Contributing to Scaling up Forest Landscape Restoration in Ethiopia
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Contributing to scaling up forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia Restoration diagnostic applied in Sodo Guragie (SNNPR) and Meket (Amhara region) woredas Alemayehu Zeleke and Adriana Vidal INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE Contributing to scaling up forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia Restoration diagnostic applied in Sodo Guragie (SNNPR) and Meket (Amhara region) woredas Alemayehu Zeleke and Adriana Vidal The designation of geographical entities in this publication, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN, Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) or the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission of Ethiopia (EFCCC) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN, NICFI or EFCCC. The publication was funded by NICFI. IUCN is pleased to acknowledge the support of its Framework Partners who provide core funding: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland; Government of France and the French Development Agency (AFD); the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea; the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad); the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the United States Department of State. Published by: IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), Nairobi, Kenya Copyright: © 2020 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorised without prior written permission from the copyright holder provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of this publication for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Citation: Zeleke, A. and Vidal, A. (2020). Contributing to scaling up forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia. Restoration diagnostic applied in Sodo Guragie (SNNPR) and Meket (Amhara region) woredas. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. Cover photo: Adriana Vidal / IUCN Available from: IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature Forest Conservation Programme Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Tel +41 22 999 0000 Fax +41 22 999 0002 www.iucn.org/resources/publications Contents List of figures ........................................................................................................................................... iv List of tables ............................................................................................................................................ iv Executive summary ................................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................. x List of abbreviations and acronyms ........................................................................................................... xi 1. Introduction and overview .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Background .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Objectives, methodology and roadmap of the report ................................................................... 2 Part I. Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia ........................................................................................... 4 2. National context .................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1. Country profile ............................................................................................................................... 4 2.2. Linkages of FLR with Ethiopia’s forest and land-use economy and policies ....................................... 5 Part II. Restoration diagnostic in Sodo Guragie and Meket woredas ............................................................ 9 3. Overview of Sodo Guragie woreda ......................................................................................................... 9 3.1. Biophysical profile .................................................................................................................... 10 3.2. Socioeconomic profile ............................................................................................................. 10 3.3. Restoration diagnostic results - Sodo ....................................................................................... 12 4. Overview of Meket woreda .................................................................................................................. 13 4.1. Biophysical profile .................................................................................................................... 13 4.2. Socioeconomic profile ............................................................................................................. 14 4.3. Restoration diagnostic results - Meket ...................................................................................... 15 5. Analysis of key success factors for FLR in Sodo and Meket .................................................................. 17 5.1. Motivate .................................................................................................................................. 17 5.2. Enable .................................................................................................................................... 26 5.3. Implement ............................................................................................................................... 38 6. Diagnosis summary and recommendations looking forward .................................................................. 44 6.1. Barriers and opportunities ........................................................................................................ 44 6.2. Proposed strategy ................................................................................................................... 46 6.3. Recommended next steps ....................................................................................................... 48 References ............................................................................................................................................. 50 Annex 1. Economic and financial analysis of FLR opportunities – Summary fact sheet ................................ 54 Annex 2. Policies and regulations of relevance to FLR .............................................................................. 62 Annex 3. Validation workshops participants’ lists ...................................................................................... 65 iii List of figures Figure 1: Timeline of the main policies on the forest and land-use sector in Ethiopia ..................................... v Figure 2: Location of Sodo woreda ........................................................................................................... vi Figure 3: Location of Meket woreda .......................................................................................................... vi Figure 4. Forest Landscape Restoration definition and principles ................................................................. 2 Figure 5: Land use-land cover in Sodo woreda (2016-2017). .................................................................... 11 Figure 6: Land use-land cover in Meket (2016-2017). ............................................................................... 15 List of tables Table 1: Land use land cover in Sodo (2016-2017). .................................................................................. 11 Table 2: Land use land cover in Meket (2016-2017). ................................................................................ 15 Table 3: Types of public and private economic benefits of FLR based on land use type and tenure regime – Sodo and Meket woredas ....................................................................................................................... 20 Table 4: Potential FLR stakeholders/institutions in Sodo Woreda ..............................................................35 Table 5: Potential FLR stakeholders/institutions in Meket Woreda ............................................................. 38 iv Contributing to scaling up forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia Executive summary Covering an area of more than 1.2 million km2, and inhabited by 100 million people, Ethiopia is the second-most populous country in Africa. With about 85% of the population living in rural areas, the national economy is heavily dependent on the agriculture sector, accounting for 41% of gross domestic product (GDP). Rain-fed, smallholder farming represents more than 90% of the national agricultural outputs but is also a key driver of forest and land degradation. The pressure to increase crop production has resulted in the expansion of agricultural lands and other overgrazing. Combined with rapid population growth linked to an increased demand for biomass, recurrent