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Important notes
Within each category (publications, presentations, events), the works are listed first according to their year of publication/date of event and second according to the name of the primary author.
Because of inconsistent citation of Ethiopian authors their names are being spelled out completely. Primary authors of Ethiopian origin queue in according to their first name, i.e. as Tadesse Woldermariam Gole.

Publications available for download either on this website or from external sources are being marked with the appropriate icon or "www"-writing to the right of the corresponding title.

Publications
2010		Downloads
Wild coffee management and plant diversity in the montane rainforest of southwestern Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology 48 (1): 78-86. by Schmitt, C.B., Feyera Senbeta, Denich, M., Preisinger, H. & H.J. Boehmer, 2010 View abstract		www
2008		Downloads
Costs of In-situ Conservation of Arabica Coffee in Montane Rainforest of Ethiopia: Comparative Analysis at Household and Implementing Institution Level. by Aseffa Seyoum. Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008.
Beyond Economic Efficiency in Biodiversity Conservation. by F.W. Gatzweiler. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 19: 215-238, 2008.		www
Certification of wild coffee in Ethiopia: Experiences and Challenges. by K.F. Wiersum, Tadesse Woldemariam Gole, F.W. Gatzweiler, J. Volkman, E. Bognetteau and O. Wirtu. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 18: 9-21, 2008.		www
2007		Downloads
Assessment of Forest Coffee Value Chains in Ethiopia: A Case Study in Kefa Zone, Gimbo District by Dereje Bacha. M.Sc. Thesis, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhemls-Universität Bonn, 2007.
Forest Cover Change and Socioeconomic Drivers in Southwest Ethiopia by Dereje Tadesse Wakjira. M.Sc. Thesis, Technische Universität München, 2007. Download compressed version:PDF ~2.5Mbyte
Wild Coffea arabica L. in the afromontane rainforests of Ethiopia: Distribution, Ecology and Conservation by Feyera Senbeta, M. Denich, H.J. Boehmer, Tadesse Woldemariam Gole, Demel Teketay, Sebsebe Demissew. Ethiopian Journal of Science 30(1): 13-24, 2007.
Why financial Incentives can destroy economically valuable Biodiversity in Ethiopiaby F.W. Gatzweiler, A. Reichhuber and L. Hein. ZEF Discussion Paper 115, 2007.
Characterization of Coffea Chloroplast Microsatellites and Evidence for the recent Divergence of C.arabica and C. eugenioides Chloroplast Genomesby Kassahun Tesfaye, Th. Borsch, K. Govers, and Endashaw Bekele. Genome 50: 1112-1129, 2007.
The historical Development of local Forest Governance in Ethiopia. From imperial Times to the military Regime of the Derg.by T. Stellmacher. Afrika Spectrum 42(3): 519-530, 2007
2006		Downloads
Biodiversity and Ecology of Afromontane Rainforests with wild Coffea arabica Populations in Ethiopiaby Feyera Senbeta Wakjira. Ecology and Development Series 38, 2006.
Effects of wild Coffee Management on Species Diversity in the Afromontane Rainforests of Ethiopiaby Feyera Senbeta Wakjira and M. Denich. Forest Ecology and Management 232: 68-74, 2006.
The economic Value of Coffee (Coffea arabica) genetic Resourcesby L. Hein and F.W. Gatzweiler. Ecological Economics 60(1): 176-185, 2006.		www
Genetic Diversity of wild Coffea arabica Populations in Ethiopia as a Contribution to Conservation and Use Planningby Kassahun Tesfaye Geletu. Ecology and Development Series 44, 2006.		www
Incentive Mechanisms for a sustainable Use System of the montane Rainforest in Ethiopiaby A. Rojahn. Doctoral thesis, Christian Albrechts Universität Kiel, 2006.
Montane Rainforests with wild Coffea arabica in the Bonga Region (SW Ethiopia): Plant Diversity, Wild Coffee Management and implications for Conservationby C.B. Schmitt. Ecology and Development Series 47, 2006.
Ecophysiological Diversity of wild Arabica Coffee Populations in Ethiopia: Growth, Water Relations and hydraulic Characteristics along a climatic Gradientby Taye Kufa Obso. Ecology and Development Series 46, 2006.		www
Coffee Forest Conservation: Local-level Institutions influencing the Conservation and Use of Coffee Forests in Southwest Ethiopiaby Teklu Tesfaye Toli. Kommunikation und Beratung, Sozialwissenschaftliche Schriften zur Landnutzung und ländlichen Entwicklung 72, 2006.
2005
Institutionalising Biodiversity Conservation: The Case of Ethiopian Coffee Forestsby F.W. Gatzweiler. Conservation and Society 3(1): 201-223, 2005.
Genetic Diversity in the Coffee Wilt Pathogen (Gibberella xylarioides) Polpulations: Differentiation" by Host Specialization and RAPD analysisby Girma Adugna Senbeta, H. Hindorf, U. Steiner, H. I. Nirenberg, H.-W. Dehne and K. Schellander. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 112(2): 134-45, 2005.
The Diversity and Distribution of Lianas in the Afromontane rainforests of Ethiopiaby Feyera Senbeta Wakjira, C. Schmitt, M. Denich, Sebsebe Demissew, P.L.G. Vlek, H. Preisinger, Tadesse Woldermariam Gole and Demel Teketay. Diversity and Distribution 11: 443-52, 2005.
2004
Diversity in Pathogenicity and Genetics of Gibberella xylarioides (Fusarium xylarioides) Populations and Resistance of Coffea spp. in Ethiopiaby Girma Adugna Senbeta, 2004.		www
Krankheitssituation in der Wildpopulation von Kaffee (Coffea arabica) in Äthiopien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kaffeerostes (Hemileia vastatrix)by H. Hindorf; Y. Kassahun and A. Ritschel. 2004.
2003
Conservation and Use of Coffee genetic Resources in Ethiopia: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of current global Situationsby Tadesse Woldermariam Gole. 2003.
Vegetation of the Yayu Forest in SW Ethiopia: Impacts of human Use and Implications for in situ Conservation of wild Coffea arabica L. Populationsby Tadesse Woldermariam Gole. 2003.
2002
Human Impacts on the Coffea arabica Genepool in Ethiopia and the Need for its in situ Conservationby Tadesse Woldermariam Gole, M. Denich, Demel Teketay and P.L.G. Vlek. In: Managing Plant Genetic Diversity, by J.M.M. Engels, V.R. Rao, A.H.D. Brown and M. Jackson, Oxon, UK, CABI Publishing, 2002, pp 237-47. Download compressed version:PDF ~1.2Mbyte
Sustainable Utilization of Crop Genetic Diversity through Property Rights Mechanisms? The Case of Coffee Genetic Resources in Ethiopiaby C. Richerzhagen and D. Virchow. 2002.

Presentations
2008		Downloads
CoCE - Conservation and use of the wild populations of Coffea arabica in the montane rainforests of Ethiopiaby M. Denich, Biodiversity of Africa: Observation and Sustainable Management for our Future! Spier/Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, September 29th - October 3rd, 2008.
Genetic diversity of wild Coffee (Coffea arabica) and its implication for conservationby Kassahun Tesfaye et al., Biodiversity of Africa: Observation and Sustainable Management for our Future! Spier/Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, September 29th - October 3rd, 2008.
Using the economic value of forest coffee for forest conservation. The impacts, prospects and challenges of certification.by T. Stellmacher et al., Biodiversity of Africa: Observation and Sustainable Management for our Future! Spier/Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, September 29th - October 3rd, 2008.
Contributions of the Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum to the conservation of coffee forests in Ethiopiaby Tadesse Woldemariam Gole et al., Biodiversity of Africa: Observation and Sustainable Management for our Future! Spier/Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, September 29th - October 3rd, 2008.
Contributions of the Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum to the conservation of coffee forests in Ethiopiaby Yadessa et al., Biodiversity of Africa: Observation and Sustainable Management for our Future! Spier/Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa, September 29th - October 3rd, 2008.
Environmental labelling Initiatives in the Agri-food Sector: Evidence from Developing Countriesby U. Grote, Summer Expert Meeting: Environmental Labelling and Certification Initiatives in the Agri-food Sector - a Way of Marketing agricultural Sustainability. Joint Research Centre (JRC) Ranco, Italy, July 1st-3rd, 2008.
2007		Downloads
Reappraising Ethiopian Forest Coffees: Prospects and Challenges of Fair Trade Certificationby T. Stellmacher, J. Volkmann and U. Grote. Deutscher Tropentag. Kassel-Witzenhausen, Germany, October 9th-11th, 2007.
Das interventionistische Dilemma. Grundprobleme sozialwissenschaftlicher Feldforschung im ländlichen Afrika. Erfahrungen aus Äthiopienby T. Stellmacher. Interdisciplinary Conference of the African Studies Association, Bonn, Germany, June 23th-24th, 2007.
The Conservation of Wild Coffee in Human-Transformed Landscapes in Ethiopiaby T. Stellmacher, M. Denich, F.W. Gatzweiler, B. Hedden-Dunkhorst. International Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, Museum Koenig, Bonn, Germany, February 21st-25th, 2007
2006		Downloads
Conservation and Use of wild Coffea arabica Populations in the montane Rainforests of Ethiopiaby Tadesse Woldermariam Gole, F.W. Gatzweiler and M. Denich. Earth System Science Partnership Open Science Conference "Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges", Beijing, China, November 9th-12th, 2006.
Conservation and Use of wild Populations of Coffea arabica in the montane Rainforests of Ethiopiaby F.W. Gatzweiler. International Expert Workshop “Linking Nature Conservation and Poverty Reduction“, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, November 2nd-4th, 2006.
Schutz und nachhaltige Nutzung der Biodiversität in Afrika am Beispiel des Wildkaffees im äthiopischen Bergregenwaldby M. Denich. Workshop at the 41st Annual Meeting of UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network, Dillingen/Donau, Germany, September 24th-27th, 2006.
Different Drought Adaptation Strategies of Coffea arabica Populations along a Rainfall Gradient in Ethiopiaby J. Burkardt. 21st International Conference on Coffee Science, Montpellier, France, September 11th-15th, 2006.
Wild Arabica Coffee in the montane Rainforests of Ethiopia: An invaluable Resource for Coffee Breedingby M. Denich. 21st International Conference on Coffee Science, Montpellier, France, September 11th-15th, 2006.
Disease Situation in wild Coffea arabica of Ethiopia with Emphasis on Coffee Leaf Rust (Hemileia vastatrix)by H. Hindorf. 21st International Conference on Coffee Science, Montpellier, France, September 11th-15th, 2006.
Genetic Diversity of wild Coffea arabica in Ethiopia: Analyses based on Plastid, ISSR and Microsatellite Markersby Kassahun Tesfaye Geletu. 21st International Conference on Coffee Science, Montpellier, France, September 11th-15th, 2006.
Variability in Yield and Components of wild Arabica Coffee Populations in the montane Rainforests of Ethiopiaby Taye Kufa Obso. 21st International Conference on Coffee Science, Montpellier, France, September 11th-15th, 2006.
Traditional ecological knowledge and coffee forest management in Kaffa Zone, Ethiopiaby T. Stellmacher. 20th International Conference of the African Studies Association, Frankfurt a. M., Germany, July 24th-27th, 2006.
Beyond Economic Efficiency and Towards Coping with Complexity in Biodiversity Conservationby F.W. Gatzweiler and J. Volkmann. International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP) Biennial Conference Survival of the Common: Mounting Challenges and New Realities, Bali, Indonesia, June 19th-23rd, 2006.
Wem gehört der Kaffeewald? Partizipatives Ressourcenmanagement in den Bergregenwäldern von Kaffa/Äthiopienby T. Stellmacher. Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn, Germany, February 7th, 2006.
2005
Organizing a public ecosystem service economy for sustaining biodiversity. The case of Ethiopian coffee forestsby T. Stellmacher & F.W. Gatzweiler. Open Science Conference DIVERSITAS Integrating Biodiversity Science for Human Well-being, Oaxaca, Mexico, November 9th-12th, 2005
Sustainable Management of the montane Rainforests with wild Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) in the Bonga region of southwest Ethiopiaby C. Schmitt, Feyera Senbeta Wakjira, M. Denich, H. Preisinger, T.W. Gole and S. Demissew. Deutscher Tropentag, Stuttgart- Hohenheim, Germany, October 11th-13th, 2005.
Traditional Property Rights and their Influence on Forest Resource utilization in Ethiopiaby T. Stellmacher and F.W. Gatzweiler. Deutscher Tropentag, Stuttgart- Hohenheim, Germany, October 11th-13th, 2005.
Beyond economic Efficiency in Biodiversity Conservationby F.W. Gatzweiler. 6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community (Session 72), Bonn, October 9th-13th, 2005.		www
How does Influx of new Settlers impact on Forest Use and Conservation? The Case of mountainous moist Forests in the Kaffa Zone, South-western Ethiopiaby T. Stellmacher and P. Mollinga. 6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community (Session 25), Bonn, October 9th-13th, 2005.		www
The Influence of wild Coffee Management on the Diversity of the natural Coffee Forests in the Bonga Region (SW Ethiopia) and Implications for a sustainable Managementby C. Schmitt. First International Conference on the Importance of Biodiversity to Human Health (COHAB), Galway, Ireland, August 23rd-25th, 2005.
Contrasting Adaptation to Drought Stress in wild Populations of Coffea arabica in Ethiopiaby A. Beining, Taye Kufa Obso, H.E. Goldbach, Masresha Fetene and J. Burkhardt. BioTeam Status Seminar, Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.
CoCE – Conservation and Use of wild Populations of Coffea arabica in the montane Rainforests of Ethiopiaby M. Denich, F.W. Gatzweiler, Tadesse Woldermariam Gole, Million Abebe and P.L.G. Vlek. BioTeam Status Seminar, Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.
Importance of Diseases in the Indigenous Population of Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and Investigations on resistant Selectionsby H. Hindorf, A. Zeru and T. Mekete. BioTeam Status Seminar, Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.
ISSR Fingerprinting of wild Coffea arabica in Ethiopia reveals high Levels of genetic Diversity within Regionsby Kassahun Tesfaye Geletu, K. Govers, E. Bekele and T. Borsch. BioTeam Status Seminar, Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.
Conservation Contracts, Free-Riding and Enforcement: A Field Experiment with Ethiopian Farmersby A. Rojahn, E. Camacho and T. Requate. BioTeam Status Seminar, Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.
Where does wild Coffee grow? The Diversity of Afromontane Rainforests in Ethiopiaby C. Schmitt, Feyera Senbeta Wakjira, G. Lieth, Tadesse Woldermariam Gole, H. Preisinger, S. Demissew and M. Denich. BioTeam Status Seminar, Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.
Participatory Forest Management: Last Hope for Ethiopian Coffee Forests?by T. Stellmacher. First International Conference on the Importance of Biodiversity to Human Health (COHAB), Galway, Ireland, August 23rd-25th, 2005.
Conservation of montane Coffee Forests in Ethiopia: The Need for Institutional Changeby T. Stellmacher, T. Tesfaye, Terefe Degefa, P. Mollinga and F.W. Gatzweiler. BioTeam Status Seminar, Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.
Development of Coffee Forest Conservation Strategies: Putting Complexity in Perspective by J. Volkmann, F.W. Gatzweiler and M. Denich. BioTeam Status Seminar, Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.
Institutional Factors shaping Coffee Forest Management in Ethiopia. The Case of Bonga Forest/Kaffa Zoneby T. Stellmacher. GEA International Conference on International Trade and the Protection of Natural Resources in Ethiopia, Berlin, Germany, March 5th-6th, 2005.
2004
Contrasting Adaptation to Drought Stress in wild Populations of Coffea arabica in Ethiopiaby A. Beining, H. Goldbach and J. Burkhardt. Deutscher Tropentag, Berlin, Germany, October 5th-7th, 2004.
Institutional Economics for Sustaining Biodiversityby F.W. Gatzweiler. Tenth Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property The Commons in an Age of Global Transition: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 9th-13th, 2004.
Krankheitssituation in der Wildpopulation von Kaffee (Coffea arabica) in Äthiopien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kaffeerostes (Hemileia vastatrix)by H. Hindorf, Y. Kassahun and A. Ritschel. 54. Deutsche Pflanzenschutztagung, Hamburg, Germany, September 20th-23rd, 2004.
Ecophysiological Variability of Forest Arabica Coffee Populations in Hydraulic Characteristics along climatic Gradients in Ethiopia: Moisture Dynamics in Soil and Plant Systems under Field Conditionsby Taye Kufa Obso, J. Burkhardt, H. Goldbach and F. Meko. 20th International Conference on Coffee Science (ASIC 2004), Bangalore, India, October 11th-15th, 2004.
Wild Arabica Coffee Populations under severe Threat: Farmers' Perception of Existence, Access and Conservation Needs of Wild Coffee in montane Rainforests of Southwestern Ethiopiaby Teklu Tesfaye Toli and T. Bierschenk. Deutscher Tropentag, Berlin, Germany, October 5th-7th, 2004.
2003
Conservation and Use of Wild Populations of Coffea arabica in the Montane Rainforests of Ethiopiaby M. Denich, D. Virchow and P.L.G. Vlek. Deutscher Tropentag Technological and Institutional Innovations for Sustainable Rural Development, Göttingen, Germany, October 8-10, 2003.
Conservation and Use of Coffee genetic Resources in Ethiopia: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of current global Situationsby Tadesse Woldermariam Gole. Global Development Awards Research Medals, 2003.
Vegetation of the Yayu Forest in SW Ethiopia: Impacts of human Use and Implications for in situ Conservation of wild Coffea arabica L. Populationsby Tadesse Woldermariam Gole. 2003.
2002
Sustainable Utilization of Crop Genetic Diversity through Property Rights Mechanisms? The Case of Coffee Genetic Resources in Ethiopiaby C. Richerzhagen and D. Virchow. BioEcon Workshop, Rome, Italy, May 30th-31st, 2002.
Human Impacts on the Coffea arabica Genepool in Ethiopia and the Need for its in situ Conservationby Tadesse Woldermariam Gole, M. Denich, Demel Teketay and P.L.G. Vlek. 2002.

Events
2008		Web-Links
The CoCE Project will be present at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) of the Convention on Biological Diversity.Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany, May 19th-30th, 2008.		www
2006
Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Reduction in human-transformed Landscapes in Ethiopia.Joint Workshop of CoCE, the Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF) and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 3rd-5th, 2006.		www
Conservation and Use of wild Populations of Coffea arabica in the montane Rainforests of Ethiopia.Final Workshop of CoCE I, hosted by the Institue of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 23rd-28th, 2006.
2005
CoCE Project Presentation at the DAAD Higher Education Forum on Capacity Building and Development Research in Sub-Saharan Africa.Bonn, Germany, October 2nd-6th, 2005.		www
Festive celebration on the Occasion of 100 Years of German-Ethiopian diplomatic Relations.Bonn, Germany, July 15th, 2005.
Hunger, politics and policies in Ethiopia.Study Workshop, organized by the Horn of Africa Consultative Committee of the Protestant Church in Germany, Hildesheim, Germany, June 13th-14th, 2005.
BioTeam Status Seminar.Bonn, Germany, March 14th-16th, 2005.		www
Development of Coffee Forest Conservation Strategies.Joint Workshop of CoCE and the Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 14th-16th, 2005.
2004
CoCE midterm Workshop,hosted by the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 3rd-10th, 2004.
2003
CoCE kick-off Workshop,organized by Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO) and Center for Development Research (ZEF), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 10th-11th, 2003.

Awareness
2008		Web-Links
ECFF promotion video clip.The wild populations of coffea arabica are endangered and the Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum aims to conserve its natural habitat: the montane rainforests.		YouTube
GLOBAL 3000 | Ethiopia - Coffee under threat in the jungle.The popular Arabica coffee variety comes from the mountainous forests of Ethiopia. The wild types of Arabica grow at around 1000 to 1900 meters above sea level. (c) Deutsche Welle, 2008.		YouTube

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