Solomon Gebreyohannis
Name: Solomon Gebreyohannis Gebrehiwot 
Title/Department: Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, Addis Ababa University
Phone number: +251 922 822702
E-mail: solomon358.sg@gmail.com
Research focus: Forest Hydrology. Research focus on hydrological impacts of regional and local land use changes; including impacts of land use changes with regard to climate mitigation and livelihood.
What excites you most about your PIRE research?
The ambition of the project to link physical research to policy dimension
What’s the most valuable aspect of your research for the people and communities?
Spatial determinants are stronger than temporal factors to define the state of land use change-hydrological relationship. Though there is land use-hydrology relationship is complex, there is a clear positive relationship between natural grassland and woodland, while grazing land and open bush land had a negative correlation with dry season flow. This is a typical ecosystem being cleared for foreign land investment in East Africa.