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1:10,000 scale (2 x vertical exaggeration)
Participatory 3D Model (P3DM) of the Foata Mountain
area,
Oromiya Regional State, Ethiopia.
(8-18 December 2010).
Note:
The model measuring 2.4 x 2.8 m (672 km2
on the ground) has been the 4th Participatory 3D
Model constructed in Ethiopia.
The exercise – organised by
MELCA-Ethiopia,
a national NGO and supported by the Technical Centre
for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA),
was a response to a call by the community for assistance
in rehabilitating its environment which suffered
heavy deforestation and soil degradation over the
past decades and to address increasing challenges
due to climate change.
About 20 students and representatives
from youth groups constructed the blank model. 130
residents of the area, especially elders populated
the map with their spatial knowledge. In the process
knowledge about the mountain area and its foothills
has been shared across generations and between local
communities and other stakeholders, opening the
door for deeper discussions on the sustainable management
and safeguarding of both local culture and environment.
The exercise has been the training ground for trainees
coming from 20 delegates coming from Ethiopia, Kenya,
Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Cameroon and Benin.
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View
P3DM Where ? in a larger map
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Recommended reading:
Rambaldi G. and Belay M. 2010.
Looking Through a Mirror at our Past and Present:
Account of a P3DM Exercise in Ethiopia; post
17 January, 2011. PPgis.Net Blog
Various authors on Wordpress:
Participatory
3D Modelling: Sharing our experiences in the development
of the Telecho Model, Ethiopia (December 2010
->);
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Method/tools:
P3DM and GIS
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Download the latest P3DM manual
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Details on the exercise:
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Highest elevation on model: X,XXX
m a.s.l.
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Lowest elevation on model: X,XXX
m a.s.l.
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Contour interval: 20 m
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Tips for
practitioners
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Process documentation
[
PDF: ... MB | ... pages
].
To read, you need Adobe
Acrobat.
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Image courtesy of Giacomo Rambaldi
© / CTA, 2010
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Image courtesy of Giacomo Rambaldi
© / CTA, 2010
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Image courtesy of Giacomo Rambaldi
© / CTA, 2010
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Image courtesy of
Giacomo Rambaldi © / CTA,
2010
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Image courtesy of
Giacomo Rambaldi © / CTA,
2010
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Image courtesy of
Giacomo Rambaldi © / CTA,
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Image courtesy of
Giacomo Rambaldi © / CTA,
2010
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Image courtesy of
Giacomo Rambaldi © / CTA,
2010
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Image courtesy of
Damian Prestige © / CTA,
2010
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Image courtesy of
Giacomo Rambaldi © / CTA,
2010
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Image courtesy of
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2010
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Image courtesy of
Giacomo Rambaldi © / CTA,
2010
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MELCA Ethiopia - Movement for
Ecological Learning and Community Action - was
founded in 2004, to work for the conservation of
ecosystem and for the revival and enhancement of
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and to protect
the rights of communities in Ethiopia through research,
advocacy, endogenous development and intergenerational
learning.
The word ‘melca’ means ford both
in Amharic and Oromo language – two of the widely
spoken languages of Ethiopia. It means a crossing
point on a river, which is symbolically used to
indicate the need to take people away from their
misconception about local people and culture to
an understanding and appreciation of traditional
ecological knowledge. A river also signifies linkage
with a source. If the source dries, the river also
dries. MELCA emphasizes that culture is the source
of identity and wisdom, and that the destruction
or degradation of culture will result lose of a
vast amount of knowledge and identity.
MELCA currently works with local
communities, elders, schools and youth in the Sheka
Forest region in southeast Ethiopia, the Bale Mountains
National Park, and Menagesha Suba forest near to
Addis Ababa. MELCA is also a regional node for the
African Biodiversity Network.
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MELCA Ethiopia
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The exercise has been made possible
by the coordinated effort of
MELCA Ethiopia and the Technical Centre for
Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA).
CTA provided funding and technical assistance for
(i) the implementation of the exercise, (ii) the
training of delegates coming from African countries,
(iii) training in Participatory Video (PV) and (iv)
the production of a professional video documentary
on the process.
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