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Independent experts nominated by country party
Adolph Nyamugama
Title
Dr.
First name
Adolph
Last name
Nyamugama
Gender
Male
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Environmental sciences/ecology
Geography
Information technologies (including remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS))
Thematic Areas
Climate change
Climate modeling
Desertification
Drought
Environmental governance
Environmental monitoring
Land cover change
Land degradation
Land-use change
Remote sensing
UN languages spoken
English
Spanish
Chinese, Simplified
Geographical Focus
Cuba
Botswana
South Africa
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
China
Job function
Researcher
Division
Geo-information Science, Institute for Soil Water & Climate (ARC-ISCW)
Email
Nyamugamaa@arc.agric.za
adolph.nyamugama@gmail.com
Telephone number
0123102582
Work experience
Phase 1: OF DESERTIFICATION, LAND DEGRADATION AND DROUGHT (DLDD) LAND COVER MAPPING IMPACT INDICATOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (UNCCD;
Phase 2: OF DESERTIFICATION, LAND DEGRADATION AND DROUGHT (DLDD) LAND COVER MAPPING IMPACT INDICATOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (UNCCD ) (Current running)
- Climate Change Collaboration Centre project title” The impact of climate change on crop and range land productivity ,through determining the mitigation capacities of humans, animals and crops through the application of climate smart agricultural practices (current running);
- Monitoring land use cover changes and Fragmentation dynamics in the subtropical thicket of The Eastern Cape Province South Africa;
- Drought Monitoring for Umlindi Newsletter (Leader) (current running);
- Sent2 Agric System demonstration for South Africa;
- Crop Estimation and Yield modeling (current running);
- Land cover change dynamics and carbon sequestrations.
In all projects I have worked with people from diverse backgrounds and gender
Phase 2: OF DESERTIFICATION, LAND DEGRADATION AND DROUGHT (DLDD) LAND COVER MAPPING IMPACT INDICATOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (UNCCD ) (Current running)
- Climate Change Collaboration Centre project title” The impact of climate change on crop and range land productivity ,through determining the mitigation capacities of humans, animals and crops through the application of climate smart agricultural practices (current running);
- Monitoring land use cover changes and Fragmentation dynamics in the subtropical thicket of The Eastern Cape Province South Africa;
- Drought Monitoring for Umlindi Newsletter (Leader) (current running);
- Sent2 Agric System demonstration for South Africa;
- Crop Estimation and Yield modeling (current running);
- Land cover change dynamics and carbon sequestrations.
In all projects I have worked with people from diverse backgrounds and gender
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (Environmental Geography –Specializing Application of GIS and remote sensing in environmental monitoring 2013)
Number of Publications
10
Publication titles
1. A Nyamugama and V Kakembo Estimation and monitoring of aboveground carbon stocks using spatial technology. South African Journal of Science. 2015; Volume 111 issue (9/10) Article 2014- 0170.
2. A Nyamugama and V Kakembo. Monitoring land Cover Changes and Fragmentation dynamics in the subtropical thicket of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa .South African Journal of Geomatics (2015) Vol 4 No 4 page 351-368.
3. A. Nyamugama and Du Qing yun Design and Implementation of framework of mobile GIS based on phone terminal for environmental monitoring (Journal of Wuhan University for Geo-Spatial information science [Quarterly])1 March 2005 VoL 8. Issue 1 page 45.
4. A Nyamugama Gombiro and F Masaraneyi. The application of Mobile GIS in disaster notification information management Vol 9 No2 (2006) Journal of sustainable development in Africa.
5. *Kamusoko and A Nyamugama. Towards Sustainable urban planning in 21st Century: Mapping urban land use/Cover in Harare, Zimbabwe using Geo-spatial Technology. (2008)Urban Planning in the 21st Century Nova Publishers (pp. 177-128).
2. A Nyamugama and V Kakembo. Monitoring land Cover Changes and Fragmentation dynamics in the subtropical thicket of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa .South African Journal of Geomatics (2015) Vol 4 No 4 page 351-368.
3. A. Nyamugama and Du Qing yun Design and Implementation of framework of mobile GIS based on phone terminal for environmental monitoring (Journal of Wuhan University for Geo-Spatial information science [Quarterly])1 March 2005 VoL 8. Issue 1 page 45.
4. A Nyamugama Gombiro and F Masaraneyi. The application of Mobile GIS in disaster notification information management Vol 9 No2 (2006) Journal of sustainable development in Africa.
5. *Kamusoko and A Nyamugama. Towards Sustainable urban planning in 21st Century: Mapping urban land use/Cover in Harare, Zimbabwe using Geo-spatial Technology. (2008)Urban Planning in the 21st Century Nova Publishers (pp. 177-128).
Other activities
1. Registered member for African Association of remote sensing for environment 2013 –present.
2. GISSA Gauteng Member Geographical information system South Africa
3. Reviewer for the South African Journal Geomatics
4. Reviewer for ISPRS Congress-present
5. External Department of Environmental science University of Kwa-Zulu natal and UNISA
2. GISSA Gauteng Member Geographical information system South Africa
3. Reviewer for the South African Journal Geomatics
4. Reviewer for ISPRS Congress-present
5. External Department of Environmental science University of Kwa-Zulu natal and UNISA
Awards
1. ARC Excellence award (Drought monitoring system).
2. Sentinel 2 Agriculture project manager for South Africa
3. The Working for Land Reference Group committee member
2. Sentinel 2 Agriculture project manager for South Africa
3. The Working for Land Reference Group committee member
Organisation name
Agricultural Research Institute
Organisation nature
Research Insttitute
Organisation street address
Agricultural Research Council
600 Belvedere St Arcadia 0083 Pretoria South Africa
600 Belvedere St Arcadia 0083 Pretoria South Africa
Organisation city
Pretoria
Organisation post code
0083
Organisation country
South Africa
Organisation website