Publications of the department

• Hiemstra, S.J., Drucker, A.G., Tvedt, M.W., Louwaars, N., Oldenbroek, J.K., Kassahun Awgichew, Solomon
• Abegaz, S., Bhat, P.N., & Mariante A. da Silva (2006). Exchange, Use and Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources: policy and Regulatory Options, Centre for Genetic Resources (CGN), Wageningen University and Research Centre, CGN Report 2006/06, The Netherlands, 24p.
• Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (2004). The State of Ethiopia's Farm Animal Genetic Resources: Country Report. A contribution to the First Report on the State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources. Authored by Kassahun Awgichew, Misikire Tessema, Million Tadesse, Asfaw Tolossa, Sisay Lemma and Hizkias Ketema (National Report Drafting Committee), May 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 90p. Link to document
• Misikire Tessema, Endalkachew Yihun, Beimnet Gashawbeza and Yitebitu Mogos (2003). Impacts and trends of the current drought in Afar and Somali regional states and three zones of Oromia regional state, and short and long term development options (Amharic), IBCR and EARO, 110p.
• Misikire Tessema (2007). Guideline for sustainable use and conservation of Aquatic Animal Genetic Resources of Koka Reservoir (under way).
• Misikire Tessema and Kassahun Awgichew (2003). Factors exacerbating the effect of drought on livestock in Afar
• Regional State, IBCR Newsletter, pp. 12 – 14.
• Misikire Tessema (2003). Fisheries resources base of Ethiopia: Challenges for conservation& utilization. First
• Annual Conference of Ethiopian Wildlife Association, 24-25 July 2003, A.A, Ethiopia (Abstract).
• Misikire Tessema (2004). The role of fisheries and aquaculture in poverty alleviation and food security. In: Seyoum
• Mengistu and Ensermu Kelbessa (Eds). Modernizing Agriculture: A way out of food insecurity? Proceedings of a National Workshop organized by The Biological Society of Ethiopia, A.A., Feb., 19–20 2004, pp. 87-99.
• Misikire Tessema (2005). Manipulation of sex ratios in Nile tilapias (Oreochrmis niloticus). A paper presented on
• Biotechnology panel orgaized by EARO, A.A., Ethiopia, 28 July 2005.
• Misikire Tessema, Andreas Mueller-Belecke and Gabriele Hoerstgen-Schwark (2006). Effect of rearing
temperatures on the sex ratios of Oreochromis niloticus populations, Aquaculture 258: 270-277.
• Misikire Tessema (2007). The First Report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources: The Process. A
• paper presented on Workshop on Managing Animal Genetic Resources in Africa: Strategies, Priorities, Livestock Keepers’ Rights and the Way Forward (Addis Workshop, 24-25 May 2007) and published in ESAP News Letter, April-June Issue, Issue 15 2007, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
• Yirmed Demeke 1994. Elephants in the Mago National Park, south Ethiopia - Assessment of numbers, distribution and movements. Walia, 15:22-32.
• Yirmed Demeke 1996. The birds of Mago National Park, Ethiopia. Walia, 17:39-46
• Yirmed Demeke 1996. Field expedition to Simien Mountains National Park and adjacent areas. Quarterly News letter, Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, October 1996.
• Yirmed Demeke 1997. Notes on breeding, tail growth and other aspects of the biology of the Red-headed Agama, Agama agama (Sauria: Agamidea) in Mago National Park. British Herpetological Bulletin, 58:19-25.
• Yirmed Demeke 1998. The status of the African Elephant Loxodonta africana in Ethiopia. Walia, 18:15-27.
• Claut et al. 1998. A preliminary study of the butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea). In: a survey on the flora and fauna of Semien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Walia, Special Issue. Pp 74-77.
• Yirmed Demeke & Mengistu Wondafrash 1999. The Discovery of a Nest and Eggs of the White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi in Berga floodplain, Ethiopia. Quarterly Newslette,Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society. July-September 1999.
• Yirmed Demeke & Afework Bekele 2000. Study on the elephants of Mago National Park, Ethiopia. Pachyderm, 28:32-43.
• Yirmed Demeke & Afework Bekele. 2000. Population estimates and threats to elephants Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797) in the Mago National Park, Ethiopia. Journal of Tropical Zoology, 13:227-237.
• Yirmed Demeke. 2000. The avifauna of Ethiopia and the activity of the Important Bird Areas Program. Abstract – Bulletin of the Biological Society of Ethiopia. Pp.59-60.
• Yirmed Demeke. 2003. Law enforcement, illegal activity and elephant status in Mago and Omo National Parks and adjacent areas, Ethiopia. Pachyderm, 35:16-30.
• Yirmed Demeke. 1996 E.C/2004. Elephants in Ethiopia - a book in local language). Berhanena Selam Printing Enterprise, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 75PP.
• Yirmed Demeke. 2007. Elephant conservation in the Horn of Africa, Babille Elephant Sanctuary, Ethiopia. Dryland Biodiversity Newsletter, January – June 2007.

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