6th NENA Plenary meeting, 18 - 19 November 2020, virtual meeting Mrs. Rafla Attia

1. ATTIA RAFLA
Direction des sols /DG-ACTA
Webinair meeting
18-19 Nov 2020
Pillar 1: Implementation of soil rehabilitation programs
including SSM/SLM practices and scaling out to areas at high
risk of soil degradation

2. Introduction
Scientific evidence shows that SSM practices, if widely adopted
• help to prevent
• reduce or revert land degradation
• contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, protect
biodiversity
• achieve multiple sustainable development goals
• increase human well-being globally.

3. -Provide Tools and activities for sustainable soil management implementation and
promotion
-Land degradation assessments
- Identification of SSM Good practicies
-Capacity building on SSM implementation collaborating with land
users and other relevant stakeholder
-Assess and address barriers to adoption (technically and politically)
-sharing of experiences at local and national regional level
-Decision support Upscaling mainstreaming plan,
- Focus on Dissemination of the best SSM practices promoted in countries
through targeted actions in the field and strategic decision making from
local to national regional level.
Process to plan SSM implementation

4. Integration of Tools and Approaches to Assess Soil Quality and SSM implementation
are needed at different scale
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Physical environment
Social organizations
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5. -The common characteristic of arid countries (Magreb region) can be explained by the extent
of the arid and Saharan zones which cover more than 70 % of the land.
-The Magreb region is located in North Africa and includes 5 countries Morocco, Algeria,
Tunisia, Libya, Mauritanie
Harmonized SSM Planning and implementation
for upscaling at regional level is needed

6. -Association between water and soil resources, land use and land-use techniques is expressed
spatially by homogeneous agro-ecological regions.
-Due to the ecosystem variability steep topography, semi-arid conditions and inappropriate
land management, Farming systems in each agro-ecological systems countries faces serious
degradation.
-Cropping olive, cereal is amongst the main income sources of the region.
-There is a continous pressure on forests and pastures.
Challenge Soils of the Magreb region are highly vulnerable to degradation, and future food
security will depend on sustainable agricultural measures.

7. Magreb regions are characterized by 3 bio-geo-climatic zoning features:
- The north from humid to semi-arid has forest and pastoral ecosystems and agro-systems
based mainly on field crops, arboriculture and irrigated perimeters.
- Atlas mountain forms a barrier between the Mediterranean coast and the Sahara.

8. La forêt dense est en bon état. protégée
un groupement à base de Pin d'Alep +
maquis vigoureux. Le taux de recouvrement est
d'environ 90 %.
Maquis dégradé surface claire sevevent
impluvium de concentration des eaux
pluviales. différentes formes d'érosion
Le couvert végétal broutée est de 30 %.
La présence d’espèce sont indicatrices
de la dégradation des terres et de la
présence d'azote nitrique d'origine animal.
Les labours à effets destructifs sur les sol
intensification ds les PI menacé par la salure
secondaire et l'hydromorphie tomporaire en saison
humide
Exposition des racines d’oliviers
ss l’effet érosion
TRANSECT De El Gabeul – PPI Lakhmes
Siliana
Vue d’ensemble du site

9. The semi-arid and arid area contains pastoral ecosystems and arboriculture (olive growing)
and irrigated perimeters.
Cereal farming, only succeeds during the good rainy years.
Dry arboriculture.
Steppes and rangelands are well represented in the region. They are mainly found, dispersed in
Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. the steppe, a zone suited to agropastoralism,

10. Desert, arid and semi-arid zones cover a large part of the countries
The oases are affected by : increased water salinity loss of plant biodiversity,

11. PURPOSE of PROJECT
Harmonized SSM Planning and
implementation for upscaling at national
and regional level
 Scaling up :
 Regional project
 Implementation of Best SSM practices
 Innovative and integrated implementation of SSM approaches and
technologies
 To enhance National Regional capacity
 To catalyse private sector investment
 To seek opportunities for co-financing or new financial resourses
To promote SSM in the Maghreb, it is recommended a sequence of action that
should lead to

12. PROJECT INFORMATION
 Project Cost:
 Total Cost: 1000.000$
 Potential Financing IFAD,UNCCD, GEF : …………$
 CO-Financing: ……….$
 FAO: ………………$
 Project Duration: 48 months

13. Project area
Governorate Area (km²) Area (Ha)
Béja 3 740 374000
Jendouba 3 100 310000
Kairouan 6 712 671200
Sidi Bouzid 7 400 740000
Kasserine 8 260 826000
Médenine 9 167 916700
Tataouine 38 889 3888900
Total of the project
Area
77268 7726800
Regional level
National level

14. TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT FEATURES
1) Contribution to promote and implemente SSM
 It shall serve as a bridge that will put LDN targets into actions.
 As all the drivers of land degradation are existing in the project area, it
will serve as a laboratory for SSM implementation.
 It leads to develop a model for SSM planning and implementation in the
selected area for upscaling at national regional level.
 It aims to improve land cover, enhance soil organic carbon and enhance
land productivity thanks to SSM practicies and activities in forests,
rangelands and croplands,
 It would help to fill the gaps on developing methods and tools for SSM
implementation, monitoring and evaluation
 It will establish tools and mechanism to collect and systematic
information on Land Degradation and will assist in developing and
improving SSM monitoring and reporting model.
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15. 2) Deliver multiple benefits including climate benefits
• As well known 25% of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by land
degradation. The project aims to ensure a decrease in terrestrial greenhouse
gas emissions, and an increase in the number of sinks through the below
activities:
1-Prevention of land degradation,
2-Reduction of land degradation, and
3-Rehabilitation of soil
(this project will provide carbon benfits on land via SSM and SLM practices )
• It will contribute to the integration of climate change in the LDN decision
support system, and to be tested on the project area.
• It will also contribute to the protection of flora and fauna,improve soil
Biodiversity and productivity

16. 3) Scaling up
• It will generate new and innovative approaches to multi-sector land
use planning based on SSM testing and implementation in the project
area,
• It will seek to disseminate and analyse best practices in agriculture,
rangelands and forest lands and disseminate the lessons learnt
through Project initiative
• The project will include all of the best implementation methods and
tools. This will serve as a significant means in upscaling these methods
and tools.
• (Example: forestland rehabilitation, best agricultural practices,
fertiliser management, efficient and effective use of water, prevention
of water and soil pollution, climate change adaptation and drought
management)

17. 4) Enhancing national capacities
• Proje activities will include all necessary stakeholders and their participation
to project will be improved
• It will focus on building capacity of institutions (local ,national,regional
) or and communities (stakeholders and beneficiaries)
• It will contribute to support country leadership and ensure national regional
accountability for project implementation.

18. 5) Leveraging finance including private sector
• Main sectors on land use planning and management could be the co-
financors for the project.
• The project will be beneficial to the local entities including the private
sector.

19. Project
Components
Project Results Project Outcomes
1. Strengthening
the enabling
environment for
SSM
implementation
1.1. Enhanced enabling
environment for SSM
implementation
1.1.1 Capacity development program in place on SSM
implementation for local and national government staff
1.1.2 Creation of a national online Information Sharing
Forum on SSM for stakeholder engagement
1.1.3 Capacity development program in place for farmers,
1.1.4 Identification of needs for new legislation and/or
revisions of existing legislation based on project findings and
subsidase
1.1.5 Integration of the SSM approach and priorities into
strategic planning processes at sub-national and national
levels

20. Project
Components
Project Results Project Outcomes
2. Decision-
Support
System (SSM
adoption)
2.1 Decision-support
system for SSM Target-
setting and planning
established
2.1.2 Monitoring system
and related capacity for
SSM in place
2.1.1 Software for SSM developement
2.1.2 Land cover classes and land degradation levels
in demonstration area
2.1.3 Effective and economic approach for soil organic
carbon monitoring

21. Project
Components
Project Results Project Outcomes
3.
Demonstration
of the SSM
Implementatio
n approach
3.1 Improved land
management, land cover,
and increased soil organic
carbon
3.2 Land productivity
increased , livelihoods for
local communities
strengthen
3.1.1 Participatory landscape-specific improvement plans
based on priorities identified by the SSM covering
3.1.2 Demonstrations of SSM /SLM best practices in forests,
rangelands and croplands that provide carbon benefits on
…………..ha of land
3.1.3 Measures and approaches for reducing the impacts of
climate variability integrated into SSM and SLM practices
3.1.4 Preparation of an SSM implementation plan in project
area
3.2.1 Introduction of gender sensitive sustainable livelihood
strategies
3.2.2 Introduction of gender-sensitive climate resilient
practices to enhance land productivity

22. Project
Components
Project Results Project Outcomes
4.Upscaling of
SSM
implementatio
n experiences,
monitoring
and evaluation
4.1 Upscaling of the SSM
practicies to national level
4.2 Monitoring of project
results, lessons learned
disseminated
4.1.1 SSM settingup at national
4.1.2 Global Environmental Benefits monitoring and
assessment
4.1.3 Experience sharing on Project-related “lessons-
learned” and a national SSM guideline establishment

23. EXPECTATIONS
 To develop a model for SSM, planning and implementation in project area for upscaling at
national regional level
 Monitoring land use trends with a model and a software to be created.
 To provide a mechanism and organization for the achievement of national regional SSM
implementation.
 To generate new and innovative approaches to multi-sector land use planning, based on
testing and implementation
• Creation of a national regional online Information Sharing Forum
on SSM for stakeholder engagement

24. EXPECTATIONS
 To disseminate and analyse best practices in agriculture Land , rangelands and forest
lands and disseminate the lessons learnt through exchange of experience
 The project will include all of the best implementation methods, tools and monitoring
systems.

25. Strategic orientation:
To promote SLM in the Maghreb, it was recommended a sequence of action that
should lead to:
1. Creation of a process and a regional and collaborative information exchange
network on sustainable land and soil management: "Maghreb Network of Institutes
for SLM or Maghreb Partnership on Soils"
2. Joint organization (Maghreb country) of events on the occasion of World Soil Day
(celebrated on December 5th each year).
3. Capacity building for the exploitation of FAO instruments and resources available
for SLM and GDS.
4. Prioritize the search for funding for the priority areas identified by the workshop.

26. Thanks for
your attention