Sustainable mountain development in East Africa in a changing climate

Table 1: Relevant programmes or projects implemented in different mountain areas of East Africa

Project

Country

Purpose/objectives

Implementation

Results and impacts

Biodiversity conservation

National biodiversity strategy and action plan

Ethiopia

Implementation of the strategy has eight objectives addressing different areas of concern including among others: protected area conservation; effective integrated sustainable use natural resource management systems using innovative public private partnerships; adoption of appropriate policies and plans to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity; building information base and monitoring systems Mitigation and reduction of human threats to the Bale Mountains National Park due to unsustainable natural resource use in partnership with other programmes Establishing forests as Carbon sinks to offset emissions of greenhouse gas from power stations in the Netherlands Capacity developed for sustainable land management in central and local government, government agencies for example Rwanda Agriculture Development Authority, and farmers; and sustainable land management Principles mainstreamed into national policies, plans and processes.

Partially complete

Although not effectively conserved, changes in some species have been realized, particularly in Simien and Bale mountain national parks.

Better understanding and maintaining the diversity of ecological processes and species across the altitudinal range of the Bale Mountains

Ethiopia

2007–2017

Not available

Forests Absorbing Carbon Emissions on Mt Elgon

Uganda

1994–1998

Improved tree cover in forest degraded areas [25, 000ha]

Improving agricultural extension services for sustainable land-use management in Rwanda

Rwanda

Implemented 2007–2010

Development of a participatory field- based training course for extension staff, including regional best practices; and cost-benefit analysis of interventions at household level. Capacity built in soil and water conservation, and degraded agricultural landscapes restored.

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