THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY THE 3rd NATIONAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNCCD/NAP IN ETHIOPIA February 2004 Addis Ababa TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................................................... III 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................................................1 2. PARTICIPATORY PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL ACTION PLAN (NAP) ......................................................................................................................................................6 3. CONSULTATIVE PROCESS AND PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS ..............................................................7 3.1. THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESSES ...........................................................................................................................7 3.2. PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS .........................................................................8 4 STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND POLICIES .................................................................................................................8 4.1. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA ...............................................8 4.2. REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS ESTABLISHMENT PROCLAMATION (RGEP)..........................................................8 4.3. THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OF ETHIOPIA.......................................................................................................9 4.4 THE CONSERVATION STRATEGY OF ETHIOPIA .....................................................................................................9 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF FRAMEWORK POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND LAWS......................................9 5.1 POLICIES AND STRATEGIES.............................................................................................................................9 5.1.1 Agricultural and Rural Development Policies and Strategies .....................................................................9 5.1.2 The National Capacity Building Programme (NCBP)............................................................................9 5.1.3 Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme (SDPRP).................................10 5.1.4 Food Security Strategy (FSS)........................................................................................................................10 5.1.5 Ethiopian Water Sector Strategy (EWSS)....................................................................................................10 5.1.6 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Proclamation......................................................................11 5.1.7 Environmental Organs Establishment Proclamation.................................................................................11 5.2. INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES ..................................................................................................................................11 5.2.1 Environmental Protection Authority ............................................................................................................11 5.2.2 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOARD).....................................................................12 5.2.3 Ministry of Capacity Building (MOCB).......................................................................................................12 5.2.4 Ministry of Federal Affairs (MOFA)............................................................................................................12 5.2.5. Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MOID)......................................................................................13 5.2.6. Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR).......................................................................................................13 5.2.7. Ministry of Education (MOE)......................................................................................................................13 5.2.8. Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC)...................................................................14 5.2.9. Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC)...................................................................................................14 5.2.10. Food Security Coordination Bureau (FSCB)...........................................................................................14 5.2.11. Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO)........................................................................14 5.2.12. Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC)............................................................................................14 5.2.13. Higher Learning Institutions (HLI)..........................................................................................................15 5.2.14. National Meteorological Services Agency (NMSA).................................................................................15 5.2.15. Regional Environmental Agencies (REA) ................................................................................................15 5.2.16. Ethiopian Rural Energy Development and Promotion Centre (EREDPC)..........................................15 5.2.17. NGOs/CBOs .................................................................................................................................................15 5.3. ON-GOING PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES ............................................................................................................16 5.3.1. Food Security Program (FSP) .....................................................................................................................16 5.3.2 Voluntary Resettlement Programme (VRP).................................................................................................16 5.3.3. Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) ...........................................................................................................................17 6. FINANCIAL ALLOCATION, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNCCD /NAP ....................................................................................................................17 6.1 COOPERATION/ DONOR ASSISTANCE.....................................................................................................................17 6.2 FINANCIAL ALLOCATION FROM NATIONAL BUDGET .........................................................................................18 6.3 THE NEED FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION......................................................18 7. MEASURES TAKEN OR PLANNED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ............................................19 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN .........................................................................................................................................19 7.1 IMPROVING THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT.......................................................................................................19 7.2 IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO NAP........................................................19 7.3 THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................20 7.4 IMPROVING INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................................................21 7.5 IMPROVING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO DESERTIFICATION AND MONITORING THE EFFECTS OF DROUGHT .................................................................................................................................................21 7.5.1 Improving the Knowledge of the Public on Desertification and Mitigation of the Effects of Drought 21 7.5.2 The Implementation of Early Warning System and the Strengthening of Drought Mitigation Capacity ....................................................................................................................................................................................21 7.5.3 Improving the Role of Science and Technology..........................................................................................22 7.5.4 Improving Agricultural Research.................................................................................................................22 7.5.5. Enhancing the Role of Indigenous Knowledge on Combating Desertification and.....................23 Mitigating the Effects of Drought..........................................................................................................................23 7.6 ENHANCING THE INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND COMBATING DESERTIFICATION..........................................................................................................................................................24 7.7 IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM......................................................................................24 8. BEST PRACTICES TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION...................................................................................25 8.1 INDIGENOUS PRACTICES ........................................................................................................................................25