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Conclusions and recommendation Taking a performance-based approach to basin intervention design showed how portfolios of combined built and natural infrastructure could better support water-energy-food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. An Action Learning process was used to align technical analysis with stakeholder needs and to provide regular feedback and iteration on model development and results. The work shows how decisions about balancing the multiple benefits from proposed water resources system interventions under future uncertainty, e.g. from climate change, could be effectively informed by the proposed approach. Seminar: Investing in freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity: A key development challenge 162
Conserving the Lake Tana ecosystem for sustainable peace and livelihoods Presenting Author: Co-Authors: Mr. Mersie Ejigu, Partnership for African Environmental Sustainability (PAES), Ethiopia Dr. Belayneh Ayele, Associate Professor of Forestry, Bahir Dar University Keywords Freshwater ecosystem, biodiversity conservation, peace, sustainable livelihoods, siltation Highlights Ethiopia's Lake Tana faces serious threats arising from encroachment, loss of wetlands; heavy deforestation in the upper catchment areas and consequent siltation from feeder-rivers; unsustainable investment patterns; and water hyacinth. Climate change added, the Lake would disappear in the very near future with catastrophic species, socioeconomic and political impacts. Introduction and objectives In 2007-2010, FESS launched an environmental security assessment study of Lake Tana, Ethiopia to determine threats and implications for socioeconomic, cultural, environmental and political wellbeing of the country and the Nile riparian countries. The study used a multiphase analytical tool that combines data gathering and field interviews. Serious degradation of wetlands around the Lake and its catchment have posed extensive threats, now, made worse by water hyacinth invasion. This paper reviews current situation; establishes a case for conservation of the Lake’s water ecosystem as a critical tool for sustainable peace and development; and proposes holistic and actionable set of recommendations. Methodology approach The study involves literature review, analysis of primary and secondary data including household surveys and community focused group discussions guided by the Environmental Security Assessment Framework (ESAF) developed by FESS. ESAF analyzes multiple dimensions of stability and instability (social, economic, political) and links them to losses of environmental resources (water, land, forests) that may arise from overuse, abuse or misuse of them. These changes in resource conditions are treated as a continuum, with instability, heightened tensions, turmoil, and conflict. The ESAF proceeds through eight phases including generating scenarios that project potential environmental security trajectories over the years. Analysis and results Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s largest water body, accounts for 50 % of the total inland waters in the country, provides livelihoods to close to 5 million people and supports substantive fishing industry and significant hydropower energy. The Lake area and its 37 islands are home to 20 ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church monasteries - a cultural heritage of national and global significance. Threats to the Lake include: (a) decrease in water levels owing to high population growth and unplanned investment; (b) unsustainable traditional and extensive cultivation practices at the backdrop of growing demand for food; (c) deforestation, soil and water erosion in the upper catchment and consequent siltation from feeder rivers; (d) water quality deterioration, prevalence of waterborne diseases, pollution from poor waste management and improper damping ; (e) destruction of wetlands that are natural breeding and feeding grounds for fish and bird species; (f) water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes); and (g) deficient property rights and institutions. Diminished Lake Tana waters and biodiversity loss negatively impacts livelihoods and food security of surrounding communities and the country at large, ecosystem services and functions provided by the Lake; unique cultural heritage and ancient monasteries and downstream riparian countries, Sudan and Egypt heightening tensions and conflicts. Seminar: Investing in freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity: A key development challenge 163
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