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July 28, 2020

Message from Mekuria Argaw (Ph.D.), Director, HoARC&N-AAU

Message from Mekuria Argaw (Ph.D.), Director, HoARC&N-AAU It has been a privilege for the HoAREC&N-AAU to lead the facilitation of the land use planning processes of the ILDP for the GPNRS. It is an exemplary undertaking. The absence of an integrated and synergized land-use plan has been a serious cause for the haphazard allocation of […]

July 28, 2020

Message from HE. Mr.Omod Ojulu, President of the GPNRS about ILDP

Message from HE. Mr.Omod Ojulu, President of the GPNRS about ILDP Having integrated special land use for Ethiopia is an overdue exercise. The land use roadmap document shows details of what we have foregone by not having it. This has been realized in our region as of decades ago. The current negative climate change impact […]

July 28, 2020

Message from AAU President It is a pleasure to present this final product of the Integrated Land Use and Development Plan (ILDP) for the Gambella Peoples National Regional States (GPNRS). The ILDP was initiated upon the official request of the government of the GPNRS and has been guided and successfully facilitated by the GPNRS in […]

July 28, 2020

Preface of GPNRS

Preface of GPNRS Owing to the fact that the economy is agrarian-based, land-use planning is central. Encroachment of agricultural activities on the forest, pasture, and wetland areas, and free grazing and urban expansion has led to severe environmental, forest and land degradation. In addition, lack of integrated land-use plans, absence of control on the use […]

March 30, 2019

The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network HoA-CCP Harvest Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 25 – March 1,2019 Outcomes Summary

During the period between February 25 – March 1, 2019, practitioners and researchers from Academic institutions from the Horn of Africa countries, GreenPeace Africa, African Model Forest Network (AMFN) – West Africa, policy makers, partners (WUR-CDI), participants from donor agencies (Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), African Union (AU), USA Embassy) and community representatives (Djibouti, Ethiopia, […]

February 26, 2018

HoAREC&N Carbon Finance Project Received Gold Standard Registration

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November 22, 2017

IGAD Member Countries Establish the Horn of Africa Wildlife Law Enforcement Network (HAWEN)

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October 24, 2017

HoA-CCP Press Release: Workshop on Prosopis juliflora, Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti,

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October 24, 2017

ILDP Press Release: Preliminary Integrated Land Use Plan for Gambella Presented

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July 3, 2017

African Landscapes Dialogue: The Art of Improving Africa’s Future

[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] (By Gemechu Bekele) Why are many development projects in Africa disjointed and lacking the vision of being part of a bigger system? This was a question that lingered in the minds of more than 130 community leaders, policymakers, researchers, and farmers that took part in the African Landscape Dialogue (ALD) from 7th to […]

July 3, 2017

African Water Facility Team Missioned to Assess Water Problems in the Central Rift Valley

A team of five from the African Water Facility (AWF) of the African Development Bank Group visited Ethiopia to appraise a future project in the Central Rift Valley (CRV). Taking place from 4 April – 3 May 2017, the mission aimed at exploring water management, specifically, “challenges and opportunities for integrated water resources development in […]

July 3, 2017

2017 CoCooN Annual Meeting Discussed Research Findings

[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] HoA-REC&N took part in the 2017 annual CoCoon (Dutch abbreviation for Conflict and Cooperation in the Management of Climate Change—CCMCC) meeting that took place in Hague, the Netherlands, from 22-23 March. Attended by all CCMCC consortia including HoA-REC&N, the meeting sought, amongst others, to identify and share common research findings and refine stories […]