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2011-12-15 | ethiopia | Climate change Aiming High, Going Green Ethiopia launches its strategy for Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) on 18 November 2011. EEPFE center director and senior researcher, Dr. Alemu Mekonnen, was part of the technical committee that worked on the strategy as representative from our host institution, the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI).
2011-11-21 | ethiopia | Agriculture Policy design Findings on sustainable agricultural practices presented at EEPFE Research seminar on the ''Interdependence in farmer technology adoption decisions in smallholder systems: Joint estimation of investments in sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) in Rural Tanzania'' was presented by Dr. Menale Kassie in Addis Ababa University on November 14, 2011.
2011-10-20 | ethiopia | Climate change First Climate Change and Development for Africa (CCDA-I) Conference This conference, held between October 17-19, 2011 at the UNECA in Addis Ababa, had the theme ‘Development First: Addressing Climate Change in Africa’. It aimed at strengthening Africa’s position and participation in international climate change negotiations with a view to ensuring adequate reflection of the continent’s concerns and priorities in a post-2012 international climate change regime. EEPFE participated in the conference and exhibition.
2011-08-29 | ethiopia | Climate change EfD researchers attended UNU-WIDER/AERC Climate Change Training After pursuing an online course for three weeks, Dr. Zenebe Gebreegziabher and Abebe Damte from EfD Ethiopia, attended a five-days training on Climate Change Science and Modeling of Biophysical Impacts, arranged by UNU-WIDER and AERC at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
2011-07-29 | ethiopia | Climate change EfD workshop on impact of climate change in Africa Over 60 representatives from various governmental and non-governmental organizations participated in this informative Climate Change Workshop organized together by EEPFE and EDRI on July 20. Ethiopian news media like the daily-published English newspaper the Ethiopian Herald reported on the workshop.
2011-05-17 | eeu sweden ethiopia | Behavior ec. Policy design What do policymakers know about the factors influencing people’s well-being? Press release from Environmental Economics Unit, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2011-05-13
2011-04-29 | china eeu sweden ethiopia kenya tanzania | Forestry Household Forest Values under Varying Management Regimes in Ethiopia A half day workshop was organized by EfD in Washington DC on April 21, 2011. Recent developments in forest management institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania were presented. EfD-Ethiopia coordinator, Dr. Alemu Mekonnen presented a paper on Household Forest Values under Varying Management Regimes in Ethiopia.
2011-02-08 | ethiopia | Climate change Forestry New Report says Forest Land Reform Stagnating, Posing Risks to Global Efforts to Combat Climate Change and Poverty Rapidly-rising food prices and growing demand for all land-based commodities, like palm oil and biofuels, are driving an intensive global land hunt that threatens the rights of hundreds of millions of local people living in tropical forests, according to a report released today by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI).
2010-12-09 | ethiopia | Climate change Forestry EfD Ethiopia co-organized African Regional Dialogue on forests, governance and climate change Women’s participation in decision making and strong land tenure rights and governance are essential if REDD+ and other climate change mitigation and adaptation measures are to achieve climate goals and provide local benefits. This was a key message from over 80 delegates at the Africa Regional Dialogue, which was organized by EfD Ethiopia together with Rights and Resources Initiative as a pre-event to the seventh African Development Forum.
2010-11-15 How can EfD research be more policy relevant? Chantal Line Carpentier, Sustainable Development Officer at UNDESA: “Cross-country comparisons of best practices and policies are extremely valuable as well as synthesis of lessons learned on a specific theme moving from the atomic to the holistic policy issue within and across countries,” says Carpentier when asked for her opinion on how EfD research be more policy relevant.
2010-11-01 Fourth EfD Annual Meeting completed The EfD Annual Meeting 2010 in Ethiopia, October 28-31, started with one day at UN Economic Commission for Africa focusing on how to make the most use of environmental economics research for development. Three days of research presentations and discussions followed together with key note speeches and a lecture on a multi-disciplinary approach to analyze Social Ecological Systems, designed by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom and applicable for EfD´s planned thematic research collaboration.
2010-10-22 | ethiopia | Policy design Policy Day to Precede 4th EfD Annual Meeting A day-long ‘Policy Day’ will precede the Fourth Environment for Development (EfD) Annual Meeting. The event, which will be hosted by Environmental Economics Policy Forum in Ethiopia (EEPFE) at Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), and UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA), will take place at UNECA Africa Hall in Addis Ababa on 28 October 2010.
2010-10-21 EEPFE Co-organizes RRI Africa Regional Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change The Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) and the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) co-organized the Africa Regional Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change, which took place at the United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 11th and 12th, 2010. The dialogue was attended by participants from across the Africa region, as well as RRI staff from the US.
2010-10-21 Presentation at the 3rd African Association of Agricultural Economists(AAAE) Dr.Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE), participates in the 3rd African Association of Agricultural Economists(AAAE) and 48th Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa(AEASA) Conference
2010-01-29 Green accounting puts price on Ethiopian soil erosion and deforestation Ethiopia loses large amounts of money due to deforestation and soil erosion. Recent research shows in monetary terms the value of the country’s natural resources and the costs of soil degradation. It also reveals that official government reports greatly underestimate the contribution of forests and soil resources to the national economy. A way for decision makers to address the problems is to adopt natural resource accounting.
2010-01-29 Networking and local language are keys to successful research communication Networking with non-governmental organizations and use of the local language proved to be crucial for successful communication of Ethiopian research findings. “Thanks to this, our workshop attracted influential experts and policy makers, and their participation was very active,” says Dr Alemu Mekonnen, researcher at the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) and coordinator of EfD in Ethiopia.
2009-11-16 EfD in Ethiopia participates in Dialogue on Ethiopian Agricultural Development It is in recognition of EfD in Ethiopia’s contributions towards agricultural development in Ethiopia, Dr Alemu Mekonnen, Coordinator of EfD in Ethiopia and Dr Menale Kassie were invited to participate in a prestigious and high profiled Dialogue on Ethiopian Agriculture organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on 12th November 2009.
2009-11-02 | ethiopia | Climate change Climate change lecture leading to the Copenhagen Summit A public lecture on climate change given by Professor Thomas Sterner, organized by EfD in Ethiopia, has been attended by His Excellency Dr Aberra Deressa, State Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) and Chairman of the National Climate Change Forum of Ethiopia on the 2nd November 2009. The lecture was attended by 45 members from federal and regional governmental offices, non-governmental organizations, donors and embassies.
2009-09-27 EfD represented in International Growth Week The International conference "Growth Week" organized by the International Growth Centre has been successfully completed.
2009-09-08 "Groundbreaking research from EfD in Ethiopia" During a half day workshop organized by EEPFE/EDRI (EfD in Ethiopia) and the Forum for Environment, Ato Alemnew Getnet, member of the Natural Resources & Environmental Protection Standing Committee of the House of Representative of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia said: "Thank you and very well done to EEPFE/EDRI for the groundbreaking research you have conducted towards accounting of natural resources in Ethiopia" . He also added "the efforts of EEPFE and Forum for Environment in publicizing this issue by organizing this workshop, should be praised and encouraged".
2009-06-06 Capital Newspaper Covers Conference Capital newspaper covered the Conference on Sustainalbe Land Managment and Poverty Alleviation held 18 - 19 May 2009 in Addis Abeba. The newspaper interviewed Dr Alemu Mekonnen.
2009-06-06 Ethiopian Television Interviews EfD Dr Gunnar Kohlin and Dr Menale Kassie were interviewed by Ethiopian Television and thier interviews were broadcast on the network's evening news.
2009-05-22 EfD/EEPFE calls for coordinated efforts for sustainable land management A two day international conference on sustainable land management and poverty alleviation which was held from 18 - 19 May 2009 organized by EfD/EEPFE has sucessfuly been completed in Addis Abeba.
2009-01-01 Alemu Mekonnen new coordinator for EfD in Ethiopia From January 2009 Alemu Mekonnen is the coordinator of the EfD Center in Ethiopia - EEPFE, Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia.
2008-12-18 How can African agriculture adapt to climate change? A panel of farmers and policy makers, 96 scientists, government agents, and other stakeholders took part in the workshop entitled "How can African agriculture adapt to climate change? Results and Conclusions for Ethiopia and beyond", held in Nazret 11–13 December and organized by EfD Ethiopia/EEPFE and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) .
2008-08-20 EEPFE holds second sustainable land management (SLM) workshop The second SLM workshop was organized in the town of Mekelle, Tigray Region in Northern Ethiopia, from August 8 – 9, 2008. This event was organized jointly by Mekelle University (MU) and Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia of the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EEPFE/EDRI).
2008-05-29 Postdoc position at EfD Center for Ethiopia Postdoc position at EfD Center for Ethiopia - Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia
2008-03-24 EfD contributes to forest research program for Ethiopia A meeting to shape research to support increased forest cover in Ethiopia was held on 24 March 2008 at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute in Addis Ababa.
2007-06-01 EEPFE conducted a national workshop EEPFE conducted a national workshop with the theme “institutionalization of the collaborative research and capacity building for sustainable agriculture, natural resource management, and policy research in Amhara National Regional State.”

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