PIUS YANDA

Professor, Institute of Resource Assessment
Education:

BSc: Dar es salaam, Tanzania; MSc, As, Norway; PhD, Stockholm, Sweden

Teaching:

Natural Resources Management, Climate Change

Research:

Natural Resources Management, Climate Change

Projects:

Title:  The role of rural-urban linkages for enhanced climate resilience in rural Tanzania (RUL4CLI)

Donor: DANIDA

Role:    Co-PI

Year:   2022- 2027

Title:  Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability: Transformations and Governance (CENSU) project

Donor: NORAD

Role: Co-PI

Year: 2021- 2026

 

Title:  Vulnerability, Resilience, Rights and Responsibilities:  Capacity Building on Climate Change in Relation to Coastal Resources, Gender and Governance in Coastal Tanzania and Zanzibar

Donor: NORAD

Role:    PI

Year:   2013- 2020

 

Title:  Building Capacity f or REDD+ in East Africa for Improved Ecosystem Health and for Sustainable Livelihoods in Eastern Africa (REEDD-EA)

Donor:NORAD

Role: Co-PI

Year: 2013- 2020

Publications:

  1. PM Rogers, M Fridahl, P. Z. Yanda, A Hansson, N Pauline, H. Simon (2022): Socio-Economic Determinants for Biochar Deployment in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. Energies 2022, 15(1), 144; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15010144
  2. Yanda PZ, Mabhuye EB, Mwajombe AR, Msambichaka SJ. Tracking Pathways to Recovery from Climate Shocks and Resilience Enhancement. Environ Manage. 2021 Nov 29. doi: 10.1007/s00267-021-01569-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34845535.
  3. Yanda PZ, Mabhuye E, Mwajombe A, Johnson N, Yamat LE. (2021): Dynamics of Land Management and Implications on Pastoral Livelihoods in Northern Tanzania. Environ Manage. 2021 Nov 26. doi: 10.1007/s00267-021-01568-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34837100.
  4. Yanda, P.Z., Mabhuye, E.B. & Mwajombe, A. (2020): Linking Coastal and Marine Resources Endowments and Climate Change Resilience of Tanzania Coastal Communities. Environmental Management (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01553-z
  5. Peter HealeyRobert ScholesPenehuro Lefale and Pius Yanda (2021): Governing Net Zero Carbon Removals to Avoid Entrenching Inequities. Front. Clim., 25 May 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.672357.
  6. F Machumi, E Innocent, P Yanda (2021): Seasonal impacts on antifungal activity and chemical composition of extracts from medicinal plants Turraea holstii and Clausena anisata. - Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 2021. Academic Journals.
  7. Yanda, P.Z., Mung’ong’o, C. G. and Mabhuye, E.B. (Eds) (2020). Climate Change Impacts and Sustainability: Ecosystems of Tanzania, 244p. CABI International, UK.
  8. Hansson, A., Haikola, S., Fridahl, M. Yanda, P., Mabhuye, E., Pauline, N. (2020): Biochar as multi-purpose sustainable technology: experiences from projects in Tanzania. Environ Dev Sustain 23, 5182–5214 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00809-8
  9. Mabhuye, E.B. and Yanda, P.Z. (2020). Locally Based Responses to Impacts of Climate Change in Pastoral Landscapes of Northern Tanzania. In: Change Impacts and Sustainability: Ecosystems of Tanzania. 101-121pp. DOI : 10.1079/9781789242966.0101
  10. Yanda, P.Z., Mabhuye, E.B. Mwanjombe, A.R. and Johnson, N. (2020). Community livelihoods and ecosystem integrity in makere forest reserve, Western Tanzania. In: Climate Change Impacts and Sustainability: Ecosystems of Tanzania, 194 – 214pp. CABI International.
  11. Yanda, P.Z., Mung'ong'o, C.G. and Mabhuye, E.B. (Eds.) (2020): Climate Change Impacts and Sustainability - Ecosystems of Tanzania. CABI Climate Change Series 12. 264 pp | 9781789242966.
  12. Insarov, G.E., Semenov, S.M., Méndez, C., Yanda, P.Z. (2020): Concept of risk and visualization of its changes in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. January 2020. DOI: 10.21513/2410-8758-2020-2-06-34.
  13. Lilian Mulamula, Patrick Valimba, Pius Yanda (2020): Variability in Rainfall Onset, Cessation and Duration in Lukuledi River Catchment, Southern Coast of Tanzania. Journal of the Geographical Association of Tanzania.
  14. Yanda, P.Z., Bryceson, I., Mwevura, H., Mung'ong'o, C.G. (Eds.) (2019). Climate Change and Coastal Resources in Tanzania - Studies on Socio-Ecological Systems’ Vulnerability, Resilience and Governance. Springer International Publishing. XXIII, 216. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-04897-6.
  15. Yanda, Pius Zebhe, & Mung’ong’o, C. G. (2019). Researching climate change and socio-ecological systems’ vulnerability in the coastal areas of Tanzania: Some theoretical perspectives. In Springer Climate. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04897-6_
  16. P.Z Yanda, I Bryceson, H Mwevura, W Othman, B Beymer-Farris, CM Peter (2019). Building capacity for the management of coastal resources in Tanzania and Zanzibar. SHARING KNOWLEDGE TRANSFORMING SOCIETIES, Norhed Book.
  17. Yanda P.Z. and Mung’ong’o C. G. (Eds) (2018): Pastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa. Mkuki Na Nyoka. 274 pp. https://www.amazon.com/Pastoralism-Climate-Change-East-Africa/dp/9987753922.
  18. Torsten Grothmann, Maximilian Petzold, Patrick Ndaki, Vincent Kakembo, Bernd Siebenhüner, Michael Kleyer, Pius Yanda and Naledzani Ndou (2017): Vulnerability Assessment in African Villages under Conditions of Land Use and Climate Change: Case Studies from Mkomazi and Keiskamma. Sustainability 20179(6), 976; doi:10.3390/su9060976
  19. Kangalawe, R. Y. M., Mung’ong’o, C. G., Mwakaje, A. G., Kalumanga, E., & Yanda, P. Z. (2017). Climate change and variability impacts on agricultural production and livelihood systems in Western Tanzania. Climate and Development, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2016.1146119.
  20. Yanda P.Z., E Mabhuye, N Johnson, A Mwajombe (2019): Nexus between coastal resources and community livelihoods in a changing climate. Journal of Coastal Conservation 23 (1), 173-183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-018-0650-9.