Project: Woody Invasive Alien Species in East Africa-Assessing and Mitigating Their Negative Impact on Ecosystem Services and Rural Livelihood.
Project Fund: Swiss Agency for Development and cooperation SDC and Swiss National Science Foundation
Project Implementing Organization: CDE and CIB from Switzerland, CABI KE and KEFRI/KALRO from Kenya, WLRC and UHAR from Ethiopia, TAFORI from Tanzania, and SUA from South Africa
Project Budget: Birr 3,159,429.00 (WLRC Component)
Project Duration: January 2015 – December 2017 (First Phase)
Purpose:
This collaborative project has been designed with the following objectives
- Understand local processes affecting the invasiveness of woody IAS, their effects on biodiversity, ES and the consequences for rural livelihoods.
- Understand how effects of woody IAS on biodiversity, ES and rural livelihoods upscale from local to the sub-national and national level.
- Develop, test and disseminate Sustainable Land Management (SLM) strategies to mitigate negative effects of woody IAS in order to improve biodiversity, ES and rural livelihoods in East Africa.
Contact: Dr. Tena Alamirew