This document summarizes Ethiopia's midterm review of key targets in its revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). It outlines progress made between 2011-2014 in areas like expanding protected areas, controlling invasive species, rehabilitation/restoration, sustainable biodiversity management, awareness raising, ex situ and in situ conservation, access and benefit sharing, and mainstreaming biodiversity into various sectors. It also notes opportunities like aligning with the next Growth and Transformation Plan, and challenges around financial and capacity limitations.

1. Summary
of
Midterm
Review
and
Key
Targets
in
Ethiopian
Revised
NBSAP
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
10/11/14

2. 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)

3. 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

4. Proportions of different PA types

6. Summary
of
Midterm,…
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

7. Summary
of
Midterm,…
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

8. Summary
of
Midterm,…
• Temporary Emission Reduction Award under UN’s CDM
• The UN Equator Award at Rio+20 in 2012

9. Summary
of
Midterm,…
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

10. 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

11. Summary
of
Midterm,…
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

12. Summary
of
Midterm,…
ex situ holdings of plants, cattle breeds and microbes over time

13. Summary
of
Midterm,…
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

14. Summary
of
Midterm,…
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

15. Summary
of
Midterm,…
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

16. OpportuniIes
and
challenges
1. OpportuniJes
•
GTP2
planning
Jme
2. ChallengesTable
11.pdf
•
financial
and
•
capacity
limitaJons