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Teresia Rafael Olemako is a lecturer in the Department of Wildlife Management and Dean of Students (DOS) at the College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, under Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania
Teresia is a social scientist by profession specializing in Community conservation and rural development, Natural resources management and governance, Ecotourism and Tourism, Conservation enterprise planning and management, Participatory planning approaches (Participatory Rural Appraisal – PRA, Rapid Rural Appraisal – RRA), Participatory Poverty Assessment methodologies and Sustainable livelihoods approaches to poverty.
Teresia received her Advanced Diploma in Community Development at Community Development Training Institute – Tengeru, Tanzania and joined Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) as Community Conservation Warden at TANAPA Headquarters in 1997. Teresia pursued Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management in 2001/2002 and she was then transferred to work as Head of Community Conservation department at Serengeti national park. Later in 2004, she resigned to work with TANAPA to continue with further studies. Teresia completed her MSc Degree in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University, USA in 2005 and joined Mweka college as a Lecturer in the same year
MEMBERSHIP
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
The Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania (WCST)
Tanzania Natural Resources Forum (TNRF)
CONSULTANCIES
March – June 2007. Guest Lecturer – DUNIA MOJA project, University of Stanford, USA on providing lectures through teleconference.
Capacity Assessment of Some Protected Areas in Nigeria. (Kainji Lake and Yankari National Parks; Lame-Burra Game Reserve Mala-Dumba lake and Forestry Reserve –Nigeria
February 2007: Training to TANAPA community conservation staff in land use planning and governance, Tanzania
March 2007: Training to natural resources staff on and natural resources management and governance at MS-TCDC, Arusha Tanzania
October 2006: Training to development workers on Participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and Participatory Poverty Assessment methodology at MS- TCDC, Arusha Tanzania
June 2006: Facilitated environmental education workshop for Community conservation department Saadani National Park, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
April 2006: Training to natural resources staff on natural resources management and governance at MS-TCDC, Arusha Tanzania
January 2006: Training to youth and women groups on HIV/AIDS Kiteto District, Arusha.
October 2005: Consultancy to develop Training Manual on HIV/AIDS for MWEDO organization, Arusha, Tanzania
July 2005: Consultancy under MS – TCDC to develop Community Needs Assessment for ERETO II project funded by DANIDA, Ngorongoro District, Arusha, Tanzania
January 2005: Monitoring and Evaluation of YAFOPATA (HIV/AIDS) project funded by OXFAM in Pangani and Tanga Districts, Tanga, Tanzania
Publications
Olemako, T. R (2002). The role of environmental education in conservation, Udzungwa mountains national park, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Olemako, T. R (2002). Assessment of contribution of local non-governmental organization in community based conservation initiatives, Selous game reserve, Tanzania
Olemako, T.R (2005). Assessment of Pastoral Livelihoods Support and Empowerment Programme (PALISEP) contribution in Pre-school development, Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Jones, L. & Olemako, T. R (2006). Bush encroachment, not always an agony. A study of the diversity and uses of intruder woody species in the Maasai rangelands, northern Tanzania. Proceedings of the RPSUD workshop held at Arusha Tanzania
Olemako, T. R (2006) et al. A case study of the costs and benefits of conservation and ecotourism to rural comunities Tanzania. Unpublished
Teresia, T. R. (2007). Community Conservation and Governance. CAWM Internal Publication, Mweka, Moshi, Tanzania.
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