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Transboundary Agroecosystem
Management Programme for
the Kagera River Basin: Burundi,
Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda
WWF’s Albertine Rift Montane
Forests Eco-region Programme:
DRC, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
and Tanzania
The Mount Elgon Regional
Ecosystem Conservation
Programme
Implemented 2010–2014 with
6 months extension, completed
in June 2015
Implemented 2001–2005
Implemented 2006–2011
Project title and countries
Main objectives
Implementation status
Some of the results and impacts
To address the causes of land degradation,
restore ecosystem health and function and
generate a range of global environmental
benefits across the Kagera Basin through
the introduction of adapted agroecosystem
management approaches; improve the
livelihoods of rural communities in the
Kagera Basin through more productive and
sustainable resource management practices
that are technically feasible and socio-
economically viable
Develop a strategic framework for
conservation efforts in the eco-region with
a wide variety of stakeholders and support
national authorities in the planning and
management of protected areas and buffer
zones
Ensure the sustainable use of shared natural
resources and benefits to local livelihoods;
develop mitigation and adaptation
measures to anticipated climate change
impacts in the Mt. Elgon transboundary
ecosystem by 2015
SLM technologies developed and
demonstrated including micro-catchment
and river bank restoration; construction
of soil conservation technologies;
participatory Field Farmer Schools
established and used to enhance farmers’
capacity in sustainable land management;
a framework for harmonization of
transboundary ecosystem management
policies developed.
Strategic planning undertaken in
partnership with other non-governmental
organisations and institutions; biodiversity
assessment and priority setting for
conservation effort completed; new
projects developed, both transboundary
and regional.
Development and demonstration of
benefit sharing and co-management
models of ecosystem and biodiversity
conservation and management around
Protected Areas; development of equity
and benefit sharing models/revolving funds
that create opportunities for generating
revenue from ecosystem goods and services
for improved livelihoods; strengthened
appropriate institutions in support of
the transboundary ecosystem approach;
demonstrated linkages between livelihoods
improvement and climate change
mitigation/adaptation
Table 2: Relevant transboundary programmes or projects implemented in different mountain countries of Eastern Africa