Welcome to Water and land resource Centre (WLRC)

The Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) established in 2011, focusing on innovative water and land management in Ethiopia. It operates learning watersheds and monitoring stations, contributing to policy-making through data-driven research and promoting sustainable practices.

Ongoing Projects

BRIGHT

Five year project to be implemented in five river basins in Ethiopia with multiple partners involved

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GCRF

Collaborative approach by partners to solving water security and governance challenges

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KILMWA

A 5 year project designed to improve the wealth & health of the population in Kunzila Watershed.

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CARE

Aims to promote deforestation-free supply chains by integrating robust traceability systems and landscape approaches
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Message from the Director General

Dear WLRC Partners and Stakeholders,

My greetings to you!

I am thrilled to share with you some messages in this 2023/24 WLRC Annual Book, which not only presents a documentation of accomplishments but also manifests the laudable commitments of the WLRC staff and leadership, partners, stakeholders and the communities in the project areas. Amid complex global dynamics and heightened insecurity, we have upheld our mission, and commitments to realize our goal and vision by integrating the values of strong partnerships and community ownership of project activities and harnessing the huge opportunities availed by advances in ICT and the cyber space.

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WLRC CARE Project Trains Kaffa Zone Experts on Using GIS and GPS for Improving Coffee Traceability Systems

Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC), in collaboration with Ethiopian Forestry Development (EFD), conducted a training workshop on the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) for improving coffee traceability systems.

CARE Project Organizes Training and Consultative Workshop

Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC), in collaboration with Ethiopian Forest Development (EFD) and the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA), organized a training and consultative workshop on “Traceability Systems and Landscape Approaches for Sustainable Coffee Trade: Capturing and Reclaiming Value in the Global South (CARE for Value and Sustainability)” project.

WLRC and MoWE Launch the BRIGHT Project for Omo-Gibe Basin

Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE), officially launched the Basin Management Support for Resilient, Inclusive Growth, and Harmonized Transformation for the National Integrated Water Resource Management Program of Ethiopia (BRIGHT) Project for the Omo-Gibe Basin on the 21st of March 2025 at Haile Resort Jimma.

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+251-11-661-22-36

Location

From Salite Meheret Mariam Church Round About on the Road to Wesen
Behind Ministry of Mines
Next to Andinet International School
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia

Mail

info@wlrc-eth.org

Office hours

Mon – Fri …… 8:30 am – 5:30 pm

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