Conservation and sustainable use of the last wild coffee forests of Ethiopia

The project aims at conserving and restoring afromontane cloud forests and wetlands in order to preserve their ecosystem resilience and unique biodiversity. It also intends to avoid CO2 emissions and secure ecosystem services for the population. more →

Agriculture in Ethiopia is the foundation of the country's economy. About 11.7 million households hold account for approximately 95 per cent of the agricultural GDP and the sector counts for 85% of total employment. more →

Ethiopia currently caters for 96 percent of its energy requirement using biomass. Due to this fact, many households satisfy their demands by collecting wood from the available natural forests which has been identified as a major driver for deforestation. more →

In Kafa Biosphere Reserve natural ecosystems are under pressure due to poverty, the need of natural resources for daily life e.g. for cooking and the lack of understanding of the fragility of ecosystems. more →

In the past four years a monitoring of forest and carbon has been developed and implemented with the local team of 30 rangers. With the help of smart phones, a near-real time monitoring could be accomplished tracking and following up forest changes. more →

The Ethiopian government considers tourism as one of the most important future sources of income for the country. The number of international tourists is increasing every year. more →

Tropical deforestation is one of the main sources of anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions. It accounts for 20 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. About 40 years ago, approximately 40% of the Ethiopian land surface was covered with forest; today, only 3% of that remains. more →

10,000 hectares of forest in Kafa Biosphere Reserve will be put under a Participatory Forest Management System. By doing so the user rights of the forest will be transferred for 99 years to the local communities and the forest will serve as a long-term source of income through sustainable use. more →

Varied topography and high precipitation rates of about 2,000 mm annually have led to a large diversity of wetlands in the Kafa region, covering an area of 26,832 ha. According to the Kafa Wetland Strategy, these include river edges, peat bogs, extensive floodplains, marshes and swamps as well as riparian forests and forest wetlands. more →

Raising awareness on environmental issues, like the importance of biodiversity and conservation measures and the potential impacts of climate change, is essential for successful and sustainable conservation activities. more →

A team of 30 rangers is trained and equipped as part of the project and is now patrolling core zones and supporting various project activities such as monitoring and guiding tourists. more →

Throughout the project duration an extensive information campaign is taking place in order to make the project internationally accessible, to reach a broad public and offer information exchange to other regions. more →

In late 2015, NABU conducted two Biodiversity education camps at two sites of the Kafa Biosphere Reserve and a workshop at the Capital Hotel in Addis Ababa to present milestone results. more →

NABU registered in Ethiopia as a non-government organisation (NGO) and set up two project offices, one in Addis Ababa and one in the project area in Bonga. An Ethiopian project team of seven people has been employed and is implementing the project together with the staff from NABU HQ. more →

The project is being implemented by NABU In partnership with the regional and local government and the knowledge and support of local and international experts. The project is financed as part oft the International Climate Initiative (ICI) by the German government. more →

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Ecosystem functioning needs to be seen as a global task: Therefore NABU is active in biodiversity hotspots and beyond. As part of the BirdLife network bird conservation has a long tradition for us. It’s efforts are directed to the whole biodiversity.
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Climate change and biodiversity loss are the most pressing challenges to humanity and people start to realize they are both sides of the same coin. NABU stands with science. We demand and support all efforts to reach a net-zero-carbon economy globally. more →

NABU is comitted to promoting sustainable regional development worldwide. Our international projects always include income generating activities, which comprehensively address all three dimensions of sustainability—balancing economy, ecology and social equality. more →

An ecosystem is a complex of living organisms. NABU focuses on restoring ecosystems to their original state and important regulatory functions such as carbon sequestration. Ideally that's done by creating conditions in which the ecosystem can recover on its own. more →