The Head of Department of Forest Engineering and Wood Technologies at the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism would like to inform the public that Dr. Christian Kolonel successfully defended his PhD at the University of Tokyo, with the Title Using Wooden Briquettes as a Forest Management strategy for Forest Conservation in Tanzania. Let us […]
The Government of Tanzania welcomed 10 experts from St. Petersburg University, Russia , who arrived in the country for an exchange visit to share skills and technology in the forestry sector. This visit is part of the strategic collaboration between Tanzania and Russia in forest conservation and the development of this sector. Read more
Above-Ground Biomass (AGB) is a crucial forest biophysical property, serving as a key indicator of carbon storage and sequestration in forested ecosystems. It plays a fundamental role in global climate change mitigation, particularly in tropical regions, where forests act as vital carbon sinks. A recent study (here) by Melitha et al. (2024), published in the International Journal of Earth […]
The Department of Ecosystems and Conservation at Sokoine University of Agriculture offers a variety of courses, one of which is Wildlife Management and Beekeeping. This specific course is offered as part of the BSc Forestry program in the second year. From 24th to 28th March 2025, students who were enrolled in BSc Forestry Year 2 participated in field practicals at SUA Training Forest, located […]
Prof. Alfan Rija, Department of Wildlife Management, CFWT, SUA In their Letter “Stop elephant hunting in Tanzania borderlands” (19 July 2024, p. 265), J. Poole et al. object to recent killings of elephants by trophy hunters on the grounds that the targeted animals were important to population sustainability and were part of a long-term research study […]
Researchers at Sokoine University of Agriculture have been asked to involve diverse groups of both genders in the initial stages of their research in order to obtain information that will help the Government solve existing challenges in society as well as plan development plans from the family to the national level. The call was made by […]
To ensure that research conducted by researchers from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and other institutions is beneficial to society, the University, through the Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Tropical Drylands (CLARITY) Research Project, has provided training to young researchers, including SUA students, on how to collect and process data to produce quality research. […]
The College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Tourism Postgraduate Committee is pleased to announce the successful PhD defense by Mr. James Ssuuna on his thesis titled “Effect of Forest Disturbances on Rodent Population Dynamics.” at the Department of Wildlife Management Let us join hands in cordially congratulating Dr. Ssuuna on this remarkable achievement. Congratulations, Dr. Ssuuna
Miss. Nandera Lolila, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Forest Engineering and Wood Sciences The College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Tourism extends its heartfelt congratulations to Miss. Nandera Lolila for winning a prize worth TZS 29,920,000 to support her research titled “Application of remote sensing data and GIS for landslide risk assessment as an environmental threat to […]