2010 PRESA project activities

In 2010, some of the activities that the World Agroforestry Centre together with the project’s International Advisory Group (IAC) and its partners will be implementing will build on progress made in 2009. Some of the project activities will include inter alia:

(1). Finalize technical studies on willingness to accept (WTA) and willingness to pay (WTP-buyers study) to inform the design of prototype reward mechanisms in at least 3 PRESA sites;

(2). Develop the business portfolio for each site (linked to task 1)

(3). Develop and agree on a workable work plan and proposal on the implementation of a reward mechanism in Sasumua and Mt. Kenya East landscapes with Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KENGEN) and Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC);

(4). Undertake the project’s mid-term review

(5). Participate in the end of project review for the Equitable Payments for watershed services (EPWS) which is a PRESA partner project in the Ulugurus Mountains, Tanzania

(6).  Create consortia of institutions at site and national level in at least 3 PRESA countries to promote an enabling environment, the design and implementation of reward schemes for environmental services;

(7). Undertake further scoping and assessment activities in preparation for operational plans and reward mechanisms in at least 3 PRESA sites.  Detailed assessments will address, inter alia, ecosystem services and their stakeholders, links between land use and ecosystem services, institutional arrangements and regulations shaping resource management, promising alternative land uses, and economic tradeoffs associated with alternative land uses.  (linked to 1 & 2)

(8). Hold a one-week training workshop on outcome mapping involving 40 site-level and boundary partners from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Guinea. This training will be aimed at formulating progress markers/indicators as well as participatory planning of site-specific project activities for 2010 and beyond.

(9). Set up the project’s monitoring and evaluation system. This will be designed and informed by the outcome mapping and will include a web-based reporting system.

(10). Develop and implement co-finance projects and deepen our research links with UK and North American research institutions and universities. We will also strengthen our regional networks through the project’s community of practice. Some of the institutions that we will be working with in 2010 will include the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, the University of Aberdeen, York University, the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA) at the University of Pretoria, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

(11). Finalize a training manual on carbon assessment of forestry and agroforestry systems.

(12). Develop and test prototype reward mechanisms with at least 100 farmers in at least 3 PRESA sites.

(13). Continue providing targeted, responsive support to organizations involved in the development and implementation of environmental service rewards in all of the PRESA sites.

(14). Engage key business leaders and policy makers in dialogue on the business case for ecosystem management in at least three PRESA countries.

(15). Provide technical advise and synthesized technical information for the articulation and harmonization of policies toward REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) and AFOLU (Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses) across Africa, including the 3 East African countries covered by PRESA.  Much of this activity is supported by a new partnership between ICRAF and COMESA, under the banner of the Africa Bio-carbon Initiative.

(16). Hold the project’s fourth meeting of the International Advisory Committee in Nairobi, Kenya, March 4, 2010.

(17). Deepen and build on successes made in 2009 with regards to internal and external communications as well as information management.

Expected outputs

This section presents an output-by-output description of the different project activities and their associated outputs for 2010. This is based on the expected outcomes, outputs and activities as detailed in the original grant design document.

Expected Outcome L: A set of landscapes in the highlands of East and West Africa have workable environmental service agreements providing fair rewards and livelihood options to ecosystem stewards.

Expected outcome P: Private companies become increasingly involved in a range of initiatives for ecosystem management, including policy dialog with public agencies and fair contracts for ecosystem management.

Expected Outcome C: Improved quality and increased number of environmental service reward mechanisms in place and operational in the highlands of East and West Africa.