAR International Network for Bamboo and Rattan IPC IntegratedFoodSecurityPhaseClassification KBA Key Biodiversity Area MoANR Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources MEFCC Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MoWIE Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity NDRMC National Disaster Risk Management Commission NFPA National Forest Priority Area OFWE Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise PA Protected Area PSNP Productive Safety Net Program SNNP Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Regional State UNCCD UnitedNationsConventiontoCombatDesertification UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WCMC World Conservation Monitoring Centre WLRC Water and Land Resource Center 4 FOREWORD Our country has an ambitious, but achievable My Ministry and the World Resources Institute vision: By 2025, we want to substantially improve worked closely with various sectors, inside our people’s standards of living by reaching and outside government, to map potential for middle-income status and simultaneously better tree-based landscape restoration. Together, manage our natural capital by transitioning to a we have identified landscapes with acute social green economy. and environmental problems where tree-based landscape restoration should be coordinated Much work has been done toward realizing these and integrated across sectors to ensure that it seemingly divergent goals, but much work and translates into commensurable improvements many