BOKU Climate Mitigation Projects
Sustainable management of pastures and forests
In order to tackle the problems of deforestation in Ethiopia, a participatory process was launched with local stakeholders as part of the BOKU climate protection project in North Gondar. Reforestation areas were defined that are protected from grazing by participatory agreements between land users. This enables controlled reforestation and natural regeneration of the areas. As a result, CO2 in the form of biomass and bound in the soil. The areas are managed jointly by the local population. The aim is to create a 30-hectare forest over a period of 30 years, which will save at least 5,300 tonnes of CO2 .Emissions Reduction5.300 t CO2-eq in 30 years
Project DurationStart 2012, monitoring for 30 years.
Project Costs131.600 €
Costs per Tonne of CO225,0 €
Situation without the ProjectDeforested region and overgrazing
GoalTransformation of 30 ha of fallow land to an unevenly-aged stable coppice forest
Accompanying research The role of seed dispersal, enclosures, shrubs and trees in the vicinity of churches and farms for the restoration of ecosystem diversity and Productivity in the Ethiopian Highlands und Bäumen in der Umgebung von Kirchen und Bauernhöfen für die Wiederherstellung der Ökosystemvielfalt und Produktivität in den Äthiopischen Highlands
und Bäumen in der Umgebung von Kirchen und Bauernhöfen
für die Wiederherstellung der Ökosystemvielfalt und
Produktivität in den Äthiopischen Highlands
