Dr. Adefires Worku Gizaw

PhD-thesis: Enhancing dry forest management to improve socio-ecological resilience of the pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the dry lands of Ethiopia
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pretzsch

May 2018, current position: Director, Climate Science Research Directorate, Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute (EEFRI), Ethiopia
Researcher, EEFRI

CURRICULUM VITAE

Educational status:
1998                
BSc degree in Forestry, Alemaya University
2006                
MSc degree in Dryland Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University
2009                
Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Environmental Management for Developing and Emerging Countries, Technical University of Dresden, CIPSEM, Center for International Postgraduate Studies on Environmental Management, Germany
2011 - 2017    
PhD student at Forest, Geo and Hydro Science Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden, Institute for International Forest and Forest Products, Germany 

Work experience:

• Forest and wildlife expert at Oromia Regional State, South Oromia Bureau of agriculture from September 1998 to October 2002

• Joined Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research as Junior Researcher in November 2002 and currently Associate Researcher, in Dryland Ethno-ecology and Forest ecology at Forestry Research Center of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

• Served at various Leadership levels including Team Leader, Section Head, Research Project and Programme coordination

Conference organization:

•   Organized two National Workshops on the role of Dryforests and NTFPs in 
    development and conservation in Ethiopia

Publications related to current work:

Adefires Worku, Mulugeta Limenih, Masresha Fetene and Demel Teketay (2011) Socio-economic importance of gum and resin resources in the Dry woodlands of Borana, southern Ethiopia, Journal of Forests, Trees and Livelihoods

Adefires Worku, Demel Teketay, Mulugeta Lemenih and Masresha Fetene. Diversity and population structure of gum and resin producing woody species in Borana, southern Ethiopia (submitted)

Adefires Worku (2010) Biodiversity and its potential for food security and environmental resilience, the case of drylands in Ethiopia, Proceedings of the CIFOR on wider stakeholder consultation workshop on “Dryland ecosystems in Ethiopia from where to where_ step towards sustainable management, (eds) Adefires Worku, Getachew Anemut and Habtemariam Kassa, (in press)

Adefires Worku, Wubalem Tadesse and Asmamaw Alemu (2009) Knowledge and research gaps on Dryforests of Ethiopia: the case of gum and resin resources. Proceedings of the CIFOR on wider stakeholder consultation workshop on “Dryland ecosystems in Ethiopia from where to where_ step towards sustainable management, (eds) Adefires Worku, Getachew Anemut and Habtemariam Kassa, (in press)

Adefires Worku, Wubalem Tadesse and Asmamaw Alemu (2009) Wanted by the State: Synthesizing and compiling fragmented information on aromatic plant gum and resin done so far_step towards developing data base and guideline for effective participatory resources in Drylands of Ethiopia, technical report submitted to Institute of Biodiversity Conservation Ethiopia and RPSUD (working documents)

Adefires Worku and DagnewYebeyen. (2008) Contribution of true myrrh and opopanax collection and trade in food security of the ‘woodland poor’: evidence from the pastoral and agro-pastoral community of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia. Proceedings of the Seventh RPSUD Workshop on “Dryland Biodiversity: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Natural Resources Management”. RPSUD (Research Program for Sustainable Use of Dryland Biodiversity), Nairobi

Adefires Worku, Mulugeta Limenih and Masresha Fetene (2007) Collection and trade of NTFPs from the drylands of southern Ethiopia: opportunity to combine economic utilization, combating desertification and biodiversity conservation through adoption of appropriate land use system: Paper presented on the XVIII Annual Symposium and workshop of the Biological Society of Ethiopia on population explosion and global warming: Local and global context, February 23-24, 2007, Addis Ababa University, Faculty of science, Ethiopia

Adefires Worku, Mulugeta Limenih and Masresha Fetene (2006) Gum and resin bearing plant species in drylands of southern Ethiopia: opportunity to combine environmental rehabilitation with economic utilization: Proceedings of the sixth RPSUD Workshop on “Dryland Ecosystems: Role of Climate change adaptation and mitigation. Arusha Tanzania. RPSUD (Research Program for Sustainable Use of Dryland Biodiversity), ISBN 9987-9034-2-8, Nairobi