Dr. Tefera Belay Endalamaw

PhD Thesis:  Bamboo Commercialization and Innovation Communication options for Ethiopia
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pretzsch


CURRICULUM VITAE

Academic qualification:

2010 - present              PhD-student at Technische Universität Dresden

August 2008                 M. Sc. Forest Policy and Management, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

July 2002                     B. Sc. Forestry, Debub University, Ethiopia

June 1998                    Diploma Forestry, Wondo Genet College of Forestry, Ethiopia

Other trainings and conference attendance:

• International ecological economics conference, August 22-27, 2010 in Germany
• World congress in Agroforestry, August 23-28, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya
• Bamboo Product utilization and management, September 05-19, 2008, China

Professional Experience:

Lecturer (Jan.2006 till Oct 2010):

a) Teaching:
    Non timber forest product utilization,  Community Based conservation and management, Biodiversity Conservation and Management, Conservation Education and Training, Dryland Forestry,   
    Introduction to Tourism,  and Recreational  area Management Courses

b) Research:

• Reducing rural household vulnerability to hardship in Gotu Onema: Action research.
• Non-timber Forest Products management Interaction in South West Ethiopia: Implication on Local Livelihood and Conservation.

Research Scholar( July- Dec.2005, Wisconsin-Madison University) on Sustainable Forest Management

Publications:

Endalamaw, T. B.; Belaynesh Zewdie (2010) The Role of Action Research in Reducing Farmers Vulnerability and Improving Adaptive Strategy to Drought: The Case of Gotu-Onema, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry & Natural Resources, Ethiopia. Paper presented on international conference for ecological society August 22-25 Germany.

Endalamaw, T. B. (2009) Diversity of Coffee-shade trees and traditional management practices in coffee based agroforestry system of South Ethiopia: paper presented on Second world congress of agroforestry, in Nairobi, Kenya between August 23-28, 2009.

Endalamaw, T. B., and F. Wiersum (2008) Traditional access and forest management arrangements for beekeeping: the case of Southwest Ethiopia forest region. Pages 165-171
                  in J. A. Parrotta, A. Oteng-Yeboah, and J. Cobbinah, editors. Proceedings of the Conference on Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa.
                  IUFRO Task Force on Traditional Forest Knowledge, IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFROSPDC), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana 
                  (CSIR). 15-17 October 2008. Accra, Ghana. IUFRO World Series Volume 23.