MWITA MARWA MANGORA

Senior Lecturer, Institute of Marine Sciences

Education:

PhD (Marine Sciences), 2007–2012, University of Dar es Salaam; MSc (Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture), 2000–2002, Sokoine University of Agriculture; BSc (Forestry), 1993–1996 Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Teaching:

BSc Courses:

CR 202 Biology and Ecology of Mangroves. 

OC 201 Climate Change and Variability I

OC 204 Climate Change and Variability II.

MSc Courses:

MR608 Marine Conservation Science. 

MR601 Sustainable Utilization of Coastal and Marine Resource. 

MR603 Applied Marine and Coastal Ecology. 

MR615 Environmental Assessment for Marine Scientists.

Research:

Ecology and stress ecophysiology of mangroves and coastal forests: responses to climate change and related environmental and anthropogenic pressures; Socio-ecological studies on coastal ecosystems: understanding dynamics of ecosystem services, management and restoration, and livelihoods of dependent communities; Existence, management and socio-ecological impact of Marine Protected Areas

Projects:

1. Designing Sustainable Collaborative Mangrove Harvesting and Restoration Models in Rufiji Delta - Tanzania.
2. Transboundary Coastal Processes and Human Resource Utilisation Patterns as a Basis for a Kenya-tanzania Conservation Area Initiative (Trans-Coast).
3. East Africa Mangrove Carbon Project (EAMCP) as a component of the global Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program (SWAMP) - Africa

Publications:

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