Climate Change and Natural Resource Management

Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)

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Date of Operation: 2011 - 2016

Primary Implementing Partner: Chemonics International Inc

Other Implementing Partners: Evidence for Development (EfD), Action Against Hunger-UK (ACF), and Overseas Strategic Consulting, Ltd. (OSC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Kimetrica

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information on emerging and evolving food security issues.

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Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Alliance (ESTA)

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Date of Operation: 2008 – 2013a group of people by an ESTA-site waterfall

Primary Implementing Partner: FHI 360

Other Implementing Partners: Counterpart International, George Washington University, Solimar, Aid to Artisans, Government of Ethiopia Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Regions of Operation: Oromia and SNNP

Goal:

Enhance biodiversity conservation and economic development.

Project Objectives:

  • Assist in the creation of sustainable tourism products, services and other opportunities
  • Mainstream HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness

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Partnership for Capacity Building in Disaster Management

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Date of Operation: 2008 – 2013

Primary Implementing Partner: U.S. Department of Agriculture/U.S. Forest Service

Other Implementing Partners: Government of Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS)/Early Warning and Response Directorate (EWRD) of the Ministry of Agriculture

Regions of Operation: National, Addis Ababa (pilot programs)

Goal:

Provide support to the Government of Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS) to improve its capacity to anticipate and manage shocks and disasters in a timely manner.

Project Objectives:

  • Introduce the U.S. National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) components and evaluate for applicability in Ethiopia
  • Train in identified relevant NIMS components and contextualize to the Ethiopian government and cultural setting
  • Integrate and operationalize systems in pilot organizations/regions
  • Scale up and institutionalize systems based on lessons learned from pilot programs

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