Implementation of the Convention
Measures Taken to Achieve the 2010 Target
The 2010 target has been addressed in the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment Program whose main goals are the rehabilitation of affected ecosystems and their sustainable use. Sub targets include: biodiversity hotspots rehabilitated and sustainably used; forest cover increased to fulfill demands for fuel wood, fodder and construction; and sites identified, rehabilitated and managed as protected areas...
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Initiatives in Protected Areas
The Federal and Regional governmental offices and environmental NGOs are helping local communities to reverse the current degradation trends in protected areas. Some examples of such efforts are: revitalizing the Maze wildlife reserve (habitat of the Swayne's Harte Beast); establishing the new Chebera Chorchora wildlife reserve; and nominating the Abijate-Shalla National park as the first Ramsar site for Ethiopia...
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Initiatives in Access and Benefit Sharing
The Institute of Biodiversity Conservation was established in 1998 with the mandate, inter alia, to give permit for those who need to access the genetic resources in the country, and to issue regulation in accordance to which permit for access to genetic resources shall be granted. Accordingly, the Institute is receiving access application and granting access permits based on mutually agreed access and benefit-sharing agreements...
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Initiatives for Article 8(j)
The Ethiopian Constitution recognizes the need to devolve state authority to local communities. The devolution process, including that of budgetary allocation and fiscal responsibility, has now been implemented at the district level. Ethiopia has taken all the measures it can to enhance the capacity of its local indigenous communities...
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