The project aims to enhance the ecological service, economic benefit and environmental sustainability of the area through physical and biological conservation measures and by creating alternative income generation activities through capacitating CBO members and enhance awareness on environment protection to the community living around & with in catchment area, carrying out physical and biological soil and water conservation/management practices to reduce land degradation in 480 ha of land; promoting alternative livelihood opportunities to reduce the vulnerability of 85 CBO members; minimizing natural resource degradation of in 480 hectares of land in Dodicha kebele; planting 140,000 acacia saligna tree and grass species; and improving the livelihood of 85 CBO members by creating income generating activities from beef fattening and bee keeping.