Full Name

Gemedo Dalle                                                    

Education attend

·         PhD in Agricultural Scinces (Rangeland Ecology) from  Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany

·         MSc in Botanical Sciences and BSc in Applied Biology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Academic rank

Associate Professor  (Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Management)

Working for AAU Since

June  2014

Administrative positions held if any/past and present

·         Minister, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of Ethiopia (November 2016 to October 2018).

·         Chair for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) (2011 to 2014). 

·         Director General,  Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute (September 2011 to October 2016).

·         Board Chairman, Madda Walabu University (2016 to 2018).

·         Board member of Gulalle Botanical Garden (2012 to 2018).

·         Director, Genetic Resources Transfer and Regulation Directorate, Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2009 – 2011).

·         Head, Forest Genetic Resources Conservation Department Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2004 – 2009).

Awards ——— –

Recognitions——-

Memberships of international bodies/ journals- editorial roles initiatives etc.

Memberships (some of them):

·         Task Force for Plociy Support Tools and Methodologies, Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

·         Association for Development and Biodiversity Conservation ( Board Member, since  January 2004).

·         Biological Society of Ethiopia

·         Forest Society of Ethipia

Address

Campus: Arat Kilo

Building name: Post Graduate Building

Floor number: 1st

Office room no.:  103

Office Tel:

Mobile: +251911887041

University email ID: gemedo.dalle@aau.edu.et  

Alternative email ID: gemedod@yahoo.com

Research interest/not more than hundred words

. Biodiversity assessments in different ecosystems

. Vegetation ecology

.  Rangeland management strategies

. Biodiversity conservation

. Climate change

. Ecosystem rehabilitation/restoration

. Indigenous knowledge

Publications on reputable journals

Some Selected Publications

• Gete Zewudu and Gemedo Dalle. In Press. Forage Species Diversity and Perception of Farmers on Rangeland Resources in Tikur Incinni District, Oromia, Ethiopia. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation. Accepted: 27 September 2019.
• Mengistu Teshome, Gemedo Dalle and Zebene Asfaw. 2019. Comparative Analysis of Woody Species Diversity and Abundance in Mount Duro Natural Forest and Adjacent Agricultural Landscape, Nagelle Arsi, Oromia, Ethiopia. Journal of Natural Sciences Research 9(15).  DOI: 10.7176/JNSR. ISSN 2224-3186 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0921 (Online)
• Gete Zewudu and Gemedo Dalle. 2019. Evaluation of Nutritive Value of Some Native Forage Species in Tikur Incinni District, Oromia, Ethiopia. Forage Res., 45 (2): 103-110. ISSN 0972-7183. forageresearch.in
• Marshet Gijan and Gemedo Dalle. 2019. Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Nagelle Arsi District, West Arsi Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. Journal of Natural Sciences Research  9 (13). ISSN 2224-3186 (Paper). ISSN 2225-0921 (Online).  DOI: 10.7176/JNSR
•  Amanuel Ayanaw Abune and Gemedo Dalle. 2018. Woody Species Diversity, Structure and Regeneration Status of Yemrehane Kirstos Church Forest of Lasta Woreda, North Wollo Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia. International Journal of Forestry Research. Volume 2018, Article ID 5302523, 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5302523
• Mersha Ashagre Eshete, Ensermu Kelbessa and  Gemedo Dalle. 2016. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Guji Agro-pastoralists, Bule hora District of Borana Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies 4(2): 170-184.
• Gemedo Dalle. 2015. Floristic Composition, Populations Structure and Conservation Status of Woody Species in Shashemenne-Munessa Natural Forest, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Biodiversity 1(1): 21-44. 
• Gemedo Dalle. 2015. Research on genetic Resources and Indigenous Knowledge in the framework of the Ethiopian ABS law. In: Evanson Chege Kamau, Gerd Winter and Peter-Tobias Stoll (eds.) Research and Development on Genetic Resources. Public domain approaches in implementing the Nagoya Protocol. PP 125-131.
• Acga Cheng, Sean Mayes, Gemedo Dalle, Sebsebe Demissew and Festo Massawe. 2015. Diversifying crops for food and nutrition security – a case of teff. Biological Reviews (2015). doi: 10.1111/brv.12225. Cambridge Philosophical Society.

·         Kifle Kidane Geneme, Kitessa Hundera and  Gemedo Dalle. 2015. Species Diversity and Structural Analysis of Komba-Daga Moist Evergreen Forest, Kaffa Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Life Sciences 5(3): 14-23.

·         Kedir Aliyi, Kitessa Hundera and Gemedo Dalle. 2015. Floristic Composition, Vegetation Structure and Regeneration Status of Kimphe Lafa Natural Forest, Oromia Regional State, West Arsi, Ethiopia. Research & Reviews: Journal of Life Sciences 5(1): 19–32p.

·         Sandra Dı´az, Sebsebe Demissew, Julia Carabias, Carlos Joly, Mark Lonsdale, Neville Ash, Anne Larigauderie, Jay Ram Adhikari, Salvatore Arico, Andra´ s Ba´ ldi, Ann Bartuska, Ivar Andreas Baste, Adem Bilgin, Eduardo Brondizio, Kai MA Chan, Viviana Elsa Figueroa, Anantha Duraiappah, Markus Fischer, Rosemary Hill, Thomas Koetz, Paul Leadley, Philip Lyver, Georgina M Mace, Berta Martin-Lopez, Michiko Okumura, Diego Pacheco, Unai Pascual, Edgar Selvin Pe´ rez, Belinda Reyers, Eva Roth, Osamu Saito, Robert John Scholes, Nalini Sharma, Heather Tallis, Randolph Thaman, Robert Watson, Tetsukazu Yahara, Zakri Abdul Hamid, Callistus Akosim, Yousef Al-Hafedh, Rashad Allahverdiyev, Edward Amankwah, Stanley T Asah, Zemede Asfaw, Gabor Bartus, Anathea L Brooks, Jorge Caillaux, Gemedo Dalle, Dedy Darnaedi, Amanda Driver, Gunay Erpul, Pablo Escobar-Eyzaguirre, Pierre Failler, Ali Moustafa Mokhtar Fouda, Bojie Fu, Haripriya Gundimeda, Shizuka Hashimoto, Floyd Homer, Sandra Lavorel, Gabriela Lichtenstein, William Armand Mala, Wadzanayi Mandivenyi, Piotr Matczak, Carmel Mbizvo, Mehrasa Mehrdadi, Jean Paul Metzger, Jean Bruno Mikissa, Henrik Moller, Harold A Mooney, Peter Mumby, Harini Nagendra, Carsten Nesshover, Alfred Apau Oteng-Yeboah, Gyo¨ rgy Pataki, Marie Roue´, Jennifer Rubis, Maria Schultz, Peggy Smith, Rashid Sumaila, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Spencer Thomas, Madhu Verma, Youn Yeo-Chang and Diana Zlatanova. 2015. The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14:1–16.

• Gemedo Dalle, Brigitte L. Maass  and Johannes Isselstein. 2014. Relationships between Vegetation Composition and Environmental Variables in the Borana Rangelnads, Southern Oromia, Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 37(1):1–12.
• Niguse Bekele Dirbaba, Mekuria Argaw Denboba and Gemedo Dalle Tussie. 2014. Plant Diversity and Vegetation Structure in Encroached and Non-encroached Areas of Borana  Rangelands: The Case of Hallona and Medhacho Pastoralist Associations. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 4 (9):787-796
• Gebremicael Fisaha, Kitessa Hundera and Gemedo Dalle. 2013. Woody plants’ diversity, structural analysis and regeneration status of Wof Washa natural forest, North-east Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology 51(4): 599-608. doi:10.1111/aje.12071.
• Bishaw, Badege, Henry Neufeldt, Jeremias Mowo, Abdu Abdelkadir, Jonathan Muriuki, Gemedo Dalle, Tewodros Assefa, Kathleen Guillozet, Habtemariam Kassa, Ian K. Dawson, Eike Luedeling, and Cheikh Mbow. 2013.Farmers’ Strategies for Adapting to and Mitigating Climate Variability and Change through Agroforestry in Ethiopia and Kenya. edited by Caryn M. Davis, Bryan Bernart, and Aleksandra Dmitriev. Forestry Communications Group, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. USA 96 pp.

• Haile Adamu Wale, Tamrat Bekele and Gemedo Dalle. 2012.  Plant community and ecological analysis of woodland vegetation in Metema Area, Amhara National Regional State, Northwestern Ethiopia. Journal of Forestry Research 23(4): 599- 607. DOI 10.1007/s11676-012-0300-2.
• Haile Adamu Wale, Tamrat Bekele and Gemedo Dalle. 2012. Floristic diversity, regeneration status, and vegetation structure of woodlands in Metema Area, Amhara National Regional State, Northwestern Ethiopia. Journal of Forestry Research 23(3): 391- 398. DOI: 10.1007/s11676-012-0275-z.
• Gemedo Dalle, B. Maass and J. Isselstein. 2006. Rangeland condition and trend in the semi-arid Borana lowlands, southern Oromia, Ethiopia. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 23 (1) 49-58.
• Gemedo Dalle, B. Maass and J. Isselstein 2006. Woody plants encroachment and its impact on pastoral production in the Borana lowlands, Southern Oromia, Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology 44 (2): 237-246. doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-2028.2006.00638.x
• Gemedo-Dalle, J. Isselstein and B. Maass. 2006. Indigenous knowledge of Borana pastoralists in southern Ethiopia and current challenges. The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 13(2):113-130.
• Gemedo Dalle, B. Maass and J. Isselstein. 2005. Plant communities and their species diversity in the semi-arid rangelands of Borana lowlands, southern Oromia, Ethiopia. Community Ecology  6(2): 167-176.
• Gemedo-Dalle, B. Maass and J. Isselstein. 2005. Plant biodiversity and ethnobotany of Borana pastoralists in southern Oromia, Ethiopia. Journal of Economic Botany 59 (1): 43-65.

Teaching Philosophy

I believe in participatory and inspiring approach of teaching with students actively engaging in discussions. Therefore, my teaching philosophy is providing well organized  necessary key points for each topic with sufficient examples, raising questions for discussions, listening to all kinds of reactions/reflections from my students and then summarizing each topics.

I always prepare my course contents in a way students could have a conducive learning environment for that specified course but also to be able to apply acquired knowledge for thier life time to be successful in diverse fields. I provide them all the necessary materials including lecture notes and reading materials and also encourage them to practice independent activities such as review papers. By doing so, I believe they are motivated for further reading and also in applying their knowledge to solve problems in their lives.

For evaluating and grading, I always use continuous assessment in the form of individual and group assignments, term papers, mid-term and final examinations.