This document discusses farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) in Ethiopia. It notes that Ethiopia aims to restore 15 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 using FMNR. FMNR involves protecting and managing tree shoots that grow from existing tree stumps and roots. The process involves selecting land, consulting owners, closing areas for 1-2 years, selecting desired tree stumps, choosing 3-5 stems per stump, and regularly removing unwanted growth. FMNR has significantly reduced tree planting costs in Ethiopia while improving biodiversity, water resources, land productivity, food security, and carbon sequestration. World Vision promotes FMNR across many countries in Africa and Asia, including over 80 districts in Ethiopia.

1. Farmer Managed Natural
Regeneration in Ethiopia
Assefa Tofu

2. Context
The Bonn
Challenge
(Germany, 2011) -
Global target to
restore 150 million
ha of land by 2020
The New York
declaration -
Extends the Bonn
challenge to 350
million hectares by
2030
Africa
• 65% of arable land and
30% of grazing land has
already been lost
• More than 700 million ha
of land has the potential
for restoration
Ethiopia
• 1/4th of land is degraded,
affecting about 20 million
people

3. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration
• Ethiopia plants 4-6 billion
seedlings annually for the last 7
years increasing forest coverage
from 2.7% to 15% across the last
2 decades.
But…
• Seedling survival rate is less
than 50%
• 1.5 billion USD is lost annually
due to the survival rate
Forests are
key to
stabilizing
climate
change and
improving
rural
community
livelihoods
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is the
protection and management of shoots growing from
existing living tree stumps, roots and tree seeds,
especially of useful woody species.

4. Ethiopia & FMNR
As part of the country climate resilient green
economy (CRGE) path intended to reduce net GHG
emissions by 64% in 2030, Ethiopia as a country
committed to restore 15million ha of degraded land
by 2030.
Restoring 15m ha in Ethiopia could capture
as much as 1.42 gigatons of CO2 –equivalent
of removing almost 300m cars from the
roads for one year – global

5. 2010

6. 2014
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7. 1. Select eligible land
2. Consult community/land owner
3. Close the area for about 1-2 years
4. Select desired tree stumps
5. For each stump, choose 3-5 (tallest and
straightest) stems to leave
6. Remove unwanted stems and side branches
7. Regularly remove emerging new stems and
prune side branches occassionally.
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The Humbo
project covered
a 2,678ha.
Planation cost
could be
US$1.38m -
almost equal to
the AR-CDM
cost of
US$1.16m from
2005 to 2013
FMNR Process

8. Three stumps
Single stump Two stumps
Control
Standardizing FMNR
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The criteria used were:
• Low cost
• Replicability
• Innovation
• Linking local community with
global climate mitigation and
bringing carbon finance to the
community
The Humbo Project was awarded the
2012 National CSO Certificate by H.E
Haile Mariam Desalegne

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A spring that was dry
for 50 years in Sodo
Woliaita resurged

11. Results
• Dramatically reduced tree planation cost
• Remove tree survival challenge
• Bringing back biodiversity
• Improved water percolation/recharge
• Improved land productivity & food security
• Sequester carbon – Humbo alone
880,000tCO2 in 30 years. 1st crediting period
sequestered 4.9% above projected
• Rehabilitate ecosystem – landscape level
hence, enhance resilience
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12. Considerations
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• Attitude (framers & professionals)
• Selecting eligible area
• Protecting from damage at early stage
• Not pruning/thinning
• Nursery syndrome
• FMNR Vs open grazing at early stage

13. World Vision and FMNR
Restoring
landscapes
through
FMNR is
bringing
prosperity,
security and
opportunity
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• World Vision has been
promoting FMNR in Africa
and Asia in more than 34
countries
• World Vision Ethiopia is
promoting the practice
across 82 districts - approx.
1/10 of the country