Research projects

1. Exploring Natural, Archaeological, and Historical Tourism Resources and  Community Based  Ecotourism  Development: the case of Adwa , Meqdela and Afar destinations of  multiple tourist attractions
2. The Choke Mountains Research and Development Initiative: Sustaining the Blue Nile Basin Ecosystems

3.    Research-inspired Policy & Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region (RiPPLE)

4.    Paleo-environmental Reconstruction of Ancient lakes and   Exploration of associated economic minerals and fossils

5.    In Search of Sustainable Catchments and Basin-wide Solidarities Trans-boundary Water: Management of the Blue Nile River Basin

Research agenda

1.Environmental Management for Sustainable Development

·   Establishing Local level Environmental Action Plan and implementation

·   Rehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands

·   Pollution control and management

·   Integrated waste management

2.    Integrated Natural Resources Management

·   Sustainable land management

·   Integrated  watershed management

·   Sustainable biodiversity conservation and management

·   Dry land natural resources management

·   Sustainable forest management and Agro-forestry

·   Integrated wetland management

3.    Water Resources Management and development

·   Integrated water use and management

·   Water supply and sanitation

·   Irrigation management

·   Management of trans-boundary  rivers and benefit sharing

·   Water harvesting

4.    Climate changes and adaptation mechanisms

·   Land use change dynamics and climate changes

·   Assessment of climate changes and copping mechanisms

·   Adaptation and mitigation measures in agriculture

·   Paleo-environmental  reconstruction to understand present climatic changes

5.    Tourism and Development

·   Valuation and mapping of tourism resources

·   Action research and scaling-up of research outputs in to community based ecotourism

·   Challenges in implementation of research outputs in community based ecotourism