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Maarifa Mwakumanya

Current job title: 
Lecturer and Researcher
Areas of expertise: 
Climate change, Coastal Engineering
Institution(s) associated with the expert: 
Pwani University

I am an environmental earth scientist with a bias in coastal processes and marine ecosystems conservation and management, specifically shoreline instability and beach erosion vulnerability assessment and monitoring. I also have research interests in near shore sediment and hydrodynamics influencing beach morphological dynamics.

I am also engaged in assessment  of environmental accountability and governance systems in small and artisanal extractive and mining processes. I do  habitats mapping for sustainable restoration and conservation.

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Steven Weerts

Current job title: 
Research Group Leader, Senior Scientist
Institution(s) associated with the expert: 
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Steven is a marine and estuarine ecologist. He has been employed directly in the broad field of marine and estuarine ecology, biomonitoring and water quality for 25 years. During that period he has undertaken both academic and applied research work as well as contract and consultancy projects ranging from local to regional scales.

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Dan Patis Ashitiva

Current job title: 
Principal Marine and Wetlands Officer
Areas of expertise: 
Waste Management
Institution(s) associated with the expert: 
National Environment Management Authority

Conservation and management of aquatic ecosystems through development of management frameworks such as strategies, action plans, policies and regulations, stakeholder engagement and aquatic resources inventory and monitoring

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