FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
NATIONAL REDD+ STRATEGY (DRAFT)
REDD+ is embedded in the CRGE
The Four Pillars of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient
Green Economy Strategy
AGRICULTURE POWER ForestryTRANSPORT,
INSUSTRY &
BUILDINGS
Readiness Timeline
T I M E H O R I Z O N
R-PP implementation began
(Jan 13)
R-PINJun 08
Mid-term Evaluation
(Feb 15)
Draft REDD+ Strategy
(Nov 14)
REDD+ Strategy finalized (Sep 15)
MRV System established
(Jun 16)
R-Package (Aug 16)
R-PP approved
(Mar 11) Setting RL/REL (Jun 17)
Approach
Analytical Studies
Consultations
Draft strategy (Current status)
Final Strategy (Sept. 2015)
Strategic Direction
REDD+ plays the leading role in realizing carbon neutral
economic growth of EthiopiaVISION
MISSION
Equity, Effectiveness,
Transparency,
Accountability & Commitment
PRINCIPLES
• Ensure sustainable management and restoration of
forests contribute to environmental and socioeconomic
gains.
• Establish effective legal and institutional framework
and enhance capacity development for implementation
Pillars, Actions & Impacts
Strengthening institutions
Emission reductions and increased carbon
stocks
Institutional arrangement,Forest governance,Financing mechanism,safeguards, MRV
Legal and regulatory
Frameworks
Land use planning, law enforcement,Carbon tenure, incentives/disincentives
Stakeholder Engagement
Multi-sector coordination, community participation, capacity building, communication, benefit sharing
safeguards, MRV ……
Strategic actions
FM, BD conservation, A/R, restoration, SLM, Climate Smart Agr. (CSA), rural energy, national programmes, research
Biodiversity conservation
Enhancing the role of forests in the
Economy
Watershed protection
Pillars Actions Impacts
Inter-sectoral Coordination
Forestry
Energy Agriculture
Drivers of D & D
Indirect Drivers
Drivers of D & D
Demographic
Law enforcement
Institutional
Economic
Agricultural expansion
Fuelwood
Illegal logging
Fire
Direct Drivers
Infrastructure
Strategic Levers
Policy/ institutional
Strategic Options
Sectoral synergy and participation
Strengthening law enforcement
Land use planning
Institutional capacity
Agriculture/livestock intensification
PFM/AR/AE(7 million ha)
Efficient cook stovesIncrease biomass
Income generation
Targeted measures
Components
The strategy
Institutional• Decentralized• Nested
RL/MRV• National/
• sub-national
Risks & mitigation measures
C & P
Benefit sharing
Safeguards
Legal and regulatory framework
Sustainable finance
Take Home Message
• REDD+: Emission reduction through conservation of
existing forests and carbon enhancements through
forest restoration
• The leading role of forestry in green growth &
sustainable development (mountainous country)
• Focus will be on landscape-level approaches to REDD+
development in order to ensure multiple benefits
• Inter-sectoral coordination & stakeholder participation
are key to the successful implementation.
THANK YOU!!!
Ethiopian Coffee in the
Southwest high forest