Functional ecology and sustainable management of the Munessa forest, Ethiopia - Central project and coordinating scientist

一揽子项目“埃塞俄比亚穆内萨森林的功能生态和可持续管理”旨在产生和分析控制埃塞俄比亚山地森林生态系统功能的变量。预计这些发现将为埃塞俄比亚森林的可持续管理奠定坚实的科学基础。这些研究是在靠近在前一项目阶段由DFG和DFG/BMZ的财政支助建造的实地站附近的试验场进行的。在接下来的项目阶段，森林培育实验预计将成为不同科学学科的核心。在下一阶段扩大该项目需要更有力地协调行政和科学工作以及一揽子项目--埃塞俄比亚穆内萨森林--中央项目，以及参与的科学家之间的协调科学家协作，这需要雇用一名项目协调科学家。他的任务是：1)协调实地工作，2)管理项目车辆和现场站，3)管理为科学工作设立的地块，4)通过组织培训研讨会向埃塞俄比亚林业工作者通报项目结果的最新情况，5)联系德国研究人员与他们的埃塞俄比亚合作伙伴，6)加强内部和内部网络(例如，通过定期通讯和更新项目网站)，以及7)牵头编写Munessa森林可持续管理手册。该提案还包括成功运行一揽子项目所不可或缺的活动和费用。这些活动包括实地站的管理、项目CAR的运行以及对森林培育试验田的有效管理，这些都是整套方案的核心。

The project package "Functional ecology and sustainable management of the Munessa forest, Ethiopia" aims at generating and analysing variables that govern the functioning of a mountain forest ecosystem in Ethiopia. The findings are expected to lay strong scientific bases for the sustainable management of Ethiopian forests. The studies are based at experimental sites located close to a field station constructed with the financial supports of DFG and DFG/BMZ in the previous project phase. In the coming project phase, the silvicultural experiments are foreseen to serve as a nucleus for the different scientific disciplines. The enlargement of the project in the upcoming phase needs a more robust coordination of the administrative and scientific works and Project Package Munessa Forest, Ethiopia - Central Project and Coordinating Scientist collaboration among the participating scientists, which requires the employment of a project coordinating scientist. His tasks are: 1) to coordinate the fieldwork, 2) to administer the project car and the field station, 3) to manage plots established for scientific work, 4) to update Ethiopian foresters on the findings of the project by organising training seminars, 5) to liaison the German researchers with their Ethiopian partners, 6) to strengthen inter and intra-networking (e.g. with regular newsletter and updating the project website), and 7) to lead the preparation of a manual for the sustainable management of the Munessa forest. This proposal also includes activities and costs that are indispensable for running the project package successfully. Such activities include administration of the field station, running of the project car as well as the effective management of the silvicultural experimental plots, which are central for the whole package.