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PARAECOLOGIST PROGRAMMES

South African and Namibian paraecologists producing a documentary about their work.

Group photo at a paraecologist training course at the Wondo Genet College, Ethiopia.

Paraecologist Robert Mukuya (Namibia) giving a presentation about his work at a side event during the Convention on Biological Diversity COP 9 in Bonn in 2008.

South African paraecologists at work, pressing and processing herbarium specimens.

Paraecologists in Madagascar during field work.

Paraecologist maintaining automatic weather station in South Africa.

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The Arboretum and Tree Nursery of the Haramaya University

The Herbarium of the Haramaya University

The tree nursery of the Haramaya University provides trees for watershed management to the local communities

Workers preparing seeds for the Haramaya tree nursery

Solomon Estifanos (Haramaya University) shows the facilities to the ARBONETH experts

Greenhouses of the Haramaya tree nursery

Beds of the tree nursery of the Haramaya University

The oldest Arboretum of Ethiopia at the Haramaya University was established in the 1960s

Inside the arboretum of the Haramaya University

The Medicinal Plant Garden and the Tree Nursery of the Debre Birhan University at Ankober

In high altitudes above 2.500 m a.s.l. you will find the Medicinal Plant Garden and the Tree Nursery of the Debre Berhan University. The nursery is close to the “ancient” palace of emperor Menelik II. Debre BErhan University uses this place to grow indige

Dr. Peter Borchardt (ARBONETH Project Manager) and Dr. Ermias Lulekal Molla together with the nursery staff. For 2016 we plan an improvement of the garden to plant more efficient in the future.

The Tree Nurseries of the Konso Development Agency

More than three tree nurseries exist in close to the town of Karat in South Ethiopia. This area is inhabited by the tribe of the Konso. The Konso are well known for their terrace building, water harvesting and community and village structure. The agricult

Ato Derese Kochena is one of the masterminds behind the Konso tree nurseries. Together we plan trainings of the staff of the ARBONETH partner universities, because the nurseries of Konso Development Agency are really a best-practise example.

Payaya (Carica papaya) as well as Mango (Mangifera indica) are very popular fruit-trees in Ethiopia.

The Konso nursery staff prepares the soil for the pots.

Seedlings of Moringa stenopetala. Moringa the cabbage-tree is an indigenous, multipurpose tree producing edible leaves, seeds used for the purification of water, and traditional medicinal products. The Konsos use this tree as food and medicine since many

Wondo Genet College for Forestry and Natural Resources

Inside the Tree Nursery of the Wondo Genet College, Ms. Seble Metaferia explains her staff how to prepare healthy seedlings of various indigenous and exotic tree species.

Coffea is a popular species inside the Wondo Genet College Tree Nursery. Local farmers like to use Coffee for agroforestry and to produce an additional income.

The new gate of the Wondo Genet College Arboretum. The gate raises awareness of students, guests and college staff on the Arboretum. Meanwhile many students use the Arboretum as a place to study and to relax. The gate was build in 2014 as a result of the

The 2015 finished Information Center of the Wondo Genet College Arboretum. Up to 30 students can listen to lectures and discuss e.g. the taxonomy of tree species inside this airy, round hut. ARBONETH provided several posters on the importance of ex situ c