Upscaling Community Resilience Through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Ethiopia - Case Study

This case study highlights Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) interventions in Ethiopia focused on ecosystem restoration and protection in the Fafan and Liben Zones of the Somali Region. The key risks being addressed within this context are droughts, flooding, and food insecurity. To address this, the project aims to enhance the resilience of communities to disasters and climate risks through the piloting and scaling up of Eco-DRR activities, reaching 44,000 vulnerable people in approximately 80 communities by the end of the project. Specifically, the project seeks to scale up Integrated Risk Management (IRM) and inclusive risk governance by supporting participatory ecosystem and community disaster risk assessments and action planning. In addition to the implementation of Eco-DRR measures, scaling up of Eco-DRR action, and promotion of citizen-based monitoring of disaster and climate resilient policies and practices.