Desalegn Hotel Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
26-28 August 2021
On the 26th to 28th August 2021, the Ethiopia Dryland Restoration Platform (EDRP) will hold its first meeting at the Desalegn Hotel, Addis Ababa. This will build on work undertaken since its formation in April at the national workshop on ‘Dryland restoration and dry forest management – Sharing knowledge to meet local needs and national commitments’, when a Declaration was made on a joint commitment to work towards a national dryland restoration strategy.
The 30-strong task force will include representatives from federal government, universities, NGOs, and from the six main dryland regions: Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Oromia, Somali and Tigray. The aim – to provide further inputs into the development of a national dryland strategy through four themes: livelihoods and markets, sustainable natural resource management, land tenure and governance, and policy alignment and knowledge management – and to bring these together into a first draft.
Task teams will meet again in October to finalize the strategy, that will be validated and presented to the Ethiopia Forest and Climate Change Commission in January 2022.
