Teklehaymanot G Meskel Weldemichel
About
I am a human geographer with a research interest in topics around political ecology, environmental justice, conservation and development politics and policies, state violence, and the broader discourses of sustainable development.
Research
Publications
Op-Eds:
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Gebrekirstos, Birhan (2024) Opinion: How targeting Tigray farmers has contributed to brink of famine | Devex
Hilde Hunnålvatn, Sadique Ndamwe, Teklehaymanot Weldemichel, Guri C Wiggen (2024) Hvordan kan Norge bidra på fremtidens kontinent? - adressa.no
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) “We are alive, but we are not living,” Tigray Genocide survivors’ plea to the world – Tghat
Mehta, Lyla; Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) Marking the third year of the Tigray war - Institute of Development Studies (ids.ac.uk)
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) ICHREE report good start but nowhere near enough – Tghat
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) Opinion: USAID, WFP aid suspension in Tigray will hinder peace process | Devex
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) State Department watered down Tigray atrocity crimes – Tghat
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) Norge må ikke stå på feil side av historien i opprydningen etter Tigray-krigen (panoramanyheter.no)
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) Secretary Blinken’s Ethiopia visit: Celebration of impunity? – Tghat
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) Tigray has been made a testing ground for future warfare and the limits of international laws and norms – Tghat
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) What does Eritrea’s ruler’s statement in Nairobi tell us about justice and accountability for human rights violations in Tigray – Tghat
Gebreananaye, Meron; Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2023) The Pretoria Peace Agreement - The Cosmopolitan Globalist
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2022) The Internet Governance Forum: a spectacle of the United Nations’ complicity in the Tigray Genocide
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Mehta, Lyla (2022) Krisen er langt fra over i Tigray
Mehta, Lyla: Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2022) Marking the second year of the Tigray war
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Gebreananaye, Meron (2022) Tigray is Africa’s Ukraine: We Must Build Pan-African Solidarity.
Weldemichel, T.; Mehta, L.; Gebregziabher, M.; Rannestad, M.M. (2022) Tigrayan farmers need urgent help to face a war-induced famine
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot (2021) The environmental cost of the War on Tigray – Tghat
2024
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Gebrekirstos, Birhan.
(2024)
Opinion: How targeting Tigray farmers has contributed to brink of famine.
Briefs
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2024)
Genocidal Technologies: The Deprivation of Medicine in Tigray.
Logic(s)
Short communication
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G .
(2024)
Settler Ecologies: The Enduring Nature of Settler Colonialism in Kenya.
The AAG Review of Books
Book review
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Meaza, Hailemariam;
Ghebreyohannes, Tesfaalem;
Nyssen, Jan;
Tesfamariam, Zbelo;
Demissie, Biadiglign;
Poesen, Jean.
(2024)
Managing the environmental impacts of war: What can be learned from conflict-vulnerable communities?.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
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Schulte to Bühne, Henrike;
Darbyshire, Eoghan;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Nyssen, Jan;
Weir, Doug.
(2024)
Conflict-related environmental degradation threatens the success of landscape recovery in some areas in Tigray (Ethiopia).
Ecology & Society
Academic article
2023
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Vela Almeida, Diana Raquel;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2023)
how does political ecology help us understand the social implications of the 30×30 conservation initiative?.
Current Conservation
Short communication
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2023)
Norge må ikke stå på feil side av historien i opprydningen etter Tigray-krigen.
Panaroma
Reader opinion piece
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2023)
Opinion: USAID, WFP aid suspension in Tigray will hinder peace process.
Devex
Short communication
2022
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Bühne, Henrike Schulte to;
Weir, Doug;
Nyssen, Jan;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2022)
Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story – then the war undid decades of regreening.
The Conversation
Popular scientific article
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G ;
Rannestad, Meley Mekonen.
(2022)
Vårt Land’s Article Titled “New Amnesty report reveals serious war crimes in Ethiopia” is Troubling.
Briefs
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Mehta, Lyla;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2022)
Marking the second year of the Tigray war.
Briefs
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Mehta, Lyla.
(2022)
Krisen er langt fra over i Tigray.
Briefs
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Mehta, Lyla;
Gebregziabher, Mulugeta;
Rannestad, Meley Mekonen.
(2022)
Tigrayan farmers need urgent help to face a war-induced famine.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Gebreananaye, Meron.
(2022)
Tigray is Africa’s Ukraine: We Must Build Pan-African Solidarity.
Briefs
2021
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G..
(2021)
Inventing hell: how the Ethiopian and Eritrean regimes produced famine in Tigray.
Human Geography
Academic article
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2021)
Life in contested lands: The discourses and practices of mainstream conservation in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Emnet, Negash;
Jan, Nyssen;
Gebrekirstos Gebreselassie, Gebremeskel;
Amare, Teklay.
(2021)
Database: the Ethiopian public universities during the Tigray war.
Database
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2021)
Making land grabbable: Stealthy dispossessions by conservation in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.
Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
Academic article
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2021)
The environmental cost of the War on Tigray.
Briefs
2020
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Cavanagh, Connor Joseph;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Benjaminsen, Tor A.
(2020)
Gentrifying the African Landscape: The Performance and Powers of for-Profit Conservation on Southern Kenya’s Conservancy Frontier.
Annals of the American Association of Geographers
Academic article
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2020)
Othering Pastoralists, State Violence, and the Remaking of Boundaries in Tanzania’s Militarised Wildlife Conservation Sector.
Antipode
Academic article
2019
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2019)
Guns, fire and violence in the name of conservation in Loliondo, Tanzania.
Briefs
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Benjaminsen, Tor A;
Cavanagh, Connor Joseph;
Lein, Haakon.
(2019)
Conservation: beyond population growth.
Science
Short communication
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Lein, Haakon.
(2019)
"Fencing is our last stronghold before we lose it all." A political ecology of fencing around the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Land Use Policy
Academic article
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Benjaminsen, Tor A;
Cavanagh, Connor Joseph;
Lein, Haakon.
(2019)
Conservation: Beyond population growth: response to Ogutu et al.
Science
Short communication
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Lein, Haakon.
(2019)
Land division, conservancies, fencing and its implications in the Maasai Mara, Kenya.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
2017
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Etana, Mesele Abera.
(2017)
The Need for Transformation: Local Perception of Climate Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation Versus ‘Humanitarian’ Response in Afar Region, Ethiopia.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2017)
Fencing-in oneself: Understanding the fencing crisis in Maasai Mara, Kenya.
Briefs
2016
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2016)
Climate change, vulnerability and adaptation versus ‘humanitarian’ responsein Afar region, Ethiopia.
Briefs
Journal publications
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2024)
Genocidal Technologies: The Deprivation of Medicine in Tigray.
Logic(s)
Short communication
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G .
(2024)
Settler Ecologies: The Enduring Nature of Settler Colonialism in Kenya.
The AAG Review of Books
Book review
-
Meaza, Hailemariam;
Ghebreyohannes, Tesfaalem;
Nyssen, Jan;
Tesfamariam, Zbelo;
Demissie, Biadiglign;
Poesen, Jean.
(2024)
Managing the environmental impacts of war: What can be learned from conflict-vulnerable communities?.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic literature review
-
Schulte to Bühne, Henrike;
Darbyshire, Eoghan;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Nyssen, Jan;
Weir, Doug.
(2024)
Conflict-related environmental degradation threatens the success of landscape recovery in some areas in Tigray (Ethiopia).
Ecology & Society
Academic article
-
Vela Almeida, Diana Raquel;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2023)
how does political ecology help us understand the social implications of the 30×30 conservation initiative?.
Current Conservation
Short communication
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2023)
Norge må ikke stå på feil side av historien i opprydningen etter Tigray-krigen.
Panaroma
Reader opinion piece
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2023)
Opinion: USAID, WFP aid suspension in Tigray will hinder peace process.
Devex
Short communication
-
Bühne, Henrike Schulte to;
Weir, Doug;
Nyssen, Jan;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2022)
Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story – then the war undid decades of regreening.
The Conversation
Popular scientific article
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G..
(2021)
Inventing hell: how the Ethiopian and Eritrean regimes produced famine in Tigray.
Human Geography
Academic article
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2021)
Making land grabbable: Stealthy dispossessions by conservation in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.
Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
Academic article
-
Cavanagh, Connor Joseph;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Benjaminsen, Tor A.
(2020)
Gentrifying the African Landscape: The Performance and Powers of for-Profit Conservation on Southern Kenya’s Conservancy Frontier.
Annals of the American Association of Geographers
Academic article
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2020)
Othering Pastoralists, State Violence, and the Remaking of Boundaries in Tanzania’s Militarised Wildlife Conservation Sector.
Antipode
Academic article
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Benjaminsen, Tor A;
Cavanagh, Connor Joseph;
Lein, Haakon.
(2019)
Conservation: beyond population growth.
Science
Short communication
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Lein, Haakon.
(2019)
"Fencing is our last stronghold before we lose it all." A political ecology of fencing around the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Land Use Policy
Academic article
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Benjaminsen, Tor A;
Cavanagh, Connor Joseph;
Lein, Haakon.
(2019)
Conservation: Beyond population growth: response to Ogutu et al.
Science
Short communication
Part of book/report
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Etana, Mesele Abera.
(2017)
The Need for Transformation: Local Perception of Climate Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation Versus ‘Humanitarian’ Response in Afar Region, Ethiopia.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2021)
Life in contested lands: The discourses and practices of mainstream conservation in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Lein, Haakon.
(2019)
Land division, conservancies, fencing and its implications in the Maasai Mara, Kenya.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
PRODUKT
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot;
Emnet, Negash;
Jan, Nyssen;
Gebrekirstos Gebreselassie, Gebremeskel;
Amare, Teklay.
(2021)
Database: the Ethiopian public universities during the Tigray war.
Database
INFORMASJONSMATR
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Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Gebrekirstos, Birhan.
(2024)
Opinion: How targeting Tigray farmers has contributed to brink of famine.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G ;
Rannestad, Meley Mekonen.
(2022)
Vårt Land’s Article Titled “New Amnesty report reveals serious war crimes in Ethiopia” is Troubling.
Briefs
-
Mehta, Lyla;
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel.
(2022)
Marking the second year of the Tigray war.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Mehta, Lyla.
(2022)
Krisen er langt fra over i Tigray.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Mehta, Lyla;
Gebregziabher, Mulugeta;
Rannestad, Meley Mekonen.
(2022)
Tigrayan farmers need urgent help to face a war-induced famine.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel;
Gebreananaye, Meron.
(2022)
Tigray is Africa’s Ukraine: We Must Build Pan-African Solidarity.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2021)
The environmental cost of the War on Tigray.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2019)
Guns, fire and violence in the name of conservation in Loliondo, Tanzania.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2017)
Fencing-in oneself: Understanding the fencing crisis in Maasai Mara, Kenya.
Briefs
-
Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot.
(2016)
Climate change, vulnerability and adaptation versus ‘humanitarian’ responsein Afar region, Ethiopia.
Briefs
Teaching
Outreach
2024
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Popular scientific lectureWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot G . (2024) The new "Africa Strategy". NTNU Global Impact - Gemini Center Global Impact Policy Dialogues - Norway's new strategy for African engagement 2024-09-06 -
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InterviewTerentyeva, Oleksandra; Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel. (2024) “It Feels Like It’s Only Happening to You”: A Conversation with Geographer Tekle Weldemichael on the War in Tigray and the Scholar’s Role in Opposing Violence. Ukraine_ Commons Ukraine_ Commons [Newspaper] 2024-07-10
2022
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InterviewWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2022) The war on Tigray with Teklehaymanot Weldemichel. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0P10wokyIacxBxd03ihnzu https://open.spotify.com/episode/0P10wokyIacxBxd03ihnzu [Internet] 2022-01-19
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Popular scientific lectureWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2022) Tigray siege and the humanitarian catastrophe. The Conflict and Environment Observatory Tigray: Nature-based solutions, conflict and resilience 2022-04-26 - 2022-04-26
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Popular scientific lectureWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Norwegian urban municipalities. Bærum Kommune DatSam workshop , Sandvika 2022-10-25 -
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Popular scientific lectureWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2022) Tigray: Nature-based solutions, conflict and resilience. CEOBS - Conflict and Environment Observatory CEOBS webinar: 2022-04-26 - 2022-04-26
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InterviewBociaga, Robert; Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2022) Maasai people say Tanzania is waging a campaign to drive them from their ancestral lands. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-maasai-people- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-maasai-people- [Newspaper] 2022-04-01
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LectureWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Norwegian urban municipalities. Norwegian Geographical Society 2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28
2021
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InterviewWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2021) Famine as a Weapon of War in Tigray. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIczpR45sVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIczpR45sVE [Internet] 2021-12-02
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InterviewWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Hjorthol, Lars Martin. (2021) Tigray-krigen: – En planlagt sultkatastrofe. https://www.bistandsaktuelt.no/nyheter/2021/tigray-krigen--e https://www.bistandsaktuelt.no/nyheter/2021/tigray-krigen--e [Internet] 2021-12-15
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InterviewFriedman, Rai; Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2021) I no longer call myself Ethiopian . https://open.spotify.com/show/77ff7KcbMFQLmj6YmU9Sgb https://open.spotify.com/show/77ff7KcbMFQLmj6YmU9Sgb [Internet] 2021-11-15
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LectureWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2021) War, famine and the environment in Tigray. Cambridge Centre of African Studies Cambridge Centre of African Studies 2021 Seminar Series 2021-11-08 - 2021-11-08
2019
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InterviewWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2019) BBC Focus on Africa program: On Land Issues in Kenya . https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172w23zlvzf2z9 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172w23zlvzf2z9 [Radio] 2019-02-06
2018
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InterviewWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot. (2018) Das Ende der Freiheit?. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/das-ende-der-freiheit-roman-g https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/das-ende-der-freiheit-roman-g [Newspaper] 2018-02-05