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ABEBE Sintayehu –
Lower Omo Natural Medicine Association –
Addis Ababa University

Sintayehu ABEBE Microbiologiste Lower Omo Natural Medicine Association Addis Ababa University sintanni[at]gmail.com Page personnelle The groups of people in Omo valley, are facing the worst declining of the biodiversity and of indigenous practices, where the higher threat being man-made. Irrigation schemes for large-scale agriculture by the government like Kuraz Sugar Development Project (KSDP), with its…
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MOGES Tewodros –
Addis Ababa University

Tewodros MOGES Addis Ababa University teddyarewona[at]gmail.com The Rift faces challenges like habitat destruction, wildlife poaching, and resource exploitation. Activities include conservation programs, anti-poaching patrols, and community education. Projects involve reforestation, sustainable tourism, and partnerships with local communities to promote biodiversity. Expertises / Champs disciplinaires Anthropologie Pays du GDR Rift d’activité Ethiopie Partenaires du GDR Rift…
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ASSEFA Simenew –
Addis Ababa University Natural
and Computational Science

Simenew ASSEFA Doctorant Addis Ababa University Natural and Computational Science simenew.assefa[at]aau.edu.et Page personnelle My research area of interest is renewable energy. Since energy is the engine of everything that does many works. For my research specifically on Organic Solar Cells’ power conversion performance using Plasmonic Nanoparticles at different layers of inverted Organic solar cells, I…
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MAKARIUS Peter-
Archaeological Sciences –
University of Dar Es Salaam

Peter MAKARIUS Lecturer Archaeological Sciences University of Dar Es Salaam mcpeter7[at]gmail.com Page personnelle I’ m interested in exploring and underscoring hominin behaviours in relation to food procurement strategies in the past, stone tools manufacture and the synergetic links between hominin-environmental interactions, cognition abilities and subsistence systems. Specifically, I uses phytolith analysis in combination with archaeological…
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LINCHAMPS Pierre –
UMR7194 HNHP –
MNHN & Université de Witwatersrand

Pierre LINCHAMPS Postdoctorant INEE, UMR 7194 HNHP, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle & University of the Witwatersrand pierre.linchamps[at]gmail.com Page personnelle Mes recherches portent sur l’évolution des communautés de petits mammifères d’Afrique depuis la fin du Pliocène jusqu’à aujourd’hui. J’aborde plus particulièrement des questions concernant la taxinomie des rongeurs, et l’utilisation des assemblages fossiles à des fins…
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KARANI Michaël –
University of Dar es Salaam

Michaël KARANI Lecturer Centre for Communication Studies, College of Humanities, University of Dar es Salaam karanimichael6[at]gmail.com Page personnelle The Great African Rift includes several linguistic areas belonging to the four major language families of the continent (Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Kongo, Nilo-Saharan and Khoesan). The linguistic diversity of this area is the result of migrations and contacts, sometimes…
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HAILEMARIAM Wannaw –
Ethiopian Heritage Authority (EHA)

Wannaw HAILEMARIAM Archaeological heritage researcher Ethiopian Heritage Authority (EHA) albuko1994[at]gmail.com Page personnelle I conducted my MA thesis on the coservational challenges of world heritage site of konso cultural landscape which is found in the great rift valley. I presented this on the 3rd GDR colloquium. However for in the future i have a plan to…
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BELLO Yusuf – Federal University Dutsin-Ma –
Nigéria

Yusuf BELLO Lecturer Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria belloyusuf21[at]yahoo.com Page personnelle Based on the field trip experience, I observed the people were faced with a lot of climate uncertainties ” extreme weather events” leading to the occurrence of drought and flood interchangeable over years. The decline of natural resources within rift could be as…
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BRUGAL Jean-Philip – INEE UMR 7269 –
LAMPEA – Aix-en-Provence

Jean-Philip BRUGAL Directeur de Recherche (DR1) Emérite INEE, UMR 7269 LAMPEA Aix-en-Provence jean-philippe.brugal[at]univ-amu.fr Page personnelle Etudes Quaternaires dans le domaine des communautés animales avec approches intégrées de la paléontologie, archéozoologie et taphonomie. Etudes actualiste et (paléo)éco-ethologique, en particulier sur la prédation, humaine et animale. Reconstruction des paléoenvironnements et contexte climatiques au Plio-Pléistocène Expertises / Champs…
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SMITH Benjamin – INEE UMR 7264 – CEPAM – Nice

Benjamin SMITH Postdoctorant INEE, UMR 8264 CEPAM – Nice bdsmith1991[at]gmail.com Page personnelle Thématiques de recherche : sociétés de chasseurs-cueilleurs de la fin du Pléistocène et du début de l’Holocène en Afrique. Je m’intéresse à l’organisation de la technologie lithique des chasseurs-cueilleurs, notamment à l’approvisionnement en pierre. Mes recherches explorent comment l’organisation technologique peut être étudiée…
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