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Potential Ramsar Sites of Ethiopia A Preliminary Overview
A paper presented at the National Workshop on Ramsar Convention and Ethiopia
March 18-19, 2004
Yilma Dellelegn Abebe
Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society
P. O. Box 13303
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Objectives of Paper
• To give a general picture of water and wetlands in Ethiopia.
• To impart a general overview of what Ramsar sites are and their need.
• To appreciate the fact that Ethiopia has potential Ramsar sites at present.
• Recommendations on way forward
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Ethiopia: A dryland or a wetland?• Known for recurring droughts and drylands• Present the notion of having no water resources• Eleven of Ethiopia’s rivers flow into
neighboring countries• Rich in wetlands: alpine tarns, highland
springs, marshes, swamps, lakes and rivers.• Surface water resources are estimated to be
more than 120 million m3 from 12 river basins (EPA).
• An estimated 9% of this discharge remains in the country.
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Ethiopia: A dryland or wetland?
• Only 18, 587 km2 of land area in Ethiopia is covered by wetlands
• This comes up to 1.5 of the total land area of the country
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Why is there so little water in Ethiopia?
• Mismanagement– Destruction of vegetation cover on
catchments– Improper land use patterns and tenure– Destructive agriculture
• Lack of Awareness on value of wetlands
• Natural distribution of water is irregular
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A Convention for an important Ecosystem
• The plight of wetlands and the role they play in everyday life has initiated the Ramsar Convention.
• The only environmental treaty that handles one kind of ecosystem.
• Has legal bindings for those who accede the Convention.
• One of the commitments of contracting parties is to designate and protect one site at accession
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Site Designation: Preparation
• Ethiopia is not a contracting party
• Need to premeditate future action including preparation of a country list
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Ramsar Sites: an overview and need
• Sites of global importance found in all contracting parties
• "develop and maintain and international network of wetlands which are important for the conservation of global biological diversity and for sustaining human life through the ecological and hydrological functions they perform"
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Global Overview of Ramsar Sites
• Current number of Contracting Parties is 138
• Total number of sites designated are 1,368• Total area covered by these sites is
119,611,621 ha.• Sites are selected using hydrological,
limnological, zoological, ecological, botanical and/or IKS values
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Ramsar Sites: A Committment
• Compulsory that a contracting country at signing come up with a site for designation.
• Subsequent additions are necessary but not obligatory.
• A designated site requires a filled out form and a map showing its boundaries.
• Conservation action is another side of the commitment.
• The Government decides on the legal measures at each site.
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Ramsar Sites: A Commitment
• Need to apply the wise use concept by developing management plans for sites.
• Management planning is required for all wetlands regardless their status.
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Selection Criteria for Ramsar Sites
• Representative or uniqueness
• Plant and Animal significance
• Specific criteria on waterfowl
• Specific criteria on fish
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Potential Ramsar Sites in Ethiopia
• Specific work on candidate Ramsar sites not carried out.
• Previous work on IBAs and link with Possible Ramsar sites can act as a first reference. Would need to include information on other groups to be more objective.
• According to this document Ethiopia has 31 potential Ramsar sites.
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# Site Ramsar Criteria Region1 Lake Abe 2,4,5 Afar
2 Abijatta-Shalla Park 2,4,5,6 Oromiya
3 Akaki-AbaSamuel 2,4,5,6 Oromiya
4 Alemaya-Adele 4,6 Oromiya
5 Lake Ashenge 2,4,6 Tigray
6 Lake Awassa 4,5,6 SNNP
7 Awi zone 2 Amhara
8 BahirDar-Lake Tana 2,4,5 Amhara
9 Bale Mts Nat Park 2 Oromiya
10 Baro River 2,4,5,6 Gambella
11 Berga 2,4,6 Oromiya
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# Site Ramsar Criteria Region12 Bishoftu 2 Oromiya
13 Boyo wetland 2,4,5 SNNP
14 Chelekleka 2,4,5,6 Oromiya
15 Chew Bahir 2,4,5,6 SNNP
16 Dessa’a Forest 2 Tigray
17 Finchaa/Chomen 2 Oromiya
18 Fogera Plains 2 Amhara
19 Gambella Park 2 Gambella
20 Gefersa Reservoir 2,4,6 14
21 Green Lake 2,4,5,6 Oromiya
22 Guassa (Menz) 2 Amhara
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# Site Ramsar Criteria Region23 Gudo 2 Oromiya
24 Jibat Forest 2 Oromiya
25 Koka Dam Gelila 2,4,5,6 Oromiya
26 Lake Langano 2 Oromiya
27 Metu-Gore-Tepi 2 Oromiya
28 Nechisar Park 2 SNNP
29 Sululta 2,4,6 Oromiya
30 Turkana/Omo Delta 2,4,5,6 SNNP
31 Zway 4,5 Oromiya
Total sites = 31
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Summary of Ethiopian Ramsar Sites
• Oromiya = 16 sites (51%)
• SNNP = 5 sites ( 16%)
• Amhara = 4 sites (12.9%)
• Tigray = 2 sites (6.4%)
• Gambella = 2 sites (6.4%)
• Afar = 1 site (3.2%)
• Addis Ababa = 1 site (3.2%)
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Becoming a Contracting Party: Implications
• A Ramsar site becomes one of several global systems and therefore a member of a network
• Designation does not mean wise use
• Ramsar has three pillars:– Designation of sites– Wise use of all wetlands– International cooperation of shared aquatic
systems
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Implications
• Designation should follow with the other pillars to be effective.
• Government and local administration have the responsibility of protecting the site from deleterious actions.
• Ramsar sites need our time, energy and financial resources.
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Implications
• Ramsar sites are not traditional protected areas and give due consideration to traditional resource use.
• Considering the benefits from these kinds of systems, Governments should appreciate that they are doing their people a favor in conserving them.
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Conclusions• Ramsar listing is an important step in the
accession of the Convention. • Becoming a contracting party is
meaningless without proper education and awareness of basic facts that underlie the reason for conserving these ecosystems.
• Ethiopia should take the necessary measures to show responsible behavior and commitment.
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Conclusions• Put in place a strong national programme
that promotes the values and conservation of wetland ecosystems. This includes placing a responsible organ to handle wetland conservation work.
• As an important ecosystem to which all our water needs are associated to, the Government should also think about formulating a policy and guidelines for the protection and proper use of these systems.
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