John E. Makunga

Field Guide to Plants of Tanzania: Etymology and Eponyms for Understanding Botanical Names (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fully revised second edition of the plant field guidebook, was written in Tanzania by an experienced author in the field of conservation. The book is well researched and prepared to suit the demand of lecturers, students, researchers, conservationists, tour guides, tourists, horticulturalists, environmental Impact assessment (EIA) experts and natural resources consultants among others. The guidebook contains plants of different growth forms, both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and therefore, it provides a good platform for considerate, understanding and conserving Tanzania's flora and hence, its sustainable utilization. Up to 387 plant species from 81 families have been identified and represented by coloured photographs, also furnished by glossaries of botanical terms, illustrations of leaf types, shapes, phyllotaxy, types of inflorescence and fruits.

Some of the plants included in this field guidebook are rare, endemic, threatened and invasive lien species. Knowing these species, therefore, helps in augmenting management efforts to conservation authorities, individual users and other stakeholders. Etymology and eponyms are the key concepts intended to help readers in understand in a simple, fascinating and instructive way, plants' scientific names presented in this field guidebook, which basically have their roots from the Latin and Greek languages. The guidebook is well organized with valuable contents, which surely enlightens readers' understanding in plant science. The author of this field guidebook is an experienced lecturer, researcher and consultant in a variety of fields, in particular, disaster risk management, environment, climate change and nature conservation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: White Falcon Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798224129102
• Artikelnr.: 70265335

Autorenporträt

The author of this book, Mr. John Elias Makunga, is a Tanzanian currently working as Lecturer at Pasiansi Wildlife Training Institute in Mwanza, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania. He has also served as a Wildlife Warden since 2003 to 2012 at the Anti-poaching Unit Southern Zone in Songea, Ruvuma Region. He was born on 1st September, 1977, in Nyamagana District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania.

Currently, Mr. Makunga is pursuing PhD in Disaster Risk Management at Ardhi University, Tanzania. He holds a Master's of Science degree in Climate Change and Sustainable Development attained from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 2013 to 2016. He pursued his Bachelors of Arts degree in Environmental Disaster Management at the University of Dodoma, from 2008 to 2011.

Prior to attainment of University education, Mr. Makunga pursued a Certificate in Wildlife Management at the College of African Wildlife Management - Mweka, in Kilimanjaro Region from 2007 to 2008, and a Basic Certificate in Wildlife Management at Pasiansi Wildlife Training Institute from 2003 to 2004.

Mr. Makunga is a licenced professional consultant in the fields of disaster and conservation. He has also been involved in a number of research assignments since 2014 and has published several papers and books. Moreover, he had served as a freelance journalist since 2001, in a number of local media houses, including the Tanzania Wildlife Magazine, supported by the Tanzania Wildlife Protection Fund (TWPF). Currently, Mr. Makunga is serving as a Quality Assurance and Control Officer, along with his teaching responsibilities.