UDOM keen to protect petroleum resources

 
THE University of Dodoma (UDOM) has engaged in capacity building its manpower to promote sustainable governance towards protecting petroleum resources in areas authorised for exploration and control of biodiversity.

This was said here yesterday by the University of Dodoma’s Dean of College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS), Prof Julius Nyahongo, when he was presenting a technical report at a workshop meant to conduct annual review plan to promote sustainable governance of petroleum resources. 

 

Prof Julius Nyahongo said UDOM has already organised two productive workshops, which discussed a curriculum to be developed and used for postgraduate candidates of Masters and PhD Level studies.

UDOM also sponsored three staff members to undertake further studies outside the country in order to implement the curriculum, said Prof Nyahongo.

The workshop that comprises members from three universities of UDOM, Makerere Uganda and Trondheim (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) discussed capacity building to promote sustainable governance of petroleum resources, biodiversity and livelihood in East African Communities under a special project called PALIBIGO.

Prof Nyahongo further noted that, UDOM under collaboration with other two universities of Makerere Uganda and NTNU-Trondheim of Norway aimed to implement PALIBIGO Projects by starting with equipping its staff for full capacity to research in biodiversity, conservation and livelihood improvement in all areas of East African Communities to enable restoration of natural resources.

Prof Nyahongo also commented that, as activities of mining of petroleum and gases products been authorised in protected areas, proper measures should be developed and applied in all areas where these activities have been completed.

Meanwhile, the University of Dodoma has extended its sincere appreciation to academic assistance it received from Makerere University and Norwegian University of Science and Technology to become a center of excellence towards teaching and providing consultancy on petroleum and gas activities in the country.

UDOM Vice-Chancellor, Prof Idrisa Kikula, made the comment when he was officiating at a PELIBIGO workshop yesterday at the UDOM.

Prof Kikula noted that, beside UDOM being young in academic matters and experience in East African Region, under the two universities of Makere and Norwegian, it will be able to compete what the other two universities have accomplished in the same time.

PELIBIGO Project is carried out jointly by three universities of UDOM, Makere and Norwegian University of Science and Tecknology .

The aim is to teach, make research and provided consultancy on matters patterning to preservation of natural environment by properly controlling biodiversity and livelihood after petroleum and gas activities authorised in protected areas.