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Michael Elias Mgalula

Name
Michael Elias Mgalula

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
Geography and Economics

Biography

Biography

Michael Elias Mgalula is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Geography and Economics at Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In his work he focuses on land use dynamics, greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in rangeland ecosystems. 

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Email Address
michael.mgalula@muce.ac.tz

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Projects

Projects

Comparisons study on the carbon sequestration of blue carbon ecosystems in China and Tanzania, specifically in Tanzania Mangrove ecosystems in Dar es Salaam and Coast region/Pwani (2023 – 2026 East China Normal University, China - funded) Co-Principal Investigator (PI). 

 

Enhancing modern beekeeping practices to increase productivity and income among beekeepers in Uyui and Sikonge Districts of Tabora region Western Tanzania (2024 – 2025 University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania funded) Principal Investigator (PI). 

 

Establishment of land use and cover change dynamics in Miombo woodlands of Western Tanzania: Enhancing Carbon sequestration potential (2022 – 2024 University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania funded) Principal Investigator (PI).   

 

Determination of utilization and degradation threats on wild edible fruits from the Miombo woodlands in Tabora, Western Tanzania (2022 – 2023 University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania funded) Principal Investigator (PI).  

Publications

Publications

  • Michael Elias Mgalula, Amos Enoch Majule, Anasia Elingaya Saria, & Benard Mwakisunga, (2024). Land use and land cover changes and their driving forces in selected forest reserves in Central Tanzania. Trees, Forests and People, 100584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100584

  • Michael Elias Mgalula (2024). An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 20, 23 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-024-00668-x

  • Michael Elias Mgalula (2023) Ethnobotanical study of the utilization of wild edible indigenous fruits in miombo woodland of Tabora region western Tanzania. https://www.tropentag.de/abstract.php?code=x9oUr3cX

  • Michael Elias Mgalula, Uwe Richter, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Oliver Hensel, and Christian Hülsebusch (2023) Mapping evolving croplands based on biophysical data and cropping history in the rangelands of Borana, Southern Ethiopia. Regional Environmental Change (2023) 23:80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02075-6

  • Michael Elias Mgalula, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Christian Hülsebusch, Uwe Richter and Oliver Hensel. (2021). Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sink potential in Eastern Africa rangeland ecosystems: A review. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 11:19 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-021-00201-9 

  • Michael Elias Mgalula (2016). Assessing trends in land use change in the Borana rangeland Ethiopia as one cause of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration variations, www.kobra.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de 

  • Michael Elias, Uwe Richter, Oliver Hensel, Christian Hülsebusch, Brigitte Kaufmann and Oliver Wasonga: Land Conversion Dynamics in the Borana Rangelands of Southern Ethiopia: An Integrated Assessment Using Remote Sensing Techniques and Field Survey Data.  Environments 2015, 2, 1-31; https://doi.org/10.3390/environments2010001, including a correction Environments 2015, 2(3), 385-387; doi:10.3390/environments2030385