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