3. Further Education/Short-Term Courses Attended

Curriculum Vitae

1. Personal data Family name Desta Mailing address First names Lulseged Tamene University of Bonn (ZEF) Nationality Ethiopian Walter Flex. Str. 3 Date of birth 21.01.1969 53113 Bonn Place of birth Wollo, Ethiopia Germany Sex Male Phone: 00+49-228-731912 Marital status Married E-mail: [email protected] Children 2 [email protected]

2. Educational background Academic Name and place of Years credentials Main Subjects School/College/University attended obtained From To Fita and Akesta Primary and Sept. June Elementary school Secondary School 1976 1981 complete Borena Comprehensive Sept. June 12th Grade complete Social Sciences Secondary School (Ethiopia) 1981 1985 (certificate) Bahir Dar Teachers’ College Sept. June Diploma Geography (Ethiopia) 1985 1987 Addis Ababa University Sept. Nov. BA Degree Geography (Ethiopia) 1991 1993 Cranfield University (UK) Sept. Dec. MSc Degree Applied Remote 1995 1996 Sensing and GIS University of Bonn (Germany Oct. Aug. PhD Ecology and Resources 2001 2005 Management

3. Further Education/Short-term courses attended Name and place Time/period Main Subjects Agricultural University of Norway Dec. 1994 “GIS applications in developing countries” Centre for Arid Zone Studies Feb. 1999 "Database management in a GIS" (CAZS), University of Wales, UK Centre for Development Research, Sept. 2001 Mathematical Modelling and Statistics ZEF (Germany) University of Bonn (ZEI) Nov. 2001 Remote sensing applications ZFL, Bonn, Germany Jan. 2002 Remote Sensing of Vegetation Covers Enschede, ITC (The Netherlands) March 2002 Land evaluation and land use planning 4. Work Experience Name and place of work Time/period Title of work/post Employer Mida, N. Shewa, Ethiopia Sept. 1987 – Aug. 1990 Teaching at high school Ministry of Education Tigray, Mekelle, Ethiopia Nov. 1994 – Aug. 1995 Assistant Lecture Mekelle University Tigray, Mekelle, Ethiopia Jan. 1997 – July 2001 Lecturer1 Mekelle University Center for Development Aug. 2005 - Senior Researcher2 (ZEF), University of Research (ZEF) Bonn 1I was also involved in additional research and short-term training activities in the applications of remote sensing and GIS for resources management, early warning systems, and erosion risk assessment and land use planning and evaluation conducted in the Mekelle University (1997- 2001). 2Includies lecturing PhD students and assisting them in writing their proposals, field works and writing their Thesis. Main areas of work are Ghana and Burkina Faso (GLOWA-Volta Project) and Ethiopia.

5. Administrative Responsibilities Responsibility Time Place Department Head, General Agriculture 1998 – July 2001 Mekelle University Coordinator of the Continuing Education Program 1999 – July 2001 Mekelle University

6. Language skills Language Speaking Writing Reading Listening/Understanding Amharic Mother tongue Mother tongue Mother tongue Mother tongue English Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good German Very little Very little Very little Very little

7. Special knowledge/Experience - Modelling soil erosion-reservoir siltation processes in a GIS platform; - Identification of hotspot areas of erosion using distributed soil erosion models; - Application of satellite images for vegetation status monitoring; - Modelling land use/land cover changes using satellite images; - Application of remote sensing (RS) and GIS in environmental risk assessment; - Land use planning and land evaluation methodologies; - Copping and adaptation strategies of farmers to climate change; - Practical experiences on rural participatory appraisal processes (especially in land use planning and land cover change analysis); - GIS based landscape analysis for decision support system; - Applications of GIS and remote sensing in ecology and resources management; - Mapping land degradation and poverty based on GIS and participatory approaches; - Monitoring and predicting environmental degradation based on geo-spatial integration of biophysical and socio-economic data; - Integration of spatial and non-spatial data to analyze land use change - Well acquainted with multi-agent and cellular automata models for resources management and spatial scenario analysis to assess impacts of biophysical, socio-economic and policy issues. 2 8. Software related experience Well acquainted with different programs including: - statistical packages such as SPSS, EXCEL, ACCESS, SURFER - GIS-programs such as ARC/INFO, ArcView, ArcGIS, SPANS - Remote sensing programs such as ERDAS, IDRISI

9. Award/s won Gold Medal for the Best Student of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University,(Nov. 1993).

10. Reports/Publications 1. Tamene, L., 1993. Residential Preference of the Peoples of Addis: the case of Bole Area. An essay submitted to the Department of Geography, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, September, 1993.

2. Tamene, L., 1996. Vegetation Status Monitoring Using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI (1980- 1900) data: case study in Ethiopia. Thesis submitted to a partial fulfilment of the Degree of Masters of Arts, School of Agriculture, Silsoe College, UK, September, 1996.

3. Tamene, L. Lemma, M., 1998. Investigation of Opportunities for and Constraints to Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation Innovations in order to Formulate Enabling Environments for Farmer Innovations. ISWC Phase II Project. Mekelle University, Ethiopia. 1998.

4. Tamene, L., 1998. Vegetation status monitoring using satellite images.1999. In Haile et al (eds.). Proceedings of the national workshop on challenges and opportunities for research and development in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Ethiopia. 16-18 December 1998. Dryland Husbandry Project-Ethiopia. Mekelle University. Mekelle, Ethiopia.

5. Tamene, L., 2000. GIS Applications for the Assessment of the Influences of Biophysical Factors on Land Management Practices in Tigray. A Report submitted for IFPRI-ILRI-MU Joint Project. Mekelle University.

6. Dires, T., Mitiku, H., Fikru, Y., Tamene, L., 2001. Assessment of Rangeland Conditions and Livestock Mobility Pattern in Aba'ala Woreda, North Afar. Field Survey and Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Mekelle University.

7. Tamene, L., Park, S., Vlek, P. 2003. GIS-based assessment of erosion processes in a highly degraded environment, northern Ethiopia: major drivers, accelerating factors and significance to reservoir siltation. Proceedings of the ESSC COST 623 Conference. 5-8 July 2003. Budapest, Hungary.

8. Tamene, L., Park, S., Vlek, P. 2004. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques to understand major processes triggering reservoir sedimentation in the highlands of Ethiopia. Deutscher Tropentag 2004. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 3 9. Tamene, L and Vlek, P.L.G., 2005c. A GIS-based landscape characterization to assess soil erosion and sediment delivery potential of catchments in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. A paper presented in a “Desertification and Land degradation” conference, September 2005, Trier, Germany.

10. Tamene, L., Park, S., Dikau, R., Vlek, P., (in press). Analysis of factors determining sediment yield variability in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. Geomorphology.

11. Tamene, L., Park, S., Dikau, R., Vlek, P., (in press). Reservoir sedimentation assessment in the semi-arid highlands of northern Ethiopia: rate of sediment yield -catchment area relationship and a semi-quantitative approach for predicting sediment yield. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

12. Tamene, L., Vlek, P. Assessing the potential of changing land use/cover architecture in reducing sediment yields of catchments in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (submitted).

13. Tamene, L., Vlek, P. Predicting landscape susceptibility to soil erosion using the USPED model: a GIS-based case study in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. (In preparation).

14. Tamene, L. (2005). Reservoir siltation in the drylands of northern Ethiopia: causes, source areas and management options (PhD Thesis, Ecology and Development Series 30, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn).

10. Referees

1. Prof. Dr. Paul L.G. Vlek, Director, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Centre for Development Research (ZEF) Walter Flex. Str. 3 D-53113 Bonn Gernany Tel: +49 (0) 228 / 73-1866 Fax: +49 (0) 228 / 73-1889 E-mail: [email protected]

2. Prof. Dr. Richard Dikau University of Bonn Department of Geography Meckenheimer Allee 156 53115 Bonn Germany Tel: +49 (0) 228 / 73-3689 Fax: +49 (0) 228 / 73-9099 E-mail: [email protected]

4 3. Ass. Prof. Soojin Park Seoul National University College of Social Sciences Department of Geography Seoul 151-742 Korea Tel: +82-02-880-9007 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]