UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
INSTITUTE OF RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (IRA)

OLIPA SIMON

Principal GIS Laboratory Scientist, Institute of Resource Assessment
Education:

MSc. Computer Science, UDSM; BSc. Land Surveying (Geomatics), UDSM

Projects:

2019    Developing activity data for National Forest Reference Emission level (Forest and

Deforestation) using cloud-based geospatial processing platform –Google Earth Engine for year 2013 and 2018, National Carbon Monitoring Center and Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania.

2019    Chalinze distict Climate Change Vulnerability Impact Assessment and Hotspot

mapping, E-Link Consult Ltd

 

2019    Consultant for technical support in mapping and assessing land use/cover types

in Selous Game Reserve Ecosystem) under Selous Ecosystem Conservation and

Development Project (SECAD), Frankfurt Zoological Society

2018    Member of the task force to assess Ecological Status and Potential of forest

Resources in Tanzania, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

2018    National land cover change for year 2013-2017 using high resolution images and

Google Earth engine (National Carbon Monitoring Center)

2018    Mapping status of land degradation severity in Tanzania under Land Degradation

Neutrality Target Setting Programme (UNFCCD)

2017    Land Cover change mapping for Tanzania – coastal regions

2017   Mapping of the status of Dar es Salaam mangroves forest for year 1980s,

1990s, 2000s and 2016

2016   Development of Landsat based Reference Emissions Levels for Forest Loss and Gain, Forest Area Change Detection Analysis for Mainland Tanzania and for Zanzibar (National Carbon Monitoring Center)

2016   Mapping of Land Cover for Kigoma Region, Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC)

2015:   Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Stock in Tanzania using

Advanced Remote      Sensing Techniques

2014:   Preparation of maps for Tanzania Secondary School Atlas, Oxford University

Press (OUP)

2014:   Assessment of Land Cover change for the Hydro Electric Power Projects in

Mtera, Kidatu, Kihansi, Pangani and Nyumba ya Mungu for year 1990, 2000 and

2013, Tanzania Electricity      Supply Corporation (TANESCO)

2014: Review of Uhuru Corridor Land use Framework Plan, Ministry of Lands, Housing

and Human Settlements Development

2013: GIS and Remote Sensing Expert; Environmental Assessments of Irrigation and

Rural Roads Projects in Tanzania and Zanzibar

2013:   National Consultant Forest Cover Change; Assess and establish historical forest area changes at the national level for the target years 1990, 2000 and 2010, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation

2013:   GIS and Remote Sensing Expert; Land Cover mapping of the Borana zone in

Ethiopia

2012    Remote Sensing Expert, Enhancing the measuring, reporting and verification of forests in Tanzania through the application of advanced remote sensing techniques,

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of the United Republic

of Tanzania

2011.   GIS and Remote Sensing Expert, Mapping of the Lava and ashes eruption at Oldonyo Lengai Mountain

2009    GIS and Remote Sensing Expert, Estimating Land Use and Land Cover Changes

in Rungwe District using remote sensing techniques, French CORUS program

2009    GIS and Remote Sensing Expert, Land Cover mapping in the Kagera Basin

Covering 4 countries i.e., Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda,

2009    GIS Expert; Mapping of the TANESCO high extension grid from Iringa to Shinyanga for Environmental Impact Assessment

2008    GIS and Remote Sensing Expert; Integrated Management Plan for the Central Slave and Ivory Trade Caravan Route and Related Centers

2005    GIS and Remote Sensing Expert, Mapping of Catchment Forest Reserves in

Tanga, Kilimanjaro and Morogoro. Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and

Tourism.

2005    Assessment of Viability of Game Controlled Area category as Wildlife

Conservation Areas. USAID through WWF, Wildlife Division, Ministry of Natural

Resources and Tourism.

2004    GIS and Remote Sensing Expert, Land Use / Cover changes in areas surrounding Moyovozi Ramsar site. Sustainable and Integrated Management of the Malagarasi/Moyovozi Ramsar site (SIMMORS)