Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia

Natural resource degradation is both a cause and a result of poverty in Ethiopia. Therefore it is important to include watershed management into efforts to reduce poverty and food insecurity in the country. In order to see if different interventions are effective in restoring the degraded environmen...

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Main Author: Kainulainen, Aino
Other Authors: Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Sciences, Bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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description Natural resource degradation is both a cause and a result of poverty in Ethiopia. Therefore it is important to include watershed management into efforts to reduce poverty and food insecurity in the country. In order to see if different interventions are effective in restoring the degraded environment, it is important to have a functioning monitoring and evaluation system that includes natural resource degradation and other environmental factors. This study compares the monitoring and evaluation systems used by five different projects involved in watershed management in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. The objective is to find out whether these systems are providing adequate and scientifically valid information about the projects’ success in decreasing erosion. The study has also two sub-objectives: suggesting additional and/or alternative methods for environmental monitoring, and helping the projects learn from each other by providing information about the indicators other projects are using as well as their successes and shortcomings The environmental monitoring of the examined projects is done mostly with management-based indicators that monitor what is being done and assume environmental effects based on empirical knowledge. These management-based indicators are important in identifying where and how project resources are spent and in finding out the rate of adoption of the promoted methods. They serve an important function in the monitoring and evaluation systems but are not sufficient from an environmental point of view. Direct monitoring of erosion is done by one project. This hydrological monitoring system, possibly accompanied with low-cost estimation methods, could well be modified and applied to other projects as well if funds for the establishment of monitoring stations can be found.
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title Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia
title_full Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia
title_fullStr Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia
title_short Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia
title_sort comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in amhara ethiopia
title_txtP Comparing the monitoring and evaluation systems of watershed management related development projects in Amhara, Ethiopia
topic Ethiopia monitoring & evaluation natural resource degradation watershed management Ympäristötiede ja -teknologia Environmental science and technology 4015 luonnonvarat köyhtyminen seuranta arviointi valuma-alueet Etiopia
topic_facet 4015 Environmental science and technology Ethiopia Etiopia Ympäristötiede ja -teknologia arviointi köyhtyminen luonnonvarat monitoring & evaluation natural resource degradation seuranta valuma-alueet watershed management
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