Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Communities (CSRC)

SWFLG Projects

With nearly 20 years of experience  in South West Ethiopia SWFLG has a strong track record of working with local stakeholders and empowering livelihoods for a better future.

 

Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP-PFM) Project

A ten-year SWFLG project ending in 2013  funded by the EU sought to empower communities in forest management through PFM.  Its goal was to ‘make the forest pay’ so that communities are motivated to manage it sustainably.  This involved the development of small-scale enterprises to increase forest honey, spices and coffee production, enhance market links and develop new forest management institutions. 

Market trader selling black peppercorns. Photo credit: Indrias Getachew

Wetland Management for Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods

Starting with a pioneering wetland research project in the 1990’s, the work on wetlands has developed to cover several projects exploring how catchment management can enhance wetland services and how these services can contribute sustainably to improved health, wealth and livelihoods

Wild Coffee Conservation by Participatory Forest Management (WCC-PFM)

Conserving wild coffee genetic resources through the use of PFM is a new approach to conservation.  PFM has been fine-tuned by SWFLG through a six-year project (ongoing at present) to help communities take responsibility for the in situ conservation of Coffea arabica.  It is  funded by the EU, UK Darwin Initiative and HOAREC and involves working with SNNPRS and the Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity (EIB).  

Wild coffee cherries (Coffea arabica) Photo credit: Maurice Tromp

REPAFMA— Reduced Emissions and PFM

REPFAMA is a research and development project that aims to develop a community-driven REDD+ model for the forests of South West Ethiopia that will ultimately result in increased forest carbon stock and improved livelihoods for forest-dependent indigenous communities.  It is funded by NORAD and DF and implemented in SNNPRS and Oromia Regional states in collaboration with the Bureau of Agriculture in  SNNPRS and the Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise (OFWE).

Sunrise over farms and the mountain rain forest outside the town of Masha, Sheka Zone, Ethiopia Photo credit: Indrias Getachew

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