Main Theme: Climate Finance-Protected Areas Conservation-Marine Resources Management Nexus: An Ecohydrology Approach March 16th – 19th, 2026: National Carbon Monitoring Centre - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania The 9th International Training on Ecohydrology was conducted between March 16th – 19th, 2026. This event took place at the National Carbon Monitoring Centre (NCMC), Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro. After the opening ceremony, trainees and facilitators posed for a group photo (Figure 1).

Morogoro, Tanzania - A team of researchers from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), in partnership with the Udzungwa Mountains National Park (UMNP), has officially documented one of the most extraordinary botanical discoveries in East African history: a giant Khaya anthotheca (East African Mahogany) tree standing a staggering 64.5 metres tall - making it the tallest known tree in the entire Eastern Arc Mountains and the second tallest indigenous tree in Africa  (Fig 1).