Prof. Pius Yanda wa UDSM apata Nobel Prize

Prof. Pius Yanda wa UDSM

Asante mdau Vicensia Shule, kwa kunidokeza hii habari muhimu. Maana kelele zimepigwa sana kuhusu akina Al Gore.

Vicensia anasema: " Naomba mnisaidie kuwapa taarifa waTz wenzetu kuwa mshindi mwenza wa tuzo ya Amani ya Nobel mwaka huu ametoka Tanzania na anaitwa Prof. Pius Yanda wa chuo kikuu cha Dre es Salaam. Hii nondo ni kubwa ila imepita kimya kimya sana jamani. US AlGore amekaribishwa ikulu kwa Bush, tunakumbuka mapokezi wa Prof. Wangare Mathaai Kenya. Tanzania tunawaza nini jamani? Huyu rais wetu vipi uwiii, na huyu waziri Prof.Msolla wala sijamsikia, nimesikitika sana.Huyu si Bongo Celebrity pia? Ni wazo tu"

Nakubaliana naye maana huko Tanzania, kelele zimepigwa sana kuhusu ushindi wa Richard (Big Brother) na Richa (Miss Tanzania) lakini hii habari inaelekea kupita kimya kimya. Je, atafanyiwa party kubwa kubwa za kumpongeza na kumtambua ndani ya Tanzania? Hizi ndo ushindi zinazotoa heshima kwa nchi yetu Tanzania.

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UDSM don becomes a joint recipient of Nobel Peace Prize

from ippmedia.com

2007-12-01

The University of Dar es Salaam has announced that one of its dons, Prof Pius Yanda, was among co-authors who on October 12 this year jointly received the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement released in Dar es Salaam on Thursday, the university's public relations office said Yanda was a joint recipient of the world`s top prize with former US vice-president Al Gore for co-authoring the Inter-Government Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) report.

Yanda, according to the statement, is a professor of Physical Geography specialising in natural resources management and environment and is currently engaged in a research project that provides high resolution information on predicted future climate change and associated impact on natural and social systems in various parts of Tanzania.

The project is conducted in collaboration with Michigan State University of the US and the Livestock Research Institute of Nairobi. However, in the IPCC report, the statement said, Prof Yanda participated in the project, entitled `Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability,` with specific focus on Africa.

Findings presented in the report include that of vulnerability of Africa to climate change and climate variability, a situation aggravated by the interaction of multiple stresses occurring at various levels and law adaptive capacity, noted the statement.

Another finding states that climate change could result in low-lying lands being inundated, with resultant impacts on coastal settlements. The report also notes that human health, already compromised by a range of factors, could further be impacted by climate change and climate vulnerability.