{"id":439,"date":"2020-12-02T17:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T17:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/developing-curricula-for-biodiversity-monitoring-and-conservation-in-tanzania-contan\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T23:13:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T20:13:56","slug":"developing-curricula-for-biodiversity-monitoring-and-conservation-in-tanzania-contan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/developing-curricula-for-biodiversity-monitoring-and-conservation-in-tanzania-contan","title":{"rendered":"Developing curricula for biodiversity monitoring and conservation in Tanzania (CONTAN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmuscontan.eu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3881 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1201\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Funding line: European Union &#8211; <strong>Erasmus+<\/strong> KA2 \u2013 Capacity Building in Higher Education (call EAC-A02-2019-CBHE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Title: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erasmuscontan.eu\">Developing curricula for biodiversity monitoring and conservation in Tanzania (<strong>CONTAN<\/strong>)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Implementation period: 15 January 2021 \u2013 14 January 2024 (36 months)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Budget: 790,431 Euro<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Partners in Tanzania:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/\">Sokoine University of Agriculture<\/a>, Morogoro<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udsm.ac.tz\/\">University of Dar es Salaam<\/a>, Dar es Salaam<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mwekawildlife.ac.tz\/\">College of African Wildlife Managemen<\/a>t, Mweka<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Partners in the EU:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifi.it\/\">University of Florence<\/a>, Italy (coordinator)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muse.it\/\">MUSE \u2013 Science museum<\/a>, Italy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ku.dk\/\">University of Copenhagen<\/a> &#8211; Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-bayreuth.de\/en\/\">University of Bayreuth<\/a>, Germany<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Summary:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">In the current era of the unprecedented biodiversity crisis, which is disproportionally acute in the tropics, many ACP countries have embraced international commitments to ensure green growth through conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. In Tanzania, the project Partner Country, the National Biodiversity Strategy identified in the lack of capacity and inadequate curricula by its Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) major barriers to mainstream biodiversity conservation in the country\u2019s development. Meanwhile, the EU recognizes that actions to avert the environmental crisis need to be taken within the EU but also at global level. Applicants targeted Tanzania because of its outstanding biodiversity importance and the long-standing presence in biodiversity conservation by EU proponents. The <strong>project aims at building a network of HEIs and natural science museums in the EU and the 3 major Partner Country HEIs to implement state\u2010of\u2010the\u2010art HE training so to boost capacity and curricula in biodiversity science, hence improving the country\u2019s HE offer<\/strong>. Activities will (1) strengthen the academic scientific knowledge and improve the HE offer by delivering modern training approaches, through introducing e\u2010learning courses and facilitating the upgrading of formal curricula; (2) build the capacity of HEI\u2019s lecturers and technicians on biodiversity approaches so to deliver effective training, by targeting trainers for capacity building, producing a toolkit and providing adequate equipment; (3) boost skills of students, and update the capacity of professionals, to implement standardised biodiversity monitoring techniques in the field by organizing field training courses. Field training will be delivered at two field stations: in the Udzungwa Mountains National Park (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.udzungwacentre.org\/\">Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre<\/a>, co-managed by MUSE\/University of Florence and the Natural History Museum of Denmark in partnership with Tanzania National Parks) and in Kilimanjaro National Park (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kilimanjaro.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de\/Default.aspx\">Scientific Station Nkweseko<\/a>, managed by the University of Bayreuth in partnership with Tanzania National Parks). Impacts generated will include the activation of new course programmes to shape an increased number of future competitive biodiversity experts for relevant professional positions, increased research, scientific production, and biodiversity programmes that adopts international standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact Us;<br \/>\nProject Coordinator,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/staff\/academic\/charles-j-kilawe\">Dr. Charles Kilawe<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmuscontan.eu\/\">CONTAN project<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/\">Department of Ecosystems and Conservation<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/\">College of Forestry Wildlife and Tourism<\/a><br \/>\nPO Box 3010, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ckilawe@sua.ac.tz\">ckilawe@sua.ac.tz<\/a><a href=\"mailto:smacrice@suanet.ac.tz\"><br \/>\n<\/a>+255 752 581 069<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3880 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/eu-logo-300x66.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/eu-logo-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/eu-logo.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmuscontan.eu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3881 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Final-2022.09.16-Banner-1-1200x628px-DEF.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding line: European Union &#8211; Erasmus+ KA2 \u2013 Capacity Building in Higher Education (call EAC-A02-2019-CBHE) Title: Developing curricula for biodiversity monitoring and conservation in Tanzania (CONTAN) Implementation period: 15 January 2021 \u2013 14 January 2024 (36 months) Budget: 790,431 Euro Partners in Tanzania: Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4576,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/4576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}