Conservation of Genetic Resources 
                   Conservation of Genetic Resources 
                                        of  
                                        of  
                        Non-Timber Forest Products  
                        Non-Timber Forest Products  
                                    in Ethiopia 
                                     in Ethiopia 
                                          
                                          
                                          
                   Proceedings of the First National Workshop on 
                       Non-Timber Forest Products in Ethiopia,  
                          
                       5– 6 April 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
                                          
                                      Edited by 
                                          
                                   Wubalem Tadesse 
                                    Michael Mbogga 
                                              
                          Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization 
                                               
                          International Plant Genetic Resources Institute 
                               
                                
                    Conservation of Genetic Resources of  
                    Conservation of Genetic Resources of  
                    Non-Timber Forest Products in Ethiopia 
                    Non-Timber Forest Products in Ethiopia 
                               
                Proceedings of the First National Workshop on  
                  Non-Timber Forest Products in Ethiopia,  
                   5 – 6 April 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
                               
                               
                            Edited by 
                               
                          Wubalem Tadesse 
                          Michael Mbogga 
                               
                               
                               
                       Copyedited and Designed by 
                          Matebu Tadesse 
                   Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization 
                               
                               
                               
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            © 2004 
             Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO) 
             Forestry Research Center (FRC) 
             P.O.Box 30708 
             Phone: (251) 1-460451 
             Fax: (251) 1-460345 
             Email: forestery_res@telecom.net.et 
             Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
             
                  and 
             
             International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) 
             Phone: (39)0661180 
             Fax: (39) 0661979661 
             Email: ipgri@cgiar.org 
             http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org 
             Rome, Italy 
                               
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                                                            Contents 
                                                                    
                      Welcome Address                                                                       1 
                      Wubalem Tadesse (Dr.) 
                       
                      Opening Address                                                                       2 
                      Aberra Deressa (Dr.), EARO Deputy Director General  
                       
                      Genetic Conservation of Ethiopia’s Non-timber Forest Product Source Species           9 
                      Mbogga Michael and Wubalem Tadesse  
                       
                      Socio-Economic Importance and Resource Potential of                                   17 
                      Non-Timber Forest Products of Ethiopia  
                      Getachew Desalegn and Wubalem Tadesse  
                       
                      Integrating Natural Gum and Resin Production with Biodiversity Conservation and  38 
                      Desertification Control and Adapting to Climate Change in Drylands of Ethiopia 
                      Mulugeta Lemenih and Demel Teketay  
                       
                      Population Decline of Boswellia papyrifera and Associated Species in Dry Forests of  49 
                      Northern Ethiopia and Rehabilitation Efforts 
                      Kindeya Gebrehiwot, Bart Muys, Mitiku Haile and Ralph Mitloehner 
                       
                      Potential of Ethiopian Bamboo Forests in Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental  60 
                      Improvement and Socioeconomic Development   
                      Kasahun Embaye 
                       
                      Utilization and Agricultural Significance of Essential- and Fatty-Oil-Bearing Trees  67 
                      and Shrubs in Ethiopia  
                      Getinet Alemaw 
                        
                      Potential of Trilepisium Madagascariense DC for Non-Timber Uses in Southwest  74 
                      Ethiopia and the Need for Its Genetic Conservation 
                      Mohammed Adilo, Feyera Senbeta, Abebe Yadessa  
                      and Tadesse Woldemariam  
                       
                      Natural Gum Producing Trees of Ethiopia: Distribution, Types and Chemistry of the  79 
                      Gum 
                      Sisay Feleke  
                       
                      Economic Value of Trichilia emetica, Delonix elata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia  84 
                      ugandensis in Ethiopia 
                      Miftah Fekadu and Temesgen Yohannes 
                       
                      Extraction and Physical and Chemical Properties of Seed Kernel Oil of Moringa  89 
                      stenopetala 
                      Shiferaw Abebe, Dechasa Jiru and Tedilaye Tamiru  
                       
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