Conserving Biodiversity through Sustainable Land Management at Zumander Watershed
Thi sproject is aimed to conserve and manage the biodiversity resources of Zumander watershed around Choke area through integrated on-farm conservation approach. The mode of project implementation is by empowering the local community through awareness raising, training and practice and decentralization of all activities to watershed level in order to achieve improvements in key areas of environmental problems that affect their livelihoods. It also intends to address other associated environmental problems such as land degradation and climate change through soil and water conservation practices. The Choke Mountain is considered as the water tower of the Blue Nile Basin and it is an important biodiversity hotspot. Consequently, all those interventions are believed to contribute to sustainable land management, conservation of biological diversity in the locality and mitigation of climatic change at different levels by influencing the global climatic condition directly or indirectly. The project will be carried out for two years at Zumander watershed in Tamawet Gedel Bet Kebele. It will promote sustainable land use practices, including improved agriculture, reforestation and establishment of a protected area for biodiversity conservation in Zumander watershed on approximately 745 ha.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Zumander Natural Resources Dev't & Tourism Marketing Cooperative
Country:
Ethiopia
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 21,387.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 14,237.00
Project Number:
ETH/SGP/OP4/Y3/RAF/09/21
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Gender Focus
10 landless women have been selected for training in the production of mirt stoves, hence providing them with a steady income.
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
Certain initiatives such as bee keeping, producing the mirt stoves and supplying fruit trees to community members are deisgned to provide long term income.
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Indicators
Biophysical
Hectares of globally significant biodiversity area protected or sustainably managed by project
40
Empowerment
Number of value added labels/certifications/quality standards received or achieved
150
Biophysical
Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied
100
Livehood
Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project
35
SGP Country office contact
Mr. Dejene Biru Kekeba
Phone:
+251-115-540964/65
Fax:
+252-115-540963
Email:
Ms. Hirut Hussien Musellem
Email:
Address
P.O.Box 5580
Addis Ababa, East Africa
Addis Ababa, East Africa
Country Website
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