15 misikire tessema-ethiopia-tree-diversity-day-2014-cop12

A paper presented on the Side event of the CoP 12 Theme: “Tree Diversity Day”

Organized by the World Agroforestry Centre 10 October 2014

Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Misikire Tessema LEMMA

Na/onal Coordinator, NBSAP

Ethiopian Biodiversity Ins/tute

ETHIOPIA

Summary of Midterm Review and Key Targets in Ethiopian Revised NBSAP

10/11/14

Summary of Midterm Review and Key Targets in Ethiopian Revised NBSAP

1. Protected areas (A. Target 11)

21 naJonal parks, two sanctuaries, three wildlife reserves, 20

controlled hunJng areas, six open hunJng areas, six community

conservaJon areas and 58 naJonal forest priority areas (37 of

them protected forests)

Summary of Midterm,…

•  1. Protected areas ,…

•  Establishment of:

-‐ Semien-‐Gibe and Garameba community conservaJon areas, DaJ Wolel and Arsi Mountains naJonal parks, and Yayu Coffee Forest, Kafa and Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserves (7)

•  re-‐demarcaIon of:

-‐ seven PAs, namely: Semien Mountain, AlaJsh, Gambella,

Ka[a-‐shiraro and Bale Mountains NaJonal Parks as well as

Babille Elephant and Sinkele Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuaries,

have been completed

Proportions of different PA types


2. Control of invasive species (A. Target 9) •  clearing of Prosopis juliflora; about 10,000ha of land at more than 15 sites in

Afar naJonal regional state, including neighboring localiJes of the Awash naJonal park

•  clearing of Parthenium weed from farm and range lands of the country employing mechanical, chemical and biological methods.

-‐  Ambo Plant ProtecJon Research Centre of the EIAR is conducJng

laboratory experiments using Zygogramma biclorata and Listronotus setosipennis as biological control, and the effecJveness of this control mechanism is yet to be tested in the fields.

•  water hyacinth from Wonji Shewa Sugar Estate: mechanical and chemical means have been employed to eradicate the weed infestaJons. Mechanical means was employed to cleard the weed from Lake Tana and its surrounding wetlands

•  Cochineal insect


3. RehabilitaIon and restoraIon (A. Target 7)

•  seven million hectares of degarded area has been rehabilited using area closure.

•  forest management plans have been prepared for 1.4 million hecatres of natural forests

•  2.9 million hectares of land has been afforested with different tree species.

b/n 2011 & 2013, a total of 16.8 million seedlings of different indigenous and exoJc tree species have been planted in different parts of the country


•  Temporary Emission Reduction Award under UN’s CDM •  The UN Equator Award at Rio+20 in 2012


4. Sustainable biodiversity management (A. Target 14)

•  assessing resource base and development of management plans for PAs

•  organizing local communiJes around parks under ecotourism and users of non-‐Jmber forest products

•  puing in place & implementaJon of land use ownership cerJficaJon and legal frameworks on forest development and conservaJon

•  launching a project on Reduced Emissions from DeforestaJon and Forest DegradaJon Project

Summary of Midterm,… 5. Awareness raising (A. Target 1)

In Ethiopia, awareness creaJon acJviJes are responsibiliJes of most GOs & NGOs, and thus are incorporaJng into their annual plans.

•  importance of biodiversity and values of ecosystem services •  watershed management •  PFM programs •  control of invasive species •  experience sharing

Means •  various media outlets and annual events such as: •  InternaJonal Day for Biological Diversity, •  the Tree Day, •  World Environment Day, •  Green Award Programs, and •  Annual Tree PlanJng programs


6. Ex situ conservaIon (A. Target 12) In Ethiopia, over 75,000 accessions of plants have been conserved under ex situ condiJons in cold storage and field gene banks so far. Of these, about 12,000 accessions have been collected and conserved in the last five years. Within this period: Moreover,

•  381 microbial species belonging to bacteria, fungi and microalgae have been conserved ex situ in naJonal genebank.

•  five new field genebanks have been established to conserve coffee, medicinal plants and forest species

•  ranches have been established for conservaJon and sustainable uJlizaJon of three indigenous cajle breeds

•  semen has been collected and cryo-‐conserved from four indigenous cajle breeds

•  construcJon of duplicate naJonal genebank (cold storage) is almost complete


ex situ holdings of plants, cattle breeds and microbes over time


7. In situ conservaIon (A. Target 13) During the first half of the Strategic Plan Period, 1. six community genebanks, botanical gardens and bio-‐parks

have been established 2. three in situ sites have been established to conserve alkaline

water ecosystems which contain unique micro-‐algal biodiversity 3.  three lakes have been managed through ecosystem based

management approach 4. 13 in situ conservaJon sites have been established for cajle,

sheep, goat and chicken breeds 5. eight in situ conservaJon sites are under establishment to

conserve enset ,durum wheat, tef, coffee, medicinal plants and forest plant species


8. Access and benefit sharing (A. Target 16)

•  acceding Nagoya Protocol •  developing Code of Conduct to administer the ABS issues

•  entering into legal agreement with a USA based company on access and benefit sharing from the use of Dichrostachys cinerea, Osyris quadripar/tum and Withania somnifera species

•  entering into legal agreement with local companies on ABS from such geneJc resources as Aloe and Moringa stenopetala

•  translaJng Nagoya protocol, ProclamaJon and RegulaJon on the Access to GeneJc Resource and Community Knowledge and community Rights, and the CBD text into major local languages


9. Other acIviIes (A. Targets 4, 5,19): 1.   Mainstreaming Biodiversity, especially into agriculture,

forestry, power , transport, tourism, educaJon and energy. 2. Change in insJtuJonal setups

•  restructuring IBC to EBI

•  establishing RBUs & Biodiversity Centers

•  restructuring EPA to MoEF

3. Policies, strategies, regulaJons

e.g. CRGE Strategy

OpportuniIes and challenges

1. OpportuniJes •  GTP2 planning Jme

2. ChallengesTable 11.pdf •  financial and

•  capacity limitaJons