Forest Carbon/PFM Projects

March REDD+/CDM/ /PFM Projects 2015

[This piece collates basic information on forest projects in Ethiopia with a special focus [REDD+/CDM/ on forest carbon (CDM and REDD+) and Participatory Forest Management (PFM). It PFM Learning attempts to summarize the basic features of individual projects like location, goal, target Network] communities, challenges, achievements etc and is meant to serve as a source of basic information for potential member of the envisaged Network and beyond]

LO Ethio-Wetlands & Natural Resource Association (EWNRA)

1. Organizational Information Established (year) 2000 G.C. GO/NGO/INGO/Others A not for profit local NGO Focal person/Key Expert Ato Afework Hailu Cellphone/e-mail + 251911635720; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Office Address EWNRA, Jomo Kenyata Road, Bambis Area, Mekane Eyesus Building, 6th Floor, P.o.Box:1518 Code 1110 Website www.ewnra.org 2. Project Location Regional State and Wereda(s) Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples Region (SNNPR): Masha, Anderacha, Gesha and South Bench Oromia Regional State: Nonosele 3. Project Description Ecosystem Type "Montane Broadleaf" Forest” i) Transitional Rainforest ii) Afromontane rainforest Size of project area (ha) 240,000 Project type REDD+ through participatory Forest Management

Ethio-Wetlands & Natural Resource Association (EWNRA)

4. Stakeholders 4.1 Direct Stakeholders Local communities/ Beneficiaries and Local level CBOs 4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Woreda level Agriculture and Natural Resource & Environmental Protection Offices; Woreda level government offices (e.g. Cooperative office); Woreda level administrative offices; Zonal level relevant government offices; OFWE; Wereda Agricultural Office; Wereda Cooperative Development Office 4.3 Indirect Stakeholders SNNPRS BoA and Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Authority; SNNPRS Bureau of Finance and Economic Development; Oromia Bureau of Finance and Economic Development 5. REDD+ Principles of the project Climate √ Biodiversity √ Livelihood √ Rights √ Fair & Effective Funding √ Targeted Emissions reduction N/A Project lifespan ??? Number of beneficiary households 16,000 Size of project area (ha) 240,000 Project type REDD+ through participatory Forest Management

Ethio-Wetlands & Natural Resource Association (EWNRA)

6.Problems to be addressed Land use changes that affect carbon storage capacity of the forest and other forest ecosystem services 7. Context of the Experience Type of Ecosystem High Montane Forest Key Drivers of Deforestation & Degradation Land use change; Illegal logging; large scale investment Historical & current state of the Vegetation Annual average rate of deforestation (1987-2005) ranged 0.3 - 3% (trend) Affected population & their social Source of a huge share of livelihood for local people, source of 50% of national coffee production conditions & a genetic heart for coffee, hydrological importance; Issues that need to be addressed Forest tenure; limited technical and financial capacity; gaps in institutional arrangement and effective legislation; Institutional situation related to REDD+ N/A??? 8. Population and/or communities Local communities are beneficiaries. Grassroots organizations at community and kebele level involved (NTFP Production & Marketing and PFM) Take part in project design, involve in proposed development activities, capacity building activities and participatory project monitoring & evaluation 9. Goals and Desired Changes Purpose of the work (objectives) Intends to develop model for community driven REDD+; to demonstrate how cost effective carbon storage through avoided deforestation can be achieved in a mutually inclusive way with objectives related to sustainable development and poverty reduction of forest dependent peoples Desired changes at the end of the project Secure local forest rights combined with forest benefits leads to increased forest management responsibility among local people; Policy backing for local forest control; Forest-based enterprise development; Forest-centered institutions

Ethio-Wetlands & Natural Resource Association (EWNRA)

10. Timeline of Activities, ????? challenges/achievements & possible future action

11. Mobilization of resources The project is supported financially by the Norad through the Development Fund of Norway. Technically it works with the government structure including agricultural bureaus (from region to woreda) in SNNPRS and with Oromia forest and wildlife enterprise in Oromia. Woreda level Cooperative offices also support technically. The project also access international experiences through international consultants 12. Policies or related legislation In the problem analysis institutional gaps have been identified as a challenge. If community based forest management systems are needed to be used as mechanisms for REDD+ policies and legislations related with community management rights, benefits and tenure related issues need to be settled. 13. Lessons lerned When successfully completed a lesson will be drawn on how REDD+ objectives can be achieved through engaging community in management of state/ communal forests and, how a cost effective strategy can be designed for carbon storage and avoided deforestation & degradation in a mutually inclusive way with objectives related to sustainable development and poverty reduction of forest dependent peoples.

FARM Africa/SOS Sahel

1. Organizational Information Established (year) FARM Africa: 1980 GC; SOS Sahel: 1985 GC GO/NGO/INGO/Others FARM Africa: International NGO; SOS Sahel: National NGO Focal person/Key Expert FARM Africa: Dr. Mulugeta Lemenih; Mr. Sahlemariam Mezmur SOS Sahel: Mr. Feyera Abdi; Mr. Lulu Likassa Cellphone/e-mail FARM Africa: SOS Sahel: Office Address Farm Africa, Ethiopia, P.O. Box: 5746 Addis Ababa; SOS Sahel Ethiopia, P.O. Box 3262, Addis Ababa Website FARM Africa: SOS Sahel: 2. Project Location Regional State and Wereda(s) Amhara: Benishangul Gumuz: Oromia: SNNPRS: 3. Project Description Ecosystem Type High Forests /afromontane forest ii) Afromontane rainforest Size of project area (ha) ???? Project type Oromia: Bale: REDD+ project Other regions: PFM projects

FARM Africa/SOS Sahel

4. Stakeholders 4.1 Direct Stakeholders Oromia Forest and Wilde life Enterprise; Bale & West Arsi CBOs; FARM Africa/SOS Sahel; Ministry of Environment and Forest 4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Royal Norwegian Embassy; Royal Netherlands Embassy; Irish Aid 4.3 Indirect Stakeholders Bale wider community; Bale Mountains National Park; Frankfurt Zoological Society 5. REDD+ Principles of the project Climate √ Biodiversity √ Livelihood √ Rights √ Fair & Effective Funding √ Targeted Emissions reduction 36,347,550tCO2 Project lifespan 20yrs Number of beneficiary households 50,000households (300,000 people)

FARM Africa/SOS Sahel

6.Problems to be addressed Illegal settlement; poor law enforcement; high population growth; improper investment land allocation; Stakeholder communication and coordination; Capacity gaps in all aspects of REDD+. 7. Context of the Experience Type of Ecosystem High forest/Afromontane moist forest; Dry forest/afromontane dry forest & lowland woodland Key Drivers of Deforestation & Agricultural land expansion ainly by small holder farmers; fuelwood & construction wood demand & Degradation overgrazing Historical & current state of the Moist forest: 1.1% per year Vegetation (trend) Dry forest: 6.67% per year Affected population & their social ??? conditions Issues that need to be addressed Law enforcement at all levels; empowering institutions local community participation Institutional situation related to ??? REDD+ 8. Population and/or communities Local communities around the project area are beneficiaries involved 9. Goals and Desired Changes Purpose of the work (objectives) REDD+ scheme established in the Bale Mountains through institutional support to community and regional level bodies Desired changes at the end of the To make significant contribution to enable Ethiopia to realize its Climate Resilient Green Economy project strategy at grassroots level

FARM Africa/SOS Sahel

10. Timeline of Activities, challenges/achievements & Completed Near completion On Progress Will follow after project implementation possible future action

Key questions answered in the Project design document(PDD) were: What are the expected GHG benefits of the project? How will they be estimated, and how will they be monitored after implementation? Where exactly will the project take place? Is the project truly additional? What social and environmental impacts (intentional or unintentional) might the project bring about? 11. Mobilization of resources The project was developed by the support of different stakeholders such as: Farm Africa and SOS Sahel Ethiopia: technically, financial and managed the overall project design; OFWE: project proponent, contributed staffs for carbon inventory; Royal Norwegian Embassy (major funder), Royal Netherlands Embassy and Irish Aid financial support; Consultants: technical support 12. Policies or related legislation Not relevant 13. Lessons lerned ????

Horn of Africa Regional Environmental Center and Network (HoAREC & N)

1. Organizational Information Established (year) 2006 GC GO/NGO/INGO/Others GO under the auspices of Addis Ababa University Focal person/Key Expert Dr. Araya Asfaw ; Dr. Almaz Tadesse Cellphone/e-mail ???? Office Address Gulele Botanic Garden, P.O. Box 80773 Website www.hoarec.org 2. Project Location Regional State and Wereda(s) Oromia: west-Arsi Zone, Shashemene and Shalla wereda 3. Project Description Ecosystem Type Woodland???? Size of project area (ha) 6593.13 Project type REDD+/PFM/Forestry CDM

Horn of Africa Regional Environmental Center and Network (HoAREC & N)

4. Stakeholders 4.1 Direct Stakeholders Arsi Nature Conservation and Environmental Development Association (ANCEDA) 4.2 Strategic Stakeholders HoAREC & N; West Arsi Zone Agricultural

4.3 Indirect Stakeholders Department of Local non-forest development cooperatives & residents of Shashemene & Hawassa Towns 5. REDD+ Principles of the project Climate √ Biodiversity √ Livelihood √ Rights √ Fair & Effective Funding - Targeted Emissions reduction 567,227tCO2 Project lifespan ??? Number of beneficiary households 36,000households

6.Problems to be addressed Forest degradation; illegal settlement; unsustainable harvesting of timber, human induced forest fires; overgrazing

Horn of Africa Regional Environmental Center and Network (HoAREC & N)

7. Context of the Experience Type of Ecosystem Woodland??? Key Drivers of Deforestation & Forest degradation; illegal settlement; unsustainable harvesting of timber, human induced forest fires; Degradation overgrazing Historical & current state of the ??? Vegetation (trend) Affected population & their social Local communities frequently suffer from severe flooding & drought. community forced to look for conditions alternative livelihood through migration Issues that need to be addressed Law enforcement; right issues Institutional situation related to Communities organized into formal/legal forest development cooperatives with full right over REDD+ resources and carbon 8. Population and/or communities Local communities around the project area organized in cooperatives (Pastoralists & semi-pastoralists) involved are beneficiaries 9. Goals and Desired Changes Purpose of the work (objectives) Rehabilitating degraded forests through A/R Desired changes at the end of the  Increasing C sinks in biomass;  Sustainable financing of project activities ;  Improve livelihood project of communities through the creation of alternative livelihood schemes;  A range of environmental benefits through improved ecosystem benefits

Horn of Africa Regional Environmental Center and Network (HoAREC & N)

10. Timeline of Activities, ?????? challenges/achievements & possible future action

11. Mobilization of resources ANCEDA is project proponent with a responsibility of managing the overall project implementation jointly with local government. Local community i.e. forest development cooperatives are fully responsible in managing the project, mobilizing the community and decision making process. HoA-REC&N will provide technical and Financial support 12. Policies or related legislation  The government shall work on how to address Open access problem in order to avoid the ever increasing illegal resource exploitation. 13. Lessons lerned  Involving local community from the first date of project inception will determine the success and sustainability of the project;  Lack of the buyers, less price and long time to access carbon market in forestry sector is the main challenge. Hence, it is better not to tell the community about the benefit generated from carbon revenue rather encouraging them to benefit from micro climate improvement and environmental co-benefits will help to ensure project sustainability.  Experience sharing with similar projects in the country will help to change the attitude of the community towards adopting similar experiences.

Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association (SUNARMA)

1. Organizational Information Established (year) 2000 GC GO/NGO/INGO/Others NGO Focal person/Key Expert Mr. Teklearegay Jirane Cellphone/e-mail ???? Office Address Abenezer Building, CMC Road, Bole Sub City, Addis Ababa Mailing - PO Box 6942, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Website ???? 2. Project Location Regional State and Wereda(s) Amhara: Ankober, Baso Na Worana and Tarmaber Woredas 3. Project Description Ecosystem Type Dry afromontane forest??? Size of project area (ha) 8000 Project type PFM

Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association (SUNARMA)

4. Stakeholders 4.1 Direct Stakeholders SUNARMA; project beneficiaries and community around Wof Wasa Forest 4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Project donors are SUNARMA UK, tree Aid , All We Can and Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund 4.3 Indirect Stakeholders Government offices at Zonal, Wereda and Kebele 5. REDD+ Principles of the project Climate - Biodiversity √ Livelihood √ Rights - Fair & Effective Funding - Targeted Emissions reduction Not available currently Project lifespan ??? Number of beneficiary households Direct 18,530 Indirect 38,900

6.Problems to be addressed Deforestation, land degradation, poverty and food insecurity, population pressure, inappropriate natural resource management, agricultural expansion, land inaccessibility, land fragmentation and poor policies and governance

Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association (SUNARMA)

7. Context of the Experience Type of Ecosystem High forest & woodland Key Drivers of Deforestation & Agricultural expansion, fuel wood and population pressure Degradation Historical & current state of the 1.34% per year Vegetation (trend) Affected population & their social Forest dependent communities in and around Wof Washa Forest who are subsistence farmers conditions Poverty and food security Issues that need to be addressed Lack of forest resource governance and regulation; participatory forest management; rights issue Institutional situation related to N/A REDD+ 8. Population and/or communities Forest dependent communities in 3 weredas involved 9. Goals and Desired Changes Purpose of the work (objectives) Improve livelihood of rural community through implementation of sustainable natural resource management; capacity building, dissemination of appropriate technologies and practices Desired changes at the end of the Improvements in household income and food security Sustainable forest Mgt through PFM; Decreased project deforestation and increased forest carbon stocks; Improve d reliance of forest based timber products

Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association (SUNARMA)

10. Timeline of Activities, challenges/achievements & possible future action

11. Mobilization of resources Key donors for the project are All we can (UK), Tree Aid (UK), SUNARMA UK, Arche Nova (German), Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (USA), SCIP (UK) 12. Policies or related legislation Not applicable to this project. 13. Lessons lerned Knowledge & skills of the community has increased through capacity building activities; Linkages to market is critical for development activities; Competence of project staff and strong working relationships with key stakeholders is importance to ensure delivery of project objectives; Success for enterprise development is morel likely if consideration is given to participatory engagement and gender inclusion at all levels within the target communities

World Vision Ethiopia

1. Organizational Information Established (year) 2006 GC GO/NGO/INGO/Others NGO Focal person/Key Expert Ato Kebede Regassa Cellphone/e-mail ???? Office Address ??? Website ???? 2. Project Location Regional State and Wereda(s) SNNPR: Humbo; Sodo Zuria Oromia: Hidhabu Abote 3. Project Description Ecosystem Type Woodland Size of project area (ha) 2728; 503; 4763 (total 7994) Project type A/R CDM

World Vision Ethiopia

4. Stakeholders 4.1 Direct Stakeholders Local communities; Zonal, regional and National GO 4.2 Strategic Stakeholders World Vision Ethiopia, World Vision Australia, World Bank, Government Organization 4.3 Indirect Stakeholders ???? 5. REDD+ Principles of the project Climate √ Biodiversity √ Livelihood √ Rights - Fair & Effective Funding -

Targeted Emissions reduction 1,542,170 tCO2 Project lifespan 30-35yrs Number of beneficiary households 10,479HHs (86,490 People)

6.Problems to be addressed Denuded mountain; Soil erosion; Flooding; Large gully; Silt loads;

World Vision Ethiopia

7. Context of the Experience Type of Ecosystem Woodland Key Drivers of Deforestation & Increase in Population; expansion of agricultural lands, fuelwood and timber extraction, charcoal Degradation making; settlement Historical & current state of the  Before some 30 – 50 years it was a dense forest (depleted b/s of above mentioned drivers of Vegetation (trend) deforestation). Bare land with dispersed bushes Affected population & their social  Part of the community living in the vicinity conditions  The adverse effect have negative impact Issues that need to be addressed ??? Institutional situation related to  The target is to combat effect of climate change REDD+  both benefits the targeted population from sale of CER  contribution to poverty alleviation strategy of the nation  Sequestration of GHG 8. Population and/or communities  The project is implemented in around twenty one kebeles of SNNPR and Oromia regions, the community involved in implementation and benefiting from the project are those part the involved community with in the project operation area that are willing to be organized in to Forest protection and development cooperatives, 9. Goals and Desired Changes Purpose of the work (objectives)  Sequestration of carbon in a bio-diverse native forest and through restoring of degraded forest Desired changes at the end of the  Contribute to alleviation of poverty through sale of CER, benefits from forest & non forest project products.

1. World Vision Ethiopia

10. Timeline of Activities, challenges/achievements & possible future action

 Community resistance on inception; Upfront budget for project implementation; Aligning with global standards; Search for carbon market; Shouldering the projects sustainably keeping up the standards 11. Mobilization of resources  World Vision Ethiopia have a structure at the grass root level (Area Development Program (ADP)) where the project were/are implemented with necessary personnel & logistics; Government line departments from wereda to the federal level (Administration, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Ministry of Agriculture & Agency of Cooperative promotion at all level); World Vision Australia; World Bank 12. Policies or related legislation ??? 13. Lessons lerned 1. Transparent consultation with concerned stakeholders at each level right from the onset of the project; 2. Investing time and effort on community capacity building; 3. Ensuring land tenure right & community ownership; 4. clear property right and benefit sharing system; 5. Working in partnership with community and government at each level; 6. FMNR as a technique is very simple, replicable and cost effective tool to restore degraded land; 7. Documenting data starting from day one; 8. Community should practice management role and others should play facilitation role only which will sustainability of the project; 9. Source of conflict for the project has to be identified thoroughly right from the beginning; 10. Helping community to access carbon credit encourages communities to improve their livelihoods; 11. In addition to the carbon credit, the environmental and other benefits such as biodiversity, watershed management, ground water improvement and soil conservation, income from ecotourism are enormous.

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenabreit (GIZ)

1. Organizational Information Established (year) ??? GO/NGO/INGO/Others Bilateral Focal person/Key Expert Ato Amare Worku, - Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Program PFM Project coordinator. Cellphone/e-mail Mobile: +251 (0) 913325750, [email protected] Office Address Rahem Building, Megenagna, Diaspora square P.O. Box 100009, P.O. Box 100009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: +251(0) 116 6299884, Website www.giz.de/slm 2. Project Location Regional State and Wereda(s) Amhara: Guangua Ellala (Guangua and Zigem) Kulkualber (Gonder Zuria) Tigray: Hirmi (Atsegede Tsembella, Tahitay Koraro and Medebay Zana) Wujig Mahgo Warren (Alaje, Hintalowejerat, and Raya Azebo) Oromia: Gumay 3. Project Description Ecosystem Type Gungua Ellala (Afromontane raineforest), Kulkualber (Dry evergreen montane forest), Wujig Mahgo Waren (Dry evergreen montane forest), Hirmi (Dry evergreen montane forest) and Gumay (Montane moist Forest). Size of project area (ha) Guangua Ellala (10,000ha), Kulkualber (1350ha), Wujig Mahgo (17,000ha), Hirmi (31,000 ha)and Gumay (12,000ha) Total: 71,350ha Project type PFM

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale

Zusammenabreit (GIZ)

4. Stakeholders 4.1 Direct Stakeholders Rural Communities, MoA with its regional bureaus, zonal Departments, wereda offices and kebeles; Cooperative Agencies, Environmental Protection, Land Administration and Use Bureaus and local Administrations 4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Local Communities, MoA and GIZ 4.3 Indirect Stakeholders Local courts local police, kebele administration, and Women, youth and Children affair offices. 5. REDD+ Principles of the project Climate √ Biodiversity √ Livelihood √ Rights √ Fair & Effective Funding - Targeted Emissions reduction NA Project lifespan ????? Number of beneficiary households 50-60,000 house holds

6.Problems to be addressed ??????

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenabreit (GIZ)

7. Context of the Experience Type of Ecosystem Mostly in dry evergreen vegetation type on mountainous land features within the Kola and Weyna Dega agro- ecological zones. Key Drivers of Deforestation & Degradation Agricultural expansion, fuel wood collection, and livestock free grazing system Historical & current state of the The forests are very much degraded due to illegal cutting for timber and fuel wood. However, the Vegetation (trend) deforestation rate and the degradation level is not yet quantified. Affected population & their social Rural Communities who are practicing mixed agriculture. Communities are dependent on the forest and conditions forest products for their household energy, fodder for their animals and construction materials. Rural households collect medicinal herbs, and also use the vegetation for honey production. Issues that need to be addressed 1) Existence of clear legal framework that provides sufficient legal security on land utilisation agreement for the respective parties; 2) The forest types in the project regions provide sufficient biological potential to make sustainable management strategies worthwhile; 3) There is clear will of the forest owner to include communities and the communities receive suffcient rights to incentivise sustainable management; 4) Population growth/ land use pressure prevent the success of sustainable strategies – forest area continues to be converted. Hence there is a need to put in place a conducive family planning strategy; and 5) Conflicts arising from the definition of user groups where benefits to be shared are limited – the carrying capacity of the forest areas is not sufficient to include all important stakeholders. Hence, there must be a clear rules and regulations to prepare a forest management plan to provide sustainable utilization of the forest resources. Institutional situation related to ????? REDD+

8. Population and/or communities The target group comprises the members of village communities living adjacent to forest areas within the SLM involved programme areas. This includes households with and without access to arable land that traditionally use forest areas for timber and firewood, as well as for cattle grazing. In addition, urban and semi-urban households are included that use biomass resources (especially wood) from rural areas. A particular focus is placed on female forest users who collect firewood for subsistence use and for local sales in an unregulated manner and who must be more systematically integrated into sustainable schemes for using forest resources.

9. Goals and Desired Changes Purpose of the work (objectives) Goals: Participatory forest management is implemented in and adjacent to critical watersheds under the national Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP). Desired changes at the end of the project Expected outcomes: a) Community Based Organizations (CBOs) are established, strengthened and be able to manage the forests and related resources; b) Forest Land utilization agreements between community and land owner are signed for at least 12,000 ha per region; c) The Timber volume in the project areas is stable or increasing; d) The equal participation of men and women (gender) in the benefit sharing is established and implemented through a formalized mechanism for consent; and e) The biodiversity of the forest area under PFM has increased.

1. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenabreit (GIZ)

10. Timeline of Activities, Forest Site Mobilization PFM planning Implementatio challenges/achievements & Selection n (stakeholder (participatory (baseline data both analysis, forest resource (mainly includes possible future action establishing of assessment and capacity building in form of forest cover mapping FRA): community-based and skills forest management maps and socio- forest management development and planning institutions;) monitoring and economic surveys) formulation and evaluation signing of forest management activities) agreement)

Timeline: ??????

11. Mobilization of resources 1) The MoA, represented by the Natural Resources Management Directorate (NRMD), is both the recipient of individual programme inputs and the main point of contact for coordinating the strategic focus and operational implementation. At the same time, it will coordinate implementation via the SLMP coordination office at the MoA; 2) Since regional stakeholders play an especially important role in implementation, cooperation with other institutions is sought at both the political and the implementation level in order for PFM to be sustainably mainstreamed. Accordingly, implementation partners are the Bureau of Agriculture in Tigray, the Oromia Forest and Wildlife Management Enterprise and the Bureau of Agriculture in Oromia, and the Amhara Forest Management Enterprise and the Bureau of Agriculture in Amhara. Furthermore, the structures of the districts (woredas) and communities (kebeles) are important implementation partners in the PFM areas; 3) The Project term is five years from July 2013 to December 2018 with the financial and technical support from the Government of Federal Republic of Germany via GIZ –SLM; 4) The programme will provide the partners at the Ministry of Agriculture with more support to ensure that all required funds are included in annual budget planning in good time. Although the actual monetary amount of the partner contribution cannot be estimated at the outset of the programme, partner inputs include the provision of

competent specialists, the provision of offices and payment of a share of the operating costs. 12. Policies or related legislation Integrated land-use and forest-use concepts must be developed that are supported by a clear legal framework and local structures. 13. Lessons lerned 1) Good foundations exist for this work in Ethiopia, with competent institutions along with a wealth of implementation experience by donors and government programmes.. In this context, Ethiopia can also benefit from GIZ’s extensive international experience. Through the targeted exchange of experts (both short term and long term) and contacts at the institutional level (work visits or study tours), forest know-how in Ethiopia can be considerably improved. Specific strategies that have already proved effective in practice in other countries can potentially be adopted and adapted to the Ethiopian context.To this end, international experts are also deploye; 2) The direct link with the existing SLM structures permits the effective use of national personnel, without the need to establish additional administrative structures; 3) The programme activities are designed to be closely linked to the SLM activities andfocus on the relevant stakeholders’ capacity development needs. The different capacity development levels (society, organisations, individuals) are considered; 4) Formal coordination mechanisms among various development partners and implementing organisations and the state organisations in Ethiopia are in place in the context of the Sector Working Group Rural Economic Development and Food Security (RED-FS). For the Natural Resource Management Sector, there is also the SLM Steering Committee and the SLM Technical Committee as well as a working group on the topic of PFM coordinated by MoA; 5) The programme has planned close coordination with the EU programme Scaling-up Participatory Forest Management. Work contacts are already established via the SLM programme; 6) The PFM programme will closely cooperate with the TC module Sustainable Land Management program of GIZ and primarily use its structures on the regional level, adapting to its approaches such as participatory land-use planning and advice for implementing plans; 7) In particular, it will build on the relationship of trust with the district authorities and communities obtained through years of cooperation. At the end of the process, the forest-use plans will become part of the more comprehensive watershed plans and their implementation will be supported with advice by the same watershed management teams.

Environment and Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF)

1. Organizational Information Established (year) 2005E.C. GO/NGO/INGO/Others NGO Focal person/Key Expert Mr. Hailu Merga Cellphone/e-mail 0911805218; [email protected]

Office Address ECFF, P. O. Box 28513 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Website ??? 2. Project Location Regional State and Wereda(s) Oromia, Yayu Wereda 3. Project Description Ecosystem Type Afromontane Rainforest, Transitional Rainforest Size of project area (ha) 168,610 Project type REDD+: The project aims to avoid deforestation and forest degradation plus promoting carbon stocks conservation and enhancement (REDD+), coffee genes and forest biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction through the creation and implementation of conservation areas through the strengthening of OFWE and community based organizations in Illubabor Zone in Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia.

Environment and Coffee Forest Forum

4. Stakeholders 4.1 Direct Stakeholders OFWE, Oromia BoA, ECFF and the local community

4.2 Strategic Stakeholders Strategic partners identified and shown interest: ICCO, HoA-REC, Althelia Fund 4.3 Indirect Stakeholders 5. REDD+ Principles of the project Climate √ Biodiversity √ Livelihood √ Rights - Fair & Effective Funding √ Targeted Emissions reduction 16,637,271 tCO2 Project lifespan 20years Number of beneficiary households At least 150,000 people

6.Problems to be addressed The main problems are deforestation and forest degradation. The primary driver of deforestation in the project area is forest clearance for agriculture. In this case, trees are almost totally cleared, though some farmers leave few trees on farm. On the other hand, there are two drivers of forest degradation: intensification of forest management for coffee production and illegal logging.

Environment and Coffee Forest Forum

7. Context of the Experience Type of Ecosystem The project area is a humid tropical climate type, with the mean minimum and maximum temperatures of 12.7 0C and 26.1 0C, respectively; and with the mean annual rainfall of around 2100 mm with the minimum and maximum being 1400 and 3000 mm, respectively. The rainfall pattern is uni-modal having over 240 days of growing period per year. The vegetation of the area is predominantly Afromontane rainforest with some other vegetation types such as woodlands and grasslands. The forests are distributed between 1200 and 2600 metres whereas the woodlands occur below 1200 and above 2300 m. The grasslands occur in patches within the different vegetation types. There also small plantation forests and woodlots distributed in relation to settlement areas and along boundaries of farmlands. The forest vegetation of the area is categorized into two types: Afromontane rainforest and transitional rainforest. The Afromontane rainforest occurs at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,300 metres; and the transitional rainforest occurs at elevations between 1,100 and 1,500 metres. The Afromontane rainforest is part of the greater Afromontane eco-region in Africa. It is also part of the “Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot” which is one of the 34 globally important regions for biodiversity conservation Key Drivers of Deforestation & Degradation Agriculture??? Historical & current state of the Average historical rate of deforestation= 1.2% Vegetation (trend) Affected population & their social Rural communities in the area. They are dependent on the forest agricultural land in the area for coffee, honey, conditions and annual crops production Issues that need to be addressed - Participation of the community members, benefit-sharing arrangement, project design. Institutional situation related to - Discussions going on ways of incorporating into the Oromia REDD+ program REDD+

8. Population and/or communities ??? involved

9. Goals and Desired Changes Purpose of the work (objectives) The project aims to avoid deforestation and forest degradation plus promoting carbon stocks conservation and enhancement (REDD+), coffee genes and forest biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction through the creation and implementation of conservation areas through the strengthening of OFWE and community based organizations.

Desired changes at the end of the project Carbon stocks conservation and enhancement (REDD+), coffee genes and forest biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction 10. Timeline of Activities, The project feasibility study is completed. Immediate next steps are: • Secure funding to proceed with project design process with particular focus on multinational challenges/achievements & corporations in coffee sector, possible future action • Review and negotiate roles and responsibilities of government, implementers and communities roles; • Design and develop project governance board Timeline: ??????

11. Mobilization of resources - Feasibility study was done in-house with experts at ECFF, with some technical support of partners from Ghana and Brasil. - Financial resources are being mobilized from development partners and a private equity fund. 12. Policies or related legislation ???? 13. Lessons lerned - Clearly policy and REDD+ strategies are crucial to go forward with project development, fund mobilization and implementation.