Biodiversity and Conservation Along an East African Railway: A Survey of the Dar es Salaam-Makutupora Standard Gauge Railway, Tanzania

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Catherine Aloyce Masao (Edited By) Dr. Catherine A. Masao is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Quality Assurance for Research Publications & Innovations of the UDSM. She has a PhD in Nature Conservation from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in sandwich with Oslo University in Norway since 2012 and a MSc. in Conservation Biology from Kent university Canterbury UK in 2004. Dr. Masao undertook her Post-doctoral Research on Scientific foundations of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNF in collaboration with the German Research Foundation (2018/2019). Dr. Masao is also a TRC's Advisor for Biodiversity Action Plan Implementation along the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Dar es salaam to Mwanza since 2020. Dr. C.A. Masao has also been a Lead Author of the Africa Chapter in the IPCC WG2AR6 Report. Dr. C.A. Dr. Masao also did long-term research on Afro-alpine Sky Islands : Genetic Versus Taxonomic Biodiversity Biodiversity Conservation and implications of Climate Change that was conducted on high mountains of eastern Africa funded by NUFU. Joel Nobert (Edited By) Prof Joel Nobert is Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Resource Assessment University of Dar es Salaam. He is trained at the University of Dar es Salaam and Yokohama National University Japan and has specialized in hydrology and Water Resources Management. He is currently leading the team in the development of Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Plan (IWRMDP) for Lake Victoria basin. He is the hydrologist with the team doing the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project as water resources expert. He is also working with Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) as hydrologist for the ongoing project under the Ministry on Development of prediction tools for flood forecasting early warning (FFEWS) Flora John Magige (Edited By) Prof. Magige received the BSc degree from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Tanzania in 2000 and later MSc. and Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the UDSM and NTNU Norway in 2003 and 2008 respectively. In 2006 she joined the UDSM as Assistant Lecturer and is now an Associate Professor since 2020. Prof. Magige has been engaged in teaching conducting research and supervising students both Undergraduate and Postgraduates she has published several articles in reputable journals. Prof. Magige is a member of research advisory committees. Prof. Magige is currently the Principal of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences UDSM.