Ecohydrology for Ethiopia — regulation of water biota interactions for sustainable water resources and ecosystem services for societies

This article introduces the rationale and the brief review of the content of the selected papers from the International Symposium “Ecohydrology for sustainable water ecosystems and society in Ethiopia” held on 18th–21st of November 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia” organized by the European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology under the auspices of UNESCO and the Ministry of Water and Energy of Ethiopia, financed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland – within the Polish Aid Programme. The major criterion of papers selection, above scientific quality, was the perspective of use of the information and knowledge provided in their content to improve the sustainability of water, ecosystems and society, for further development of the wisdom and competences applying the theory of Ecohydrology – one of the priorities of the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO – as a framework.