Name:  Tadesse Woldemariam Gole
Date and place of birth: 15 August 1971; Shoa, Ethiopia
Nationality: Ethiopian

Education:
Ph.D. (10/1999- 07/2003)   
Ecology (Botany), Nees Institute of Plant Biodiversity and Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.
Title of Dissertation: Vegetation of the Yayu forest in SW Ethiopia: impacts of human use and implications for in situ conservation of wild Coffea arabica L. populations

Master of Sciences Degree in Forestry (09/1996 –06/1998):       
Specialization in Management of Natural Forests, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Sweden. Thesis title: Diversity of woody plants and avifauna in a dry Afromontane forest on the Central Plateau of Ethiopia.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry (09/1989-08/1993):   
Alemaya University of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry, Ethiopia. Title of Senior project: Computerized Database for Forest Inventory.

Other trainings
Tropical Biology Field Course
(23/06-23/07, 1999)    Taita Discovery Center and Elsamere Field Study Center, Kenya. The course covered population ecology, evolutionary biology, pollination biology and biogeography. Independent research project on niche differentiation of two sympatric bird species (Bablers).
Monitoring and Evaluation
(22/03-26/03, 1999)    IUCN Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Training Workshop for Environmental NGOs in Eastern Africa, a trainings on logical framework utilization for monitoring and evaluation of environmental projects, Nyeri, Kenya.
Bird Survey Techniques:
(26/06-04/081995)    An intensive training on Birds Identification and Survey Techniques by ornithologists and biologists from BirdLife International (UK) and the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

MANAGER 10/ 2005- present
Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF), an NGO engaged in biodiversity conservation research, education and communication.
Manage research activities, especially of the CoCE project (www.coffee.uni-bonn.de )

Assistant Professor 8/2004 - present
Department of Biology Education, Addis Ababa University. Give courses in Ecology; supervise thesis works of MSc students.
Servedd Department Head since May 2005-March 2006.
Coordinate the CoCE research project, for ZEF, Uni-Bonn.

Researcher 8/2003-
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.
Research and coordination,  “Conservation and use of the wild populations of Coffea arabica in the montane rainforests of Ethiopia” (CoCE) project, which is a collaborative research project of ZEF, Addis Ababa University, EARO and other research organizations and universities (www.coffee.uni-bonn.de ).

Research Officer: (07/1998-10/1999)
Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Biodiversity Research Program.

Surveyor: 12/1995 - 09/96)
Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Biodiversity Research Program.

Forest Technician 4 (07/1993-11/1995)
Omo-Ghibe River Basin Development Master Plan Study Project, Ministry of Water resources, Ethiopia.

Forest Technician 4 12/1993-07/1993)
(December 1993 - July 1993): Baro-Akobo River Basin Development Master Plan Study Project, Ministry of Water resources, Ethiopia.

Computer literacy
Basic computer skills: MS Office- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher
Specialized software for data analysis: Multivariate analysis software like: CANOCO, PC-ORD; GIS and Remote Sensing Software like: ArcView, IDRIS and ARC INFO and other statistical packages like: SPSS and S-PLUS
Membership in professional societies
1.    Ethiopian Foresters Association: Member, and Chairman (since October 2004).
2.    Biological Society of Ethiopia: Member, and Associate Editor of the Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences.
3.    Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society: Member
4.    Friends of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies: Member
5.    The East African Wildlife and Natural History Society: Member
6.    Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum, Founding Member and Manger

 Awards
1.    Distinguished Foreign Scholar Travel Award: from the International Association for Landscape Ecology- U.S. Regional Chapter, April 2003.
2.    Global Development Network (GDN) Medal Finalist: in Health, Environment, and Development Category, January 2003.
3.    IUCN/Ford Foundation Small Grants Award, August 2002.
4.    African Bird Club Conservation Award 2001

Publication
Tadesse Woldemariam Gole 2003. Vegetation Ecology of the Yayu forest in SW Ethiopia: impacts of human use and implications for in situ conservation of wild Coffea arabica L. populations. Ecology and Development Series, No. 10. 162 PP.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole and Jean Eric Rakotoarisoa 2002. Habitat partitioning by two sympatric Turdoides species in the vicinity of lake Naivasha, Kenya. Journal of Forestry Research 13: 127-130.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole, Denich, M., Demel Teketay and Vlek, P.L.G. 2002. Human impacts on Coffea arabica genetic pool in Ethiopia and the need for its in situ conservation. Pp. 237-247. In Managing plant genetic diversity (J. Engels, V. Ramanatha Rao, A. H. D. Brown, and M. Jackson, eds). CAB International / IPGRI.

Tadesse Woldemariam and Demel Teketay 2001. The forest coffee ecosystems: ongoing crisis, problems and opportunities for coffee gene conservation and sustainable utilization. Pp. 131-142. In Proceedings of a workshop on Imperative Problems Associated with Forestry in Ethiopia. Biological Society of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole and Denich, M. 2001. Subsistence in a mountain forest ecosystem: the case of southwest Ethiopia. In Proceedings of the World Mountain Symposium 2001, 30 September – 4 October 2001, Interlaken, Switzerland. CD-ROM

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole, Demel Teketay, Denich, M and Borsch, Th. 2001. Diversity of traditional coffee production systems in Ethiopia and their contribution for the conservation of coffee genetic diversity. In: Proceedings of the Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development, Deutscher Tropentag - Bonn, 9-11 October 2001. University of Bonn. CD-ROM

Tadesse Woldemariam, Demel Teketay, Edwards, S. and Olson, M. 2001. A comparative assessment of diversity and density of birds in Chilimo Forest, Ethiopia. Ostrich supplement 15: 216-223.

Tadesse Woldemariam, Demel Teketay, Edwards, S. and Olson, M. 2000. Woody plant and avian species diversity in a dry Afromontane forest on the central plateau of Ethiopia: biological indicators for conservation. Ethiopian Journal of Natural Resources 2: 255-293.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole 1999.The Values of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Bases for Sustainable Development and Maintenance of Healthy Life-support System. Walia 20: 10-18.

Robertson, P.A., Yilma Dellelegn, Sileshi Dejene, Anteneh Shimelis, Tadesse Woldemariam and Million Alemayehu 1997. Harwood’s Francolin Francolinus harwoodi: recent observations on its status, distribution, habitat requirement, behavior and threats. Bird Conservation International 7:275-282.

Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS) 1996. Important Bird Areas of Ethiopia: A first inventory. EWNHS, Addis Ababa, XIV + 300 pp. (as one of the contributors)

Papers presented on conferences
Tadesse Woldemariam Gole 2004. Contested rights in conservation and use of forest and coffee genetic resources in Ethiopia. On Pan-African Programme on Land Resource Rights (PAPLRR) Eastern African Sub-Regional Workshop. Mombassa, Kenya, 26-28 August 2004.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole 2004. Organic agriculture as a sustainable development alternative to achieve food security. On Modernizing agriculture: a way out of food insecurity? A workshop organized by Biological Society of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, 19-20 February 2004.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole, Borsch T., Denich D, Barthlott W. and Demel Teketay. 2003. Forest vegetation of potential gene reserve for Coffea arabica L. in southwest Ethiopia. On the 17th AETFAT Congress, Addis Ababa, 21-26 September 2003.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole. 2003. Conservation and use of coffee genetic resources in Ethiopia: challenges and opportunities in the context of current global situations. On Globalization and Equity: the 4th Annual Global Development Network Conference. Cairo, Egypt, January 19-21, 2003.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole, Denich M., Borsch T., Demel Teketay, Vlek P.L.G. and Barthlott W. 2002. Biophysical criteria for reserve design: the case of coffee gene reserve zoning in Ethiopia. On the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Tucson, Arizona, August 4-9, 2002.

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole 2002. Conserving coffee and other forest flora in the mountain rainforests of Ethiopia. On Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society, University of York, York, UK. 18-20 December 2002.

Teaching material
Tadesse Woldemariam and Teshome Soromessa. 2005. Principles of Ecology and Conservation of Natural Resources: natural resources conservation. Module 2. . Department of Biology Education, College of Education, Addis Ababa University. 80 pages.

Tadesse Woldemariam and Teshome Soromessa. 2005. Principles of Ecology and Conservation of Natural Resources: basic principles of ecology. Module 1. . Department of Biology Education, College of Education, Addis Ababa University. 140 pages.

Teshome Soromessa and Tadesse Woldemariam 2005. Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany: algae, fungi and lichens. Module 1. Department of Biology Education, College of Education, Addis Ababa University. 80 pages.

Teshome Soromessa and Tadesse Woldemariam 2005. Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany: bryophytes and pteridophytes. Module 2. Department of Biology Education, College of Education, Addis Ababa University. 90 pages.

Consultancy Report
1.    Bird species diversity in the wetlands of Illubabor. The study was carried for an EU commissioned research programme, The Ethiopian Wetlands Research Programme. 20 pp. (1999)
2.    Forest Biodiversity, Management Practices and NTFP production. The study was carried out for an EU supported research project, the Non-timber Forest Products Research and Development Project. 52 pp. (2004)
3.    Impacts of Land use/ land cover changes in Masha and Anderacha Woredas of Sheka Zone SNNP regional state. A study report conducted for MELCA Mahiber. 208 pp.  (2005)
4.    An inventory of forest resources in Mejengir zone as a basis for participatory forest management. A study report for the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Illubabor Bethel Synod Development and Social Services Commission, Mejengir Zone Livelihood Security Project