Deforestation and forest degradation have long history in Ethiopia. Projections also indicate that unless action is taken to change the traditional development.

1. Rehabilitation of Degraded
Forestlands in Ethiopia
Ethiopia – Ministry of
Environment and Forest
Submitted by:
African Regional Workshop on Nationally
Appropriate Mitigation Actions
Kigali, Rwanda
August,2015

2. INTRODUCTION
 Deforestation and forest degradation have long history in Ethiopia.
 Projections also indicate that unless action is taken to change the
traditional development path, an area of 9 million ha might be deforested
between 2010 and 2030 (CRGE, 2011).
 This trend must be reversed to increase the contributions of forest sector in
the national economy as well as to improve ecosystem and ecosystem
services. For this, the national NAMA identified about 21,444,000 ha of
degraded land to be rehabilitated through afforestation/reforestation and
related activities.
 Hence, this proposed project will use an integrated approache to
rehabiliate 1 million ha of such degraded lands while contributing to the
nation’s GHG emission reduction and livelihhood improvement ambitions.

3. Project Goal & Objectives
The overaching project goal is to restore degraded forestland
through the implentation of improved technologies that ensure
sustainable social, economic and enviromnmetal co-benefits while
contributing to the fulfilment of the nation’s “zero net emission
economy“ committement by 2025.
Over the project life-span, 5.5Mt CO2e will be
sequestered directly by afforestating/reforestating 1
million ha of degraded lands. Moroever, dissimination
of improved /fuel efficient stove will help to reduce
emission from deforestation by 1.2Mt CO2e over 5
years and thereby contribute to the national and
global efforts to curb GHG emission.

4. TIME FRAME & TOTAL COSTS OF THE PROJECT
Project implementation start [01/2016]
Project implementation
termination
[12/2020]
Year Amount(EUR)
NAMA Support Project
volume-Investment plan
2016 4,548,722
2017 1,879,706
2018 1,815,097
2019 1,074,675
2020 1,000,000
2021 -
Total 10,318,200
FINANCIAL SOURCES Financial-component Technical-Component
Total
NAMA Facility funding volume 8,043,525 2,274,675
10,318.20
Funds provided by submitter (national
overnment) and/or other implementing partners
2,780,000 3,800,000
6,580,000
Third party contributions
(e.g. third party grants / concessional loans)
Total 10,823,525 6,074,675

5.  A number of national climate policy are behind the initiation of the
proposed NAMA support project.
 CRGE facility uses existing institutiona arrengements to implement the
programmes & projects
 Ethiopia, which contributes less than 0.3% the global CO2 emissions per
year, understood its role in fighting climate change and took a
constructive role in the on-going climate negotiations. The Ethiopia’s
CRGE strategy is, for instance, one of those national climate stratagies for
addressing both climate change adaptation and mitigation objectives.
 It aims at reducing GHG emission from its economic development sectors
(Agriculture, forestry, power, transport, building, industry). Under the
business-as-usual (BAU) development pathway, the projected emission
level by 2030 will reach to 400 Mt CO2e from 150 Mt CO2e in 2010 (base
year).
 Ìt is already mainstremed CRGE into GTP2 of every sectoral plna so that
to achive the National target.
National Policy context:

6. Financial
cooperation Agency
MEF-Forest Sector
(NAMA Responsible
Directorate)
Technical Cooperation
Agency
Other MEF
Directorates
Regional/District/local
institutions
Joint Steering
Committee
NAMA Facility
Cooperation structure
&
Institutional arrangement

7. MOFED
CRGE Facility
Federal Implementing
Entity
Bureau of Finance and Economic
Development (BOFED)
Specialized Financial
Intermediary
Non State Actor
Executing Entity
Regional
Implementing
Entity
Non State Actor
Executing Entity
WOFEDs
The CRGE Facility Fund Flow Arrangement in Ethopia

8. It is more likely to sustain after the NAMA facility intervention because...
• It considered the most important adaptation and mitigation needs and
constraints of the country,
• It built high sense of ownerships among the local communities as they are the
integral part of the project design and implementation,
• It aligned with the long-term vision of the national NAPA, NAMA, CRGE,
GTP and other reverent plan/strategy,
 It has a rigorous plan for reviewing, assessing and, if necessary taking
appropriate improvements on the proposed interventions (e.g. by means of
regular monitoring and evaluation assessments),
 It considered the socio-economic and environmental needs of the climate
vulnerable local communities,
 It analyzed the potential beneficiaries and future attractiveness of NAMA
project investments in relation to the long-term international climate
negotiations and carbon market trends,
 It engaged local institutions and organizations that have shared community
and development vision,
 In addition to the above points, the legal and regulatory framework of MEF and
its ample experiences in managing mega projects including the implementation
of the Ethiopian CRGE strategy are among the key technical, financial and
administrative factors that ensure sustainability of program after NAMA
intervention.

9. The GHG mitigation potentials of This NAMA support project
might be constrained by a number of barriers including:
• Financial barrier: the availability of sufficient finance from
public, private and multilateral climate finance sources,
transaction cost and high cost of technologies could limit the
GHG mitigation potential of the forest despite the unwavering
committments of the Ethiopia government to implement low-
carbon development initatives;
• Technological barriers: Lack of improved technology (e.g.,
suitable planting materials and improved stoves) and poor
technology replication potential within the target groups might
affect the amount of GHG captured/reduced by forest sector;
• Institutional barrier: limited human and institutional capacity at
various levels could limit the implementation of forestry
projects and thereby affect the GHG mitigation potential;

10. • Market barrier: resource pricing, wanning demand for carbon
market by the international community, limited vaue chain
and market access for forest products could dent the potential
of forest sector to curb GHG emission;
• Private sector involvement barrier: The weak linkage between
forestry institutions and the private sector might limit private
involvement in forestry activities;
• encroachment and illegal settlement within the forestry
project areas negatively impacted the GHG potential of
forestry project;
• Competing landuses barrier: unnecessary competition
between forestry and other landuses aggravates natural
resource degradation, making forestry intervensions
challenging.
• However, the proposed NAMA support project will provide
means to overcome most of the above stated barriers

11. The successes of this project might be
constrained by risk factors:
• inadequate capacity at local, regional and national level(medium)
• lack of improved technologies (low),
• lack of interest by donors on climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives
(low-to-medium),
• insufficient resources availability (low-to-medium),
• fluctuation in inputs price (medium-to-high),
• lack of awareness on the importance of NAMA initiatives (low),
• poor participation by local community (low),
• increased severity and frequency of extreme events (medium-high),
• lack of political will for the program and/or political instability in the
country (low),

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