Independent experts nominated by country party
Eshetu Yirdaw
Title
Dr.
First name
Eshetu
Last name
Yirdaw
Gender
Male
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Biodiversity and ecosystem sciences
Desertification
Forestry
Soil science
Other Disciplines
Adaptation; Afforestation; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Conservation; Deforestation; Ecological resilience; Ecosystem services; Environmental degradation; Land degradation; Land restoration/reclamation; Reforestation; Soil degradation Sustainable agriculture; Vegetation change, Vegetation degradation
UN languages spoken
English
Geographical Focus
Finland
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Thailand
Viet Nam
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Sudan
Job function
Senior University Lecturer
Email
eshetu.yirdaw@helsinki.fi
Telephone number
+358 2941 58115
Work experience
I was the leader of the "Higher Education Institutions Institutional Cooperation Instrument (HEI-ICI)" funded project Strengthening Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development in Vietnam (CLIDEV) project (2020-2024).The partner institutions in the project were two universities from Finland and four universities from Vietnam. I was also the leader of Academy of Finland funded project (2013-2014) entitled “Private agricultural investments and land use change impact on the adaptive capacity of local communities to climate change in Mozambique”.
I was the leader of the HEI-ICI project (2013-2015) entitled “ Forest Landscape Rehabilitation in the Mekong River Basin (FORMEB)”. The partner institutions were the University of Helsinki and the National University of Laos.
I was the leader of the HEI-ICI project (2013-2015) entitled “ Forest Landscape Rehabilitation in the Mekong River Basin (FORMEB)”. The partner institutions were the University of Helsinki and the National University of Laos.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
PhD, TROPICAL FORESTRY, UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI. 2002
Number of Publications
26
Publication titles
Yirdaw, E., Tigabu, M., Monge, A. 2017. Rehabilitation of degraded dryland ecosystems – review. Silva Fennica, 51 (1B): 75-106.
Yirdaw, E. Kanninen, M., Monge, A. 2023. Synergies and Trade-Offs between Biodiversity and carbon in Ecological Compensation. Sustainability. doi.org/10.3390/su151511930.
Yirdaw, E., Monge, A., Austin, D., Toure, I. 2019. Recovery of floristic diversity, composition and structure of regrowth forests on fallow lands: implications for conservation and restoration of degraded forestlands in Laos.. New Forests.
Yirdaw, E., Starr, M., Negash, M, Yimer, F. 2015. Influence of topographic aspect on floristic diversity, structure and treeline of afromontane cloud forests in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Journal of Forestry Research. 26(4): 919-931.
Yirdaw, E. & Leinonen, K. 2002. Seed germination responses of four afromontane tree species to red/far-red ratio and temperature. Forest Ecology and Management 168 (1-3): 53-61.
Other activities
Member of the Finnish agroforestry network.
Organisation name
University of Helsinki
Organisation nature
Academic
Organisation street address
Latokartanonkaari 7, P.O.BOX 27
Organisation city
Helsinki
Organisation country
Finland
Organisation website