Project Type

Research and Research Management

Partner

University Siegen & Freie Universität Berlin

Management

Stefan Thiemann(as former staff of University Siegen)

Duration

January 2003 - December 2005

Location

Ethiopia

Funding

German Research Foundation

Objectives

To assess human-environmental interaction and its influence on erosion and sedimentation in the watershed area and sea ground of Lake Abaya. Part of the project was to develop a erosion and soil erosion risk model.

Activities

Multiple research missions to South Ethiopia, exchange of Researchers, Master and PhD Students

Archievments

International publications, Master thesis, PhD Thesis
(e.g. Ph.D. Thesis Stefan Thiemann)