Dr. Nuru Nyazirari Kitara

Environmental scientist with 15 years of experience in quantitative research and academic writing. Currently serves as Lecturer at the National Institute of Transport and as deputy project leader for the World Bank-funded EASTRIP project, focusing on environmental and social safeguards. Proven track record in international collaboration with organizations such as the World Bank, Swiss Research Institute, Transaid and Rufford Foundation. Aims to utilize expertise in teaching, consultancy and research to advance projects in environmental and social management.

• Certificate of competence in Environmental Management Systems, Occupational Health and Safety - QHSE (Solid Rock Life and Business)
• Certificate of competence in management of environmental and social safeguards in projects at the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI)
• Certificate of Competence in Curriculum Development, Delivery and Assessment under Competence–Based Education Training (CBET) by the National Council for Technical Education (NACTE)
• Certificate of attendance in Pedagogical skills on Moral Ethical Standards, Instructional Techniques, Assessment and Evaluation Procedures.
• Collaborated in the development of Environmental and Gender policy for the National Institute of Transport for the implementation of World Bank Funded Project.
• Collaborated in the development of Scholarship Guidelines and Procedures for the National Institute of Transport - World Bank Funded Project.
• Collaborated in the development Grievance Redress Mechanism guidelines for the National Institute of Transport - World Bank Funded Project.

• Tourism/Safari
• Hiking
• Cooking
• Volleyball

2013-2014

USAID/Ermis Africa/Florida International University 

Led the assessment of a water resource management project for the development of a sustainability index tool in the Wami-Ruvu Basin, Tanzania.
Key project activities included:

• Obtaining relevant permits.
• Identifying and engaging stakeholders (government institutions, NGOs, academia, and private companies) across the Wami-Ruvu Basin in the Dar es Salaam and Morogoro regions.
• Conducting stakeholder meetings to validate the sustainability index tool.
• Collecting and reviewing relevant documents (acts, policies, plans, guidelines, and regulations).
• Preparing a comprehensive scientific report.

2021–2022

World Bank / National Institute of Transport
Facilitated the consultancy for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) under the EASTRIP project at two project sites located in the Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro regions.

• Project screening
• Preparing a scoping report
• Collecting baseline data
• Impact Identification and Prediction
• Impact evaluation and mitigation planning
• Stakeholder engagement and public consultation
• Preparation of the ESIA report
• Reviewing, presentation and approval
• Monitoring and compliance
  

• Received a research grant from Zurich University (UZH) to conduct a project on the determination of soil carbon stock under different land covers and land uses as a strategy to enhance forest conservation and mitigate climate change in Tanzania.
• Received a research grant from COSTECH and WSL to carry out a study on the population size, threats, and conservation measures of Lobaria pulmonaria on Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, Tanzania.
• Received a grant from the Rufford Foundation to implement a forest lichen species conservation project on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
• Received funding from the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund to support field-based conservation activities on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

• Kitara N.N, Munishi PKT and Scheidegger C (2022) Distribution of Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. in Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Meru forests: altitudinal range and specificity to substratum tree species. Lichenologist 54, 331–341. https://doi.org/ 10.1017/S0024282922000305.
• Boluda, C.G and Kitara N.N(2023). Placopsis craterifera (Trapeliaceae,
  Lecanoromycetes), a new lichen species from alpine habitats on Mount Meru, Tanzania. The Lichenologist (2022), 54, 231–243. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282922000184.
• Investigation of Local Genetic Diversity and Differentiation of Mycobiont and Photobiont of Lobaria pulmonaria Tropical Montane Forests in Tanzania (unpublished).
• Determination of Population Genetic Structure of epiphyticlichen Macrolichen Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm in the Tropical forests of Meru and Kilimanjaro Mountains, Tanzania (unpublished).
• Distribution and Variation in Bryophytes of Eastern African Mountains: A Literature Review (unpublished).