Top Global Scientific, Researchers, Environmentalists, Conservators Convenes In Arusha City -

By Staff
Reporter

TANZANIA
is hosting the 14th Global Scientific Conference, the vital gathering which
attracts hundreds of scientists, researchers, environmentalists, and conservators
from across the world.

Taking
shape at the Arusha-based famous International Conference Centre (AICC), the
annually staged event which commenced today will run for at least three consecutive
days,until December 8.

Among
other things, the issue of coexistence between human and wildlife will most
likely be on top of the agenda throughout the key scientific gathering.

The
Arusha-based Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute is organising the event and
according to a statement from TAWIRI, ‘Human –Wildlife coexistence for
biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic development is the guiding theme
for the 14th scientific conference.

Tanzania
will be tackling the issue of wildlife corridors, many of which have been
disappearing in the country as well as around Africa due to invasion of
unplanned human activities and settlement.

Some of
the main topics during the conference include Human and Wildlife Coexistence
with biodiversity as the basis for a sustainable future being presented by
Professor Veldhuis M. Paul

Dr Paul
is an Assistant Professor on Fundamental Principles in the organisation of
ecosystems at the Institute of Environmental Science, Leiden Public University
of Netherland.

There
will be a topic on Innovation and Technology for Conservation and Sustainable
Tourism development by Prof Wineaster Anderson, the Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of
Dodoma (UDOM) responsible for planning,finance
and administration.

The Chief
Development and Coordination Officer and the Director of Research at the
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Dr Julius Keyyu will be addressing the
issue of Wildlife corridors, their current status, threats and implications for sustainable biodiversity
conservation and community livelihood in Tanzania.

As it
happens, Tanzania is currently working to restore the country’s wildlife
corridors and so far about 61 such natural connectivity passages have been
reinstated.

The
other sub-themes of the TAWIRI Scientific Conference 2023 Human-Wildlife
Conflicts comprise emerging technologies for wildlife conservation; tourism
development and diversifications for social-economic development, wildlife
ecology and ecological interactions.

Scientists
are also discussing monitoring of wildlife population and threatened species;
ecosystem health and wildlife diseases; water resources and wetland
conservation; climate change and ecological resilience; bee ecology; bee
keeping and Api-tourism development as well as vegetation ecology, invasive
species and habitat conservation.