Tag: forest

  • The Forest Landscape Restoration Program – Second phase has kicked off

    The Forest Landscape Restoration Program – Second phase has kicked off

    The second phase of the FLR program has particular emphasis on ensuring sustainability and increased transfer of knowledge to regional and national authorities. Phase II is therefore aimed at following up on the main components of phase I. An important element in the continuation will be aimed at following up on previously agreed bylaws on…

  • The Forest Landscape Restoration Program – Phase I is completed

    The Forest Landscape Restoration Program – Phase I is completed

    The Forest Landscape Restoration Program in Amhara, both phase I and II, aims to restore highly degraded forest landscapes in the highlands of northwestern Ethiopia. The project adopts a landscape approach to forest restoration, which will look at the areas from a multifunctional perspective, and combine natural resource management with environmental and socio-economic measures. The…

  • Mid-Term Review of the Forest Landscape Restoration Program [FLRP] in Amhara/Ethiopia

    Mid-Term Review of the Forest Landscape Restoration Program [FLRP] in Amhara/Ethiopia

    The Mid-Term Review [MTR] of the Forest Landscape Restoration Program [FLRP] assigned to the company SCANTEAM [Norway] was started in October 2020. The purpose of the MTR is to take stock of implementation so far in order to support major stakeholders in making the necessary adjustments for the remaining period of project implementation. The review will identify…

  • Stakeholders meeting Mid-Term Review Report

    Stakeholders meeting Mid-Term Review Report

    In early January 2021, The Mid-Term Review Report [MTR] of the Forest Landscape Restoration Program [FLRP] developed by the company SCANTEAM [Norway] was submitted to the program’s stakeholders and partners at different levels for comments, opinions, and reflections. The report is describing and highlighting the program’s efficiency through monitoring of implementation and impacts, management issues, sustainability, and relevance of…

  • First training courses

    First training courses

    During December 2018 we successfully organized two short training courses in Serawdi. One was about nursery practices, among others attended by a group of women interested in producing tree seedlings on their farms. Later on, we arranged a course in practical Technics of gully rehabilitation for a group of farmers in an area with severe…

  • FLR Program Inception Phase: Building a Basis for Effective Planning and Implementing process

    FLR Program Inception Phase: Building a Basis for Effective Planning and Implementing process

    The Forest landscape Restoration program [FLR Program] inception phase is planned for 8 months, i.e. November 2017/July 2018. During this period, both organizational and management/planning aspects were considered. The context has been carefully assessed with a view to refine the program’s objectives and the related results. The main administrative and technical support documents necessary for…