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Supporting the Energy Needs of Refugees and Host Communities Through the Establishment of Sustainable Wood Fuel Management Strategies and Plans in Ethiopia - TCP/ETH/3602

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Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Category Factsheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Since 1984 Ethiopia has received an influx of refugees from the Sudan and South Sudan, and they have been housed in various refugee camps all over the country An estimated 735 165 refugees resided in Ethiopia at the time of this project’s inception, and 37 percent of them, or 271 435 individuals, lived in the camps in Gambella Regional State The main source of fuel used in these camps and in the surrounding areas was wood, and the main use of this wood was for cooking Owning to the large amount of wood needed to support both the refugee population and the host communities in Gambella Regional State, local forests were experiencing severe degradation Compounding this issue were other factors, including a fragile and already degraded natural environment, particularly in the highlands and the north of the country, and economic activity and population settlement, which further impinged on natural resources, negatively impacting forests and biodiversity A final contributing factor which rendered this situation even more severe were problems of drought and flooding According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( there was an increase in arrivals in camps located in Gambella Regional State in 2016 when this project began Most of the new arrivals were said to have fled intra ethnic clashes in the eastern part of South Sudan Many of them were unaccompanied and separated children who had walked in the jungle for several days before reaching the camps.

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