Yamikani Makwinja is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint Ph.D. Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU-FLORES.
He is working on the topic “Changing land cover patterns in Southern Africa: Drivers and Implications for Regional sustainable development”, where his research focuses on assessing drivers and implications of changing land cover patterns on sustainable development transformations in Southern Africa.
Before joining UNU-FLORES, Yamikani worked as a Planning Officer and has more than ten years of experience in development planning and management within the fields of natural resources governance and livelihoods.
Research Interests
- Adaptive natural resources management
- Application of remote sensing to socio-economic issues
- Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services
- Economics of Rural Development
Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (2021)
- Master of Forestry Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Peoples Republic of China (2020)
- Bachelor of Science (Forestry), Mzuzu University, Malawi (2015)
Appointments
- Southern Zone Forestry Planning Officer,Ministry of Natural Resources in Malawi,Department of Forestry
- Adjunct Lecturer,The Catholic University of Malawi,Department of Geography and Environmental studies,Limbe