Professor Demel Teketay Fanta

Professor, Forest Sciences

Dean, Faculty of Natural Resources

Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN)

Faculty of Natural Resources

Department of Range and Forest Resources (RFR)

Private Bag 0027, Gaborone, Botswana

Tel.: +267-3650140 (office) 

Fax: +267-3928753; E-mail: dteketay@buan.ac.bw, dteketay@yahoo.com

and demelteketay@gmail.com;

Skype: dteketay

Website: www.buan.ac.bw

Academic Qualifications

• PhD in Forest Vegetation Ecology (1996), Sweden.
• MSc in Plant Taxonomy (1986), United Kingdom
• BSc in Agriculture (Plant Sciences) (1982), Ethiopia.

Work Experiences

• Currently serving as a Professor in Forest Sciences and founding Dean of the Faculty of Natural Resources in the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) based in Gaborone, Botswana.
• Executive Manager of the African Eco-Labelling Mechanism (AEM) based in Nairobi, Kenya.
• Research Scholar and Associate Professor in Forest Vegetation Ecology, Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana, based in Maun, Botswana.
• African Regional Director of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) - African Regional Office (FSC-Africa) based in both Kumasi and Accra, Ghana.
• Director of Forestry Research in and Director General of the Ethiopian National Agricultural System based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Served as Extension Agent, Graduate Assistant, Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Ethiopia.

Fellowship in Academies

• Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
• International Fellow, Forestry Unit, Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA).
• Associate Fellow, Ethiopian Academy of Sciences.
• Fellow, African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
• Fellow, Botswana Academy of Science.

Professional Societies

• African Forest Forum (AFF) – Chairperson of Members’ Forum.
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
• Kalahari Conservation Society (KCS)