Unravelling cross-scale and cross-level challenges in Ethiopian forest and landscape restoration governance

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

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Daniel Wiegant¹  Gete Zeleke Eshetu²  Amare Mekonnen Muluken²  Pieter van Oel³  Art Dewulf¹ 

[1] Public Administration & Policy Group, Wageningen University;Water and Land Resource Centre, Addis Ababa University;Water Resources Management Group, Wageningen University

关键词: area enclosure;    Ethiopia;    participatory forest management;    policy;    scale challenges;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-13478-270330

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

Ethiopia’s federal government has committed to one of the most ambitious forest and landscape restoration targets aspart of the Bonn Challenge. To achieve the targets, actors at multiple governance levels aim to influence relevant ecological processes,drawing particular attention to the governance processes that are used to translate national restoration targets into local action. Wetake a multilevel governance approach and focus on the cross-scale and cross-level challenges that arise in Ethiopia’s forest and landscaperestoration (FLR) governance context. To this end, we analyze public and non-state actor-led efforts related to participatory forestmanagement and area enclosure in the Kafa Biosphere and Mount Guna landscapes. From 56 semi-structured interviews, 14 focusgroup discussions, and a policy and project document review, we identified five cross-scale and cross-level challenges: (1) short-termtree planting campaigns and quota mismatch with restoration timelines; (2) planning horizons of restoration-related internationaldevelopment projects mismatch with restoration timelines; (3) federal and international budget allocation for alternative livelihoodsmismatches with sustained local restoration processes; (4) federal forest and land policies mismatch with the secure land tenure conditionsneeded to sustain local restoration efforts; and (5) misalignment of the forest and landscape restoration portfolio exists in the cascadinggovernment structure. The need to achieve and sustain national FLR targets requires increased focus on how existing and futurerestoration-related governance arrangements create fit with the temporal and spatial dimensions of forest and landscape restorationprocesses, and on how governance arrangements create alignment between governance levels.

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