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UNDP-GEF Capacity
Building for Sustainable Land
Management in Burundi Project
2008 to 2010
Rwenzori Mountain
Conservation and environmental
Management Project
Mt Elgon Integrated
Conservation and Development
Bale Eco-Region Sustainable
Management Programme
(BERSMP)-Ethiopia
Implemented
2008–2010
Phase I Implemented
2005–2009
Phase II implemented
2010–2012
1998–2001
Ongoing
(20 year Reduced
Emissions from
Deforestation and
Forest Degradation
(REDD) Project)
Burundi
Uganda
Uganda
Ethiopia
Project
Sustainable development and land management
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Purpose/objectives
Implementation
Country
Results and impacts
Strengthening the enabling environment
for sustainable land management while
ensuring broad-based political and
participatory support for the process
Conservation of Mt Rwenzori ecosystem,
including its biodiversity and water
catchment values, for the benefit of
neighbouring and the international
communities
Enhancement of biodiversity conservation
on Mt Elgon through capacity building of
partner agencies and local communities
To address deforestation in the Bale
Mountains of Ethiopia
Capacity in sustainable land management
reinforced and mainstreamed into
development policies; Implementation
of adaptive lessons learned.
Strengthening biodiversity conservation
through improved management of
the Rwenzori Mountains National
Park, increased benefits to local
communities and sharing and lessons
with stakeholders. Enhancement of
capacity for integrated and ecosystem
management, community restoration
of degraded ecosystem, and improved
and sustainable livelihoods of mountain
communities.
Improved understanding and application
of natural resource based knowledge;
strengthened local institutional capacities
and capabilities in natural resource
management; reduced dependency on
protected area natural resources
Participatory forest management is being
implemented to reduce the forest loss
through establishing Community Based
Organizations and Sustainable Forest
Management practices.
Table 1: Relevant programmes or projects implemented in different mountain areas of East Africa
(continued)