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- Since July 2020
Researcher in the project "A Social-Ecological Approach to Enhance Tree Diversity in Farmland with Application to a Cultural Landscape in Ethiopia" German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt - DBU), Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI), Faculty of sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg
- August 2019-June 2020
Attended German Language Course (A2, B1 and Berufssprachkurs B2) at Volkshochschule (vhs) REGION Lüneburg but discontinued due to COVID-19
- June 2015-August 2019
Research Associate and PhD Student within the project "Identifying social-ecological system properties benefitting biodiversity and food security" funded by the European Research Council, Institute of Ecology, Faculty of sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Joern Fischer
- December 2013-December 2014
Senior Forest and Landscape Advisor SFLA) within project “Wild Coffee/biodiversity Conservation- participatory forest management” at South-West Forest and Landscape Groupings (SWFLG) and Ethio-Wetlands and Natural Resources Association
- February 2010-December 2013
Assistant Researcher within different forestry and agroforestry research projects at different research centres of Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- July 2007-December 2009
Masters of Science (M.Sc.) Degree student in Tropical Forestry and Management at Technical University of Dresden, Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Tharandt, Germany. Awarded DAAD Scholarship for two months German language preparatory course and M.Sc. study at TU- Dresden
- December 2004-July 2007
Junior Researcher in Forestry and Agroforestry research department at EIAR
- October 2001-July 2004
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree student at Forestry, Debub University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry, Ethiopia
- May 2000-October 2001
Research Technical Assistant in Forestry and Agroforestry research department at EIAR
- October 1996-May 2000
Research Technical Assistant in Forestry and Agroforestry research department at Oromia Agricultural Research Institute
- November 1994-June 1996
Diploma student in Forestry at Wondo Genet College of Forestry, Ethiopia
Keywords
- Environmental planning
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Research collaborations from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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SESyP: Identifying Social-Ecological System Properties Benefiting Biodiversity and Food Security
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Hanspach, J. (Coordination), Schultner, J. (Coordination), Dorresteijn, I. (Coordination), Collier, N. (Coordination), Dugo, G. S. (Project staff), Rodrigues, P. (Project staff), Jiren, T. S. (Project staff) & Manlosa, A. O. (Project staff)
European Research Council (ERC)
01.06.14 → 31.05.19
Project: Research
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Characterising landscape homogenisation: a qualitative approach based on five case studies
Cortés-Capano, G., Shumi, G., Raatikainen, K. J., Mahdavi-Nezhad, Z. & Loos, J., 04.2025, In: Ecosystems and People. 21, 1, 13 p., 2485282.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Applying social-ecological system resilience principles to the context of woody vegetation management in smallholder farming landscapes of the Global South
Shumi, G., Loos, J. & Fischer, J., 05.2024, In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 17 p., 2339222.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus) -
Future ecosystem service provision under land-use change scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Brueck, M., Shumi, G., Law, E., Benra, F., Schultner, J., Nemomissa, S., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 2024, In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 14 p., 2321613.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access14 Citations (Scopus) -
Land use intensification causes the spatial contraction of woody-plant based ecosystem services in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Law, E., Shumi, G., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 263.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
National ecosystem restoration pledges are mismatched with social-ecological enabling conditions
Benra, F., Brück, M., Sigman, E., Pacheco-Romero, M., Shumi, G., Abson, D. J., Frietsch, M. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 731.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access13 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Woody-plant based ecosystem services based on household survey: Data from southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W. (Creator), Dugo, G. S. (Creator) & Fischer, J. (Creator), Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 11.03.2024
DOI: 10.48548/pubdata-53, https://pubdata.leuphana.de/handle/20.500.14123/72
Dataset
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Understanding relational values in cultural landscapes in Romania and Germany
Riechers, M. (Contributor), Balázsi, Á. (Contributor), Engler, J.-O. (Contributor), Shumi, G. (Contributor) & Fischer, J. (Contributor), ZENODO, 20.07.2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j3tx95xdx, https://zenodo.org/records/5118081
Dataset
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Understanding relational values in cultural landscapes in Romania and Germany
Riechers, M. (Contributor), Balázsi, Á. (Contributor), Engler, J.-O. (Contributor), Shumi, G. (Contributor) & Fischer, J. (Contributor), ZENODO, 20.07.2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5110884, https://zenodo.org/records/5110884
Dataset
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Data from: Land use legacy effects on woody vegetation in agricultural landscapes of southwestern Ethiopia
Shumi, G. (Creator), Schultner, J. (Creator), Dorresteijn, I. (Creator), Rodrigues, P. (Creator), Hanspach, J. (Creator), Hylander, K. (Creator), Senbeta, F. (Creator) & Fischer, J. (Creator), DRYAD, 08.03.2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1kd43s5, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.1kd43s5
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