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The factsheet on Guidelines on sustainable forest management in drylands of Ethiopia is a brochure that informs forestry practitioners in Ethiopia about the completion of the technical publication: Guidelines on sustainable forest management in drylands of Ethiopia. It summarizes the Guidelines explaining why dry forests are important and why their sustainable management matters to Ethiopia.

This document provides information on the national context on dry forests and practical management guidelines adapted to the Ethiopian context. The goal is to fill the information gap, which can allow decision-makers to better understand the true value of dry forests at the national level and take appropriate action. 

The document acts as a support to decision makers (e.g. regional authorities) for developing a sustainable bamboo forest management plan for Benishangul-Gumuz Regional state (BGRS). The document explores ways to link bamboo production to the market and the private sector.

Based on desk research and interviews, this report concludes that investments in bamboo carry the highest potential to restore, protect or recover forests as Ethiopia committed in 2014 to restore 15 million hectares by 2030. In doing so, there may be possibilities to harness the potential of both international development finance institutions as well as domestic finance institutions, given that Ethiopia is at the moment an underbanked country with little domestic or international funding flowing to forest-friendly projects that contribute to REDD+.