Journal of Climate Change and Pollution

Mr. Yonas Derebe Derso is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Management at Injibara University, Ethiopia. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Land Resources Management at Nanjing Agricultural University, China. His research focuses on population growth-induced land use and cover change, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem management, and sustainable land resource utilization. With extensive experience in teaching, research coordination, and community engagement, Mr. Derso has coordinated various institutional research programs and contributed to national and international collaborations, including the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer initiative. His scholarly work has been published in reputed international journals such as Scientific Reports, Ecology and Evolution, PLOS ONE, and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. He is committed to integrating scientific research with practical conservation strategies to promote environmental sustainability and climate resilience.

• Climate Change and Ecosystem Resilience
• GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Ecology
• Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Land Use
• Forest Carbon Stock and Climate Change Mitigation
• Natural Resource and Environmental Management
• Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Restoration
• Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis

Ph.D. Research on Land Resources Management (Nanjing Agricultural University, China)

Research and Community Service Coordinator, College of Agriculture, Food and Climate Science, Injibara University (2019–2022)

Focal Person, USAID’s Farmer-to-Farmer Program, Injibara University (2020–Present)

Participant in training on R Software for Agricultural Data Analysis, GIS and Remote Sensing, Grant Writing, and Experimental Design

Organized national conferences, workshops, and seminars promoting climate and biodiversity research

1.  Derebe, Y., et al. (2024). Composition, medicinal values, and threats of plants used in indigenous medicine in Jawi District, Ethiopia. Scientific Reports.

2.  Kassaye, M., Derebe, Y., et al. (2024). The effects of environmental variability and forest management on natural forest carbon stock in Northwestern Ethiopia. Ecology and Evolution.

3.  Derebe, Y., et al. (2023). Species diversity, relative abundance, and distribution of avifauna in different habitats within Lewi Mountain, Ethiopia. Heliyon, 9(6).

4.  Derebe, B., Derebe, Y., & Gedamu, B. (2023). Composition and diversity of mammals in Tirba, Ethiopia. Anthropocene Science.

5.  Kassaye, M., Derebe, Y., et al. (2022). Carbon stock and spatial dynamics in natural forests of Awi Zone, Ethiopia: Implications for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Research Square.

6.  Jiali Yang, Meseret C. Abate & Yonas D. Derso (2025). How land use right transfers improve fertilizer efficiency in China: A systematic review. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability.