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| | + | == <span lang="en-us" style="font-family: "arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: de; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;">Regional Conference on Managing Prosopis Juliflora</span> == |
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| | + | Regional Conference on Managing Prosopis Juliflora for better (agro-)pastoral Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa<br/>Conference Date: May 1 - May 2, 2014<br/>Location: Desalegn Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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| | + | Prosopis juliflora is one of the world’s worst invasive alien species and threatens the ASAL areas in the Horn of Africa with environmental degradation. Many countries such as Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea, and Somalia are heavily affected by the prosopis invasion. In Ethiopia’s Afar Region a tremendous land mass of more than 1,2 Mio. ha has already been invaded with an alarming expanding rate per year as prosopis rapidly spreads across both pastoral and agricultural lands. Also in other areas such as Kenya’s Turkana and Marsabit County, prosopis is a major driver of degradation, leading to severe losses in land and ecological functions, and challenges (agro-)pastoral livelihoods and food security in the region. |
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| | + | On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ, Mekele University, and UNESCO-IHE held a regional conference on prosopis juliflora for the Horn of Africa. The conference brought together prosopis researchers and academics from various backgrounds, policy makers, practitioners, and development agents to learn about the background, impacts and drivers of prosopis invasion in the region, share knowledge and experiences on prosopis eradication and management, and discuss how prosopis can be better managed in the future to reduce degradation and to strengthen (agro-)pastoral livelihoods and food security. |
Revision as of 08:23, 8 May 2014
General aspects
Regional Conference on Managing Prosopis Juliflora
Regional Conference on Managing Prosopis Juliflora for better (agro-)pastoral Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa
Conference Date: May 1 - May 2, 2014
Location: Desalegn Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Prosopis juliflora is one of the world’s worst invasive alien species and threatens the ASAL areas in the Horn of Africa with environmental degradation. Many countries such as Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea, and Somalia are heavily affected by the prosopis invasion. In Ethiopia’s Afar Region a tremendous land mass of more than 1,2 Mio. ha has already been invaded with an alarming expanding rate per year as prosopis rapidly spreads across both pastoral and agricultural lands. Also in other areas such as Kenya’s Turkana and Marsabit County, prosopis is a major driver of degradation, leading to severe losses in land and ecological functions, and challenges (agro-)pastoral livelihoods and food security in the region.
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ, Mekele University, and UNESCO-IHE held a regional conference on prosopis juliflora for the Horn of Africa. The conference brought together prosopis researchers and academics from various backgrounds, policy makers, practitioners, and development agents to learn about the background, impacts and drivers of prosopis invasion in the region, share knowledge and experiences on prosopis eradication and management, and discuss how prosopis can be better managed in the future to reduce degradation and to strengthen (agro-)pastoral livelihoods and food security.
