Dr. Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda is an Associate Professor at Jimma University in Ethiopia. He has a BEd in Geography and Environmental Studies from Jimma University, Ethiopia, an MSc in Geographic Information Science from Wageningen University in The Netherlands, and a PhD in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation from Jimma University. He is interested in the areas of climate change adaptation and mitigation, land use and land cover changes, and biodiversity conservation.