Lake Chamo integrated landscape management
The Lake Chamo catchment is located within the Ethiopian Rift Valley basin, approximately 520–560 km south of Addis Ababa. The watershed covers a total area of 1,943 km², while the lake itself has an average surface area of 329 km². The altitude across the catchment ranges from approximately 1,100 to 2,200 m above sea level (asl). Forest cover in the Lake Chamo catchment has declined from approximately 30% at the beginning of the 20th century to less than 4% by the early 1990s. Today, forested areas are limited to small remnants at higher altitudes and to riparian forest adjacent to Lake Chamo within the national park.
German Development Cooperation (GDC) is committed to supporting the conservation of Lake Chamo and its watersheds in order to ensure the sustainable use of ecosystem services. In this context, the follow-up project “Climate-sensitive Innovations for Sustainable Land Management II” (CLM-II) forms part of the development cooperation programme “Rural Development” in Ethiopia under the BMZ core theme “Life without Hunger – Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems” and the field of action “Rural Development”.
The Technical Cooperation (TC) module promotes the institutional introduction of Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) at national, regional and local levels. ILM aims to support the sustainable development of rural areas through an integrated and multidisciplinary approach. It makes an important contribution to securing and improving the livelihoods of people who depend directly on natural resources due to the low level of agricultural technology and production systems.
CLM-II contributes to two of the four Development Cooperation programme objective indicators, namely the implementation of integrated approaches to the sustainable management of natural resources and the strengthening of the resilience of rural populations to climate change through appropriate management systems. The module also contributes to the overarching development policy objectives of the BMZ 2030 reform agenda and BMZ’s feminist development policy. In addition, CLM-II supports efforts to reduce land degradation and advises local stakeholders on the implementation of environmentally friendly agricultural practices in the Lake Chamo area, among other activities.
The project objective is to institutionalise the concept of Integrated Landscape Management at national, regional and local levels for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, as a basis for improving living conditions in rural Ethiopia.
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