Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice Webinar Series

Investment Prioritization Tools (IPT) for Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in Ethiopia

DATE: Thursday 30 November 2023
TIME: 06:00 – 7:30 EST / 11:00 - 12:30 UTC / 12:00 - 13:30 CET / 13:00 - 15:30 CAT / 14:00 - 15:30 EAT

Recording of the webinar 

 

 Presented by Ethiopia’s NCA initiative Team members
 
Objective:
The objective of this webinar is to provide an understanding of the Investment Prioritization Tools (IPT) for sustainable land management in Ethiopia, to understand the components and inputs in developing IPT tools by combining data on land cover, land condition, climate, ecosystems, soils, and infrastructure, along with state-of-the-art spatial modeling approaches.   
 

Moderator: Will Speller / Monica Lopez Conlon, UNEP 

Program Outline:
 
Welcome remarks: Peter Katanisa, NCA CoP Coordinator, World Bank
 
Opening Remarks:
 
Mr. Tefera Tadesse, Lead Executive NRM,
 
Mr. Michael Tesfaye, CALM Coordinator, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ethiopia
 
1- Presentation: Investment Prioritization Tools (IPT) for Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in Ethiopia.
 
Jorge Leon Sarmiento, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
 
2 - Panel Discussion:
  • Ross Hughes, Senior Natural resources Management Specialist, ENB, World Bank, Ethiopia, and Daniel C. Monchuk, Agricultural Economist, WB
  • Professor Michael Vardon, Australian National University 
3- Open Q&A with the audience
 
4- Closing remarks: 
 
Michael Tesfaye, CALM coordinator, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)
 
Mr. Tefera Tadesse, Lead Executive NRM, MoA