First year students pursuing BSc. Forestry 2018/19 are conducting forest botany field practical at SUA Training Forest, Olmotonyi-Arusha on 22nd-26th July 2019. The practical aimed at providing a foundation in identification and classification of different vegetation types and species composition, collection and make herbarium specimens. The practical contents includes identification of vegetation types and their species composition. Exercises […]
Partners from Tanzania, Kenya, China and UK are coming together to build capacity so development corridor decision-making can be based on sound scientific evidence and effective use of available planning tools and procedures. The Partnership will build capacity among researchers, practitioners, government and private sector actors to deliver sustainable development corridors in East Africa. This […]
On Monday 10th June 2019 College of Forest Wildlife and Tourism (CFWT) hosted a technical workshop to discuss plantation mapping methodologies at the National Carbon Monitoring Center. The workshop was conducted by four partner institutions including Forest Development Trust, University of Turku -Finland, Sokoine University of Agriculture and Forest and Beekeeping Division. The main objective […]
The Ester Boserup Prize for Research on Development 2019 will be awarded to Ian Scoones, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Ian Scoones will give an open lecture titled ‘Why embracing uncertainty means rethinking development’. The Ester Boserup Thesis Prize 2019 will be awarded to Eliezeri Sungusia for the PhD thesis ‘Reproducing Forestry Education, Scientific Authority, and […]
The Development Corridors Partnership Project is a South-South research and capacity building collaboration among the UK, Chinese and African institutions. Partners from Tanzania, Kenya, China and UK are coming together to build capacity on decision-making based on a sound scientific evidence and effective use of available planning tools and procedures. The Partnership will build capacity […]
On May 27th, 2019, the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism hosted an Alumni Seminar delivered by Dr. Deogratias Rweyongeza from Canada on climate change adaptation. This seminar was examining and prompt discussion on climate change adaptation options in various aspects of forestry. A greater emphasis was much on climate change adaptation in planted forests through selection and […]
You are warmly welcome to the seminar presentation organized by the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism Title: Opportunities and Challenges of Climate Change Adaption in Forestry Guest Speaker: Deogratias Rweyongeza, PhD, P. Biol. from Forest Management Branch, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Date & time: Monday 27th May, 2019 from 10:00 to 12:00 noon […]
Since March 1997, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) through its College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism has been organizing the tree planting week campaign to ensure proper utilization of university land, to protect the university land and surrounding areas against soil erosion, restoration of degraded hill tops, extension and establishment of forest plantations to be used for training and […]
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The Commonwealth Forestry Association’s commitment is pleased to announce the launch of the CFA Young Forester Award2020 in conjunction with the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia. The CFA Young Forester Award provides a short-term work placement of three months hosted by the University of British Columbia at their Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, between September and December 2020, […]