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Marine Conservation Warden
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I am a mid-career professional, a former fisheries officer and currently a Marine Conservation Warden at Mafia Island Marine Park. I deal with conservation and management of marine resources and its environment for 7 years now. I have a degree in Fisheries and Aquaculture from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and recently graduated a joint Erasmus Mundus Master Course on Maritime Spatial Planning from Venice, Azore and Sevilla Universities.

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Principal Meteorologist
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I am  meteorologist, specializing in marine meteorology. where i work at marine and oceanography division of Kenya meteorological department.

My expertise are in Air-sea interaction, Ocean circulation, climate change on marine environment.

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Lecturer and Researcher
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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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Senior Research Scientist
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I have great interest in artisanal fisheries research, coral reef resilience, management and conservation.

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Research Scientist
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I work on marine pollution and currently focusing on plastic pollution. This involves:

  • Marine litter characterization and quantification
  • Monitoring and assessment of marine litter and micro plastics

I am a co-author in four published papers on the subject of marine litter pollution.

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Project Manager - Community Based Conservation

My work focuses on marine conservation through locally managed marine areas, enhancing sustainable marine resource use. Communicating science to local communities. And putting action to science at the local level to enhance the change that is desired.

I believe that the success of community based natural resource management lies in empowering locals to take up the mantle through good governance, understanding and engaging in economically viable social enterprises.

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Project Manager (Science & Policy)
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Lenice currently serves as a project manager (Science & Policy) for CORDIO East Africa. She has over nine years of experience working on development-focused projects from 2010, transitioning to more research-oriented work in 2014.  Her past six years have focused on transforming coastal and marine resource management within Western Indian Ocean region (WIO) through research, encompassing multilevel climate change adaptation and governance; community-based natural resource management with a focus on artisanal fisheries management and community-driven management of marine litter.

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Senior Scientist and Programme Manager
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Coral reef ecologist, specializing in reef resilience aspects and coral bleaching, coral reef monitoring and coordination of regional reef ecology data aggregation.

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Network Coordinator
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Marine Governance, Networking and stakeholder engagement, Results Based Management

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Senior Lecturer at the College of Engineering and Technology - Water Resources Engineering Department, University of Dar es Salaam
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Dr. Richard Joseph Kimwaga (PhD), holds Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, M.Sc. Water Resources Engineering, M.Sc. Environmental System Analysis and PhD in Environmental Engineering. He has attended a number of professional and short courses trainings on various issues related to water resources management, sanitation management and hygiene promotion. Currently, Dr.

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