Ecosystem+resilience+and+climate+change 

Discussion points:
Resilient Ecosystems and climate change

Feedback from the groups

 * Bad practices (Mal adaptation)**
 * Indiscriminate (terraces)
 * Stable soils + good vegetation
 * Campaign based – attacks soil structure
 * Long term versus short term adaptation
 * Water harvesting in areas where there is high evaporation
 * Biological measures on terraces VS A & Z
 * Inefficient use of dam structure large dams for small command areas.
 * Use of water = equity
 * An imbalance between the indigenous and exotic species
 * Conservation of high forests to agriculture (large/small scale)


 * Good practice(s)**
 * What is good practice?
 * Abraha Astbah – community mobilization
 * Informed society should be formed so that they can practice the future, can develop practices
 * Allocating rehabilitated/bad land to landless
 * Linking rehab ecosystem to economic
 * Blend traditional and scientific practices
 * Participatory approach
 * Distribution of hillside to landless youth
 * Mixing both traditional and modern approaches
 * Consider experience in water and soil management
 * Gedeo Agro-forestry (community managed)
 * Humbo/Soddo community managed A/F projects
 * Abreha Atsbeha in Tigray region
 * Croton-cereal integrated traditional framing system
 * PfM by Farm Africa and other partners
 * Derashe soil and water management practices
 * Integrated watershed management at Dembecha woreda/ Maybar Andittid
 * MERET experience integrated soil and water conservation/farm enclosure (Boset)
 * Tigray experience on ex-closure and rain water harvesting
 * North Shoa experience on eco-systems restoration/enclosure
 * Vetiver grass based soil conservation in farm lands of Metu Woreda