Megersa Debele Tiki

Megersa Debele Tiki is an Ethiopian. He has a BSc in Forestry and he did an MSc in Leisure, Tourism and Environment at Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands. He has long experience of serving as a lecturer and researcher at Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources in Ethiopia. He has experiences and exposures in project involvements, research, conference, training visits and engagements in different countries such as the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. His professional affiliation/inclination is the "people-ecology in nexus", particularly, but not limited to, a natural environment. Currently he is a PhD candidate at Radboud University focusing on linkages between the conservation of ecosystems and maintenance of the livelihoods of local communities.

Recent publications:

Tsegaye, B., Kebede, K., Tefera, M., Megersa, D., Yosef, M. (2013). 'Working with communities to address deforestation in the Wondo Genet catchment area, Ethiopia: Lessons learnt from a participatory action research'. Research Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Management 2(12):448-456.

Mateos, E., Zerihun, G., Yosef, M., Megersa, D. (2015). 'Community attitudes towards African Civet (Civettictis civetta) conservation in eastern sub-catchment of Lake Hawassa basin, Southern Ethiopia'. Discovery 27(96):2-7.

Zerihun, G., Megersa, D., Biruktawit G. (2023). 'Local community attitude towards ecotourism development in Arbegona and Nensebo woredas, southern Ethiopia' (submitted for publication).