ELIKANA KALUMANGA NGALLABA

Lecturer, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences

Education:

PhD in Physical Geography (Landscape Ecology) - Stockholm University, Sweden

Teaching:

Dr. Kalumanga is involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses on wildlife ecology, natural resources management, community-based conservation, conservation policies and governance, climate change and biodiversity conservation, and applied research techniques.

Research:

Research interests: Dr. Kalumanga has more interest on landscape and wildlife ecology with a particular focus on habitat connectivity and movement of large mammals such as elephants; community-based conservation; integrated natural resources management; climate change (ecosystem-based adaptation); landscapes restoration with a particular interest on sustainable conservation of biodiversity for the valuable ecosystem services for inclusive development at different levels.

Projects:

1. Africa Climate Leadership Program (AfriCLP): Building Africa’s Resilience through Research, Policy and Practice (https://africlp.or.ke/elikana-kalumanga/): 2016 – 2020
2. Habitat connectivity: Assessing sustainability of corridors connecting the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and other protected areas in Northern Tanzania: 2020 - 2021

Publications:

1. Mwambala, A. N., Nyundo, B. A., &Kalumanga, E. (2019). Interface of biodiversity and ecosystem services: Does soil organic carbon correlate with the diversity of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Uzungwa Scarp Nature Reserve, Tanzania?.International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 11(4), 114-124.
2. Elikana Kalumanga , Donald G. Mpanduji, and Sara A. O. Cousins (2017). Geophagic termite mounds asone of the resources for African elephants in Ugalla Game Reserve, Western Tanzania. African Journal ofEcology 55: 91-100.
3. Lynch, A. Jasmyn J., Kalumanga, Elikana, and Ospina, Guillermo A. (2016). Socio-ecological aspects of sustaining Ramsar wetlands in three biodiverse developing countries. Marine and Freshwater Research 67(6) 850-http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15419
4. Kangalawe, R.Y.M., Mung’ong’o, C.G., Mwakaje, A.G., Kalumanga, E. and Yanda, P.Z. (2016). Climate Change and variability impacts on agricultural production and livelihood systems in western Tanzania. Climate and Development [DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2016.1146119]
5. Hamisi, H. I., Tumbo, M., Kalumanga, E., and Yanda, P. (2012). Crisis in the wetlands: combined stresses in a changing climate – experience from Tanzania. Climate and Development4, 5–1 DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2012.665009
6. Kangalawe, R.Y.M., Mung’ong’o, C.G., Yanda, P.Z., Mwakaje, A.G., Kalumanga, E. (2009). Climate change and variability impacts, vulnerability and adaptive capacity in Kasulu District, Tanzania. Chapter 2. In: Kangalawe, R.Y.M., Mung’ong’o, C.G. and Yanda, P.Z. (Eds.). People’s Perceptions and Community Response to Climate Change and Variability: Selected Cases from Tanzania. Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam.
7. Kalumanga, E (2008). Abundance and Diversity of Small Mammals in the Disturbed and UndisturbedForests in Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania. The Arc Journal, 22: 19-26.
8. Kalumanga, E (2008). First recorded sighting of the ornate shovel snout snake in 80 years.The Arc Journal, 42.