RUTAGABWA

• Institution: Tanzania Forest Service Agency
• Address:      P.O. Box 40832 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Email:         Johnruta2@gmail.com
• Tel:             +255 752 904308; Mob: +255 655 909035

23 years experience in conservation activities and sustainable use of natural resources,participated in analyzing and undertaking risk analysis and assessment of small scales miners,Participate and provide technical guidance and advice in land use management and other crosscutting issues.

• MSc. in Tropical Forest Management from Technical University of Dresden in Germany
• MSc. Integrated Environmental Management from the University of Dar es Saalaam Tanzania.
• BSc. In Forestry from the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro Tanzania.
• Course on healthy and risk management of small scale miners.
• UNEP course on Sustainable use and Management of Natural resources in developing countries at Technical University of Dresden Germany.

• Principle Forest Officer:  Tanzania Forest Service Agency
• Acting Director of Planning and Investment: Rufiji Basin Development Authority (RUBADA) under the Ministry of Agriculture
• Senior Ecologist: Analyzed and assessed data on the invertebrate, river fauna and flora and determine on the action to be taken to either enhance the situation or prepare mitigation measures to rescue the situation
• Community Forest Officer: Vi- Agro forestry an NGO based in Mara Region Tanzania
• Research Assistant: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)  Faculty of Forest and Nature Conservation

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

• Scholarship by the Belgian Technical Cooperation BTC to undertake a MSc. in Integrated Environmental Management at the University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
• Scholarship by the Germany Technical Cooperation DAAD to undertake a MSc. in Tropical Forest Management at the Technical University of Dresden Germany