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Supporting Conservation of Farmers’ Seed Varieties

13 Feb, 13

What are Farmers’ Seed Varieties? Farmers’ seed varieties are crop species, which are developed by natural processes, by adaptation to the natural and cultural environment in which they live. Farmers have selected, domesticated and put in use their crop varieties

Media briefing

12 Feb, 13

Community Based Agro-biodiversity Management (CBAM), MELCA-Ethiopia Program
Recently, a group of filmmakers was at Ejere kebele, in Lome woreda, Eastern Showa Zone of Oromia Regional State. The group had a visit to the kebele to document the story of how

Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve

11 Feb, 13

Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve Sheka Forest is found in Sheka zone of the SNNPR. It covers a unique bio-geographic unit in the area, extending from cold and very wet highlands bordering Illubabor zone of Oromia regional state and Kafa zone

Melca Sheka brochure

11 Feb, 13

Why and when did MELCA start a project in Sheka
Sheka is one of the few places in Ethiopia endowed with immense cultural and biological resources. A significant proportion of the few remaining afro-montane forest coverage of the country is

Forests of Sheka

10 May, 11

This book is the first product of MELCA Mahiber's engagement in research and advocacy in sustainable management of environment and conservation of indigenous knowledge and culture. click her to download the pdf file

Proceedings

Proceedings of National Workshops on Seed Issues, Ecological Agriculture and Related laws

In 2011, MELCA-Ethiopia has organized three distinct workshops on the subject of Generic Seed Issues, Ecological Agriculture and Related Laws in Ethiopia for three supposedly influential stakeholders in the subject matter. These are parliamentarians, agricultural researchers and media people. The workshops were organized based on the recommendation forwarded on a seed workshop organized for other stakeholders in 2010. The sensitization workshops on Generic Seed Issues, Ecological Agriculture and Related Laws were organized for media people, parliamentarians and agricultural researchers on Sept. 2, 2011, Dec. 14, 2011 and Dec. 16-17, 2011 respectively. Click here to download the pdf file

Rapid Assessment of Biofuels Development Status in Ethiopia And Proceedings of the National Workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment and Biofuels

Why is MELCA worried about agro-fuels, commonly called biofuels? One of the cornerstones of MELCA’s work is a growing concept called biocultural diversity. click here to download the pdf file

Proceeding of EIA WS

The “National Workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment for Implementation and Challenges” took place on April 16, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel. Participants included members of the Federal Democratic Ethiopia House of Peoples Representative..click here to download the pdf file

Chilimo Workshop Proceeding

The question of the protection of forest is rather a tricky one. Some foresters feel that management of the resource is a government responsibility to be carried out with the help of the people. Practically speaking, however, click here to download the pdf file