Prof. Eliakimu Zahabu

Full Name: Prof. Eliakimu Mnkondo Zahabu
Contact Address:
National Carbon Monitoring Centre (NCMC)/
Department of Forest Resources Assessment and Management
Sokoine University of Agriculture,
P.O. Box 3013, Chuo Kikuu Morogoro, Tanzania
e-mail: zahabu@sua.ac.tz or zahabue@yahoo.com
Mobile: +255 752 596 503

Membership in Professional Bodies and Associations

  1. Tanzania Association of Foresters (TAF)
  2. African Forestry Forum (AFF)
  3. South-South Forum for REDD Readiness
  4. National Climate Change Technical Committee
  5. National Agricultural Library: Board member Member

Education

  1. PhD, The University of Twente, the Netherlands – 2008
    Titled: Sinks and Sources; The strategy of involving local communities in Tanzania in the global climate change policy
  2. MSc. (Forestry), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania – 2001
  3. BSc. (Forestry) Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania – 1996

Employment Records

  1. Coordinator; National Carbon Monitoring Centre since January 2016 to date
  2. Professor in Forestry at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania, June 2002 to date
  3. Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Consultant Services provider in the area of Forest Resources Assessment and Management; Climate change and forestry
  4. MRV Expert at UN-REDD Programme, Tanzania 2008 – 2012 attached to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
  5. Investigator, PCCB – 2000 – 2002

Scientific Publications

Prof. Zahabu has published a number of scientific articles, book chapters and reports on forestry issues and climate change. For details please visit:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qa6O6t8AAAAJ&hl=en

Lead projects or national programs

  1. National Carbon Monitoring Centre: Developed the Tanzania Forest Reference Emission Level http://redd.unfccc.int/files/frel__for__tanzania_december2016_27122016.pdf
  2. Project Leader: Enhancing MRV of Tanzania Research Project 2011 – 2015
  3. MRV Expert at UN-REDD Programme, Tanzania 2008 – 2012

Some Consultancy Work Undertaken

  1. Training of TFS Staff on Forest Inventory Data Analysis and Preparation of Management/Harvesting Plan KILORWEMP and NFBKP II September 2015.
    KILORWEMP joined hands with the National Forestry & Beekeeping Programme II (NFBKP-II, funded by the Finnish MFA through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism) to train and enable district foresters to strengthen their skills and access to a practical method and tool to carry out robust inventories and formulate sound sustainable harvesting plans.
  2. Development of REDD+ Training Institute for SADC. The Southern African Development Community/ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter. Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) 2015
  3. Environmental and Social Safeguards of REDD+ Linking to Scenario of Land and Climate Change in the Tanzania. WWF, Tanzania Country Office 2014. The aim of this consultancy was to provide a coherent package of products related to biodiversity and environmental safeguards that can be embedded in the database of the National Carbon Monitoring Centre in Morogoro, and contribute to a Safeguards Information System. This follows work contracted to UNEP-WCMC and Sokoine University, funded by UN-REDD and NAFORMA in 2012/2013.
  4. Facilitation of the national training workshop for extension services and local communities on Rapid Carbon Stock Appraisal (RaCSA) in Wondogenet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Hawassa University, Ethiopia organized by African Forest Forum November, 11-14 2013.
  5. Facilitation of the national training workshop for extension services and local communities on Rapid Carbon Stock Appraisal (RaCSA) in Kitwe Zambia, organized by African Forest Forum November, 11 – 14 2013.
  6. Provision of consultancy service for the administrative and logistical arrangement, assist in the identification and selection of participants, plan the training session including choice of relevant local institution to work with and the trainees use the training module developed in 2012 on climate change by African Forestry Forum (AFF) to implement training under AFF, Nairobi, Kenya
  7. Facilitation of the workshop on Training and Research Needs on Climate Change for the Eastern and Southern African Countries held in Nairobi, Kenya, during 12 to 16 November 2012. African Forestry Forum Nairobi, Kenya
  8. Baseline Surveys in 8 Nature Reserves and 1 National Park in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Eastern Arc Mountain Endowment Fund Dec 2012. Locations: Amani, Nilo, Chome, Magamba, Mkingu, Uluguru, Udzungwa Scarp & Kilombero Nature Reserves and Udzungwa National Park. The project aims was to undertake a series of linked baseline studies for each of the 8 Nature Reserves and 1 National Park, resulting in baseline reports and data sets that can be used to measure progress over the 5 years of Norwegian funding. The main purpose of the baseline studies is to put in place solid pieces of work that can be used for measuring the progress and impact by the project, and that can also contribute to the better management of the Nature Reserves and National Park network overall.
  9. Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Expert to the Forestry and Beekeeping Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, under the FAO UN-REDD Tanzania programme, 2011-2012
  10. Improving smallholder livelihoods through woodlots management: an adaptation to climate variability & change in Makete District, Tanzania. The UNEP/UNDP Climate Change and Development: Adapting by Reducing Vulnerability (CC DARE) programme, 2011. Phase Two. ¬ Team Member
  11. Improving smallholder livelihoods through woodlots management: an adaptation to climate variability & change in Makete District, Tanzania. The UNEP/UNDP Climate Change and Development: Adapting by Reducing Vulnerability (CC DARE) programme, 2010. Phase One. ¬ Team Member
  12. Capacity building needs assessments in undertaking vulnerability assessments and implementing adaptation measures for stakeholders at local, district, regional and national level. The Climate Change and Development project of IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office Programme in Tanzania, 2010 ¬ Team Member
  13. Identifying Carbon Trading Opportunities for the Private Forestry and Carbon Trading Project in Southern Tanzania, under the Finish Funding, INDOFOR, June, 2011.
  14. Conduct indepth study on Existing REDD Related Carbon Trade and Marketing Opportunities in Tanzania, REDD Secretariat 2010
  15. Mapping Data Needs for National Forest Resources Monitoring and Assessment (NAFORMA). FBD/FAO, 2009
  16. Identification of current trends in benefits capture and negative spin-offs from four carbon-based PES projects and two non-CDM arrangements in Tanzania. CIFOR and Katoomba Group 2008.
  17. Situation analysis of charcoal sector in Dar es Salaam: charcoal supply and consumption. WWF Tanzania Programme Office, Dar Es Salaam (2007).
  18. Forest Area Baseline For The Eastern Arc Mountains: Conservation & Management of the Eastern Arc Mountain Forests: Eastern Arc Mountains Strategy (GEF/UNDP:00015426) (2006).
  19. Forest Inventory In Eleven Districts Of Southern Highlands And Eastern Zones Of Tanzania. FBD/ World Bank. (2005).
  20. Key External Underlying Threats to Dry Forests in Sub-Saharan Africa, The Case of Tanzania. The Effects of Urbanization and Climate Change on Forests and People: For The Center For International Forestry Research (Cifor), Jalan Cifor, Situ Gede, Sindangbarang, Bogor, Indonesia. November, 2004.
  21. Reconnaissance Inventory of Chome Forest Reserve and Collaborative Management Recommendations, Same District (2000). Kilimanjaro Region Catchment Forest Project, Forest and Beekeeping Division Dar es salaam.
  22. Malimbwi, R.E., Mugasha, A.G and E. Zahabu (1998). Volume and yield tables development for Pinus patula, P. eliotii and Eucalyptus saligna at Sao Hill forest plantations Tanzania. Forest and Beekeeping Division Dar es salaam.