Indicators and scalability of successful land restoration initiatives at the watershed scale

Healthy ecosystems are the backbone of healthy food systems and that fact must sit at the heart of agricultural development. Focusing in on the role of water – specifically watershed and river basin health – the session will call on real-world examples of land restoration that have incorporated the objective of ecosystem management. By articulating the obstacles and opportunities presented by balancing the interests of farmers, fish, industry and the broader environment, the session will work to identify more effective and inclusive better watershed management.

Resources:

Tana-Nairobi water fund:

https://wle.cgiar.org/content/sharing-costs-and-benefits-upper-tana

https://wle.cgiar.org/thrive/big-questions/can-large-scale-land-initiatives-fulfill-their-promises/when-it-comes-soil-only

http://blog.ciat.cgiar.org/all-you-need-is-love-and-water/

Exclosure management and gully restoration in Ethiopia

https://wle.cgiar.org/ethiopian-highlanders-unleash-traditional-practices-modern-land-scourge

https://wle.cgiar.org/content/sustaining-win-win-benefits-improved-grazing-land-management-ethiopia

https://wle.cgiar.org/exclosures-ecosystem-restoration-and-economic-benefits-ethiopia-catalogue-management-options

https://wle.cgiar.org/soil-restoration-after-seven-years-exclosure-management-northwestern-ethiopia-0

https://wle.cgiar.org/expanding-and-sustaining-exclosure-land-management

https://wle.cgiar.org/low-cost-measures-can-reclaim-gullies-and-reduce-soil-erosion-ethiopian-highlands