Institutional
Strengthening for the
Forest Sector
Development Program
(IS-FSDP)
Creating Multi-functional Landscapes
Rehabilitation of degraded landscapes in piloted
areas of Ethiopia
1. Introduction
Contents Inside
Ethiopia has set a high bar for itself
1. Introduction and the world: In its development
2. Approaches
blueprint, the Climate Resilient Green
3. Results
Achieved so far Economy (CRGE) Strategy, it is aimed
4. Major to achieve middle-income status by
Challenges
2025 while transitioning to a climate-
5. Summary & the
way forward resilient green economy.
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Protecting existing forest and tree-based landscape restoration are central to these
goals as trees contribute not only directly to economic development and raising living
standards, but also to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
One of the forest sector targets included in the CRGE is rehabilitation of 15 million
hectares of degraded lands. To this end, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate
Change has designed this project in 2014. One of the focus areas of this project is
rehabilitation of degraded lands. It is expected that this project will contribute a lot to
the realization of the above national targets.
2. Approaches to rehabilitation of degraded lands
Prior to intervention,
integrated land use plan is
prepared through PRA
techniques and collection of
GPS points. Additionally, by-
laws were established and
approved, all with active
engagement of the target
community.
Proactive participation and voluntarily labor contribution of communities is
taken as an asset for implementation of this particular component and the
whole program, in general.
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Construction of soil conservation and moisture harvesting structures done
at the project districts
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3. Major Achievements in progress
After construction (Year 2017)
During construction (Year 2016)
After intervention (Year 2017/18)
Before intervention (Year 2016)
Before intervention (Year 2016) After intervention (Year 2017)
Construction of moisture retention structures for watering of planted
seedlings during dry spells & site reclamation after intervention
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Some additional pictures showing partial view of rehabilitation achievements
progressing with time
At the beginning of intervention (Year 2016)
One year after intervention (Year 2017/18)
Partial view of rehabilitation achievements at Meket district
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Year 2016 Year 2017/18
Partial view of rehabilitated
sites at Lemo (Upper two)
and Sodo Guragie (Lower)
districts after two years of
intervention
Year 2017/18
Table: 3 year's rehabilitation achievements
in the 3 regions
3 years'
% achievement
achievement
(3 years')
Region (in ha)
Tigray 31,000 93.94
Amhara 61,750.53 93.56
SNNPR 40,458 81.73
Gully reclamation as part of site
rehabilitation scheme Overall
Achievement 133,208.53 89.70
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4. Results achieved so far:
Degraded lands rehabilitated
Springs developed
Flooding damage reduced at the downstream
Vegetation cover increased
Livelihoods supported
Additional income gained by the target community through
beekeeping, fattening, grass harvesting through cut & carry
Biodiversity conservation enhanced
Locally threatened wild animals reapppeared because of
increased vegetation cover
Plant species diversity improved
5. Major challenges encountered
Sites with significant environmental constraints- soil depth, water stress,
rainfall variability demanded extra investments in site amelioration efforts.
6. Summary and the way forward
Participation of communities in the project sites and the leadership by the
government institutions at various levels has been instrumental.
Assessment of achievements so far in relation to purpose of the program
demonstrates promising results;
The program has significant contribution towards the achievement of the
forest sector in the green growth development agenda of the country.
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