Press Release 08 November 2023 Horn Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network, Addis Ababa University (AAU-HoAREC&N) 1st East Africa Sub-regional Workshop commences in Adds Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia AAU-HoAREC&N is pleased to announce that the 1st East Africa Sub-regional Workshop with the theme “The Road to a Desired Future: the IPBES Nature Future Framework and...
The 1st face-to-face capacity building training with the title “Utilization of IPBES assessment outcomes in national policy making” is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The training is organised with a particular focus on the IPBES Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species, as a driver of global biodiversity loss and multiple options on how to utilize the...
The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network (HoA-REC&N) conducted its third Annual Review Meeting on the HoA-ESR project in Hargeisa Somaliland. It was hosted by Barwaago Voluntary Organisation (BVO), HoA-ESR’s implementing partner in Somaliland at Mansoor Hotel in Hargeisa between August 10th and 13th. The review meeting was organized to update Sida on...
The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) is one of the global programs established under the multi-donor Climate Investment trust fund (CIF) of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The PPCR provides scaled up programmatic finance to support countries to integrate climate resilience into development planning and implementation. It aims to help countries follow an inclusive...
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was established to improve the interface between Science and Policy issues of biodiversity and ecosystem Services. The platform is established following the 2010 resolution of the UN General Assembly and enacted after the plenary meeting organized by UNEP in 2012. Currently, IPBES has 140 member countries....
CABES (Capacity Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Experts) is a regional initiative aimed at developing and strengthening the capacity of professionals in biodiversity-related fields in West, Central, and East Africa to engage in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, www.ipbes.net). CABES is supported by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of...
The HoAREC&N-AAU recently, in collaboration with Arsinegele Nature Conservation Environment Development Association( ANCEDA), developed the project -” Integrated landuse and community development pilot project in the CRV “ mainly in the Shashemene and Shalla weredas of the West Arsi Zone, Oromia regional State. One of the key catchments in the project area, the Jama-Urji Mountain ...
Brief summary Deforestation and forest degradation have been a long standing component of environmental degradation in East Africa. In Ethiopia, the government has introduced the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy, in part, to address deforestation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia was planning to start a jurisdictional REDD+...
West Guji zone is one of the coffee producing zones of Oromia region, Ethiopia where local communities are dependent on traditional cooking. The forest cover is degrading at an alarming rate by human pressure leading to rapid deforestation, low productivity and high indoor air pollution that causes serious health impact. To alleviate this problem, Oromia...
