Qualifications:

1. PhD in Forest Science (University of Pretoria)
2. MSc in Tropical Resource Ecology (University of Zimbabwe)
3. BSc in Forest Resources and Wildlife Management (National University of Science and Technology)

Skills and Competencies

Forest Management and Conservation, Forest Ecology, Environmental Impact Assessment, Resilience building

Research Interests

A multidisciplinary Ecologists with interests in Forest Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Social Ecology, Climate Change adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation

Research and Publications

• Angella Chichinye, C.J. Geldenhuys and P.W. Chirwa (2021)^. Disturbance impacts on the persistence niche of key species in the Baikiaea-Guibourtia-Pterocarpus woodlands of north-western Zimbabwe. Southern Forests Journal. https://doi.org/10.2989/20702620.2021.1944394
• Angella Chichinye, Coert J Geldenhuys and Paxie W Chirwa (2020). Analysis of growth rings to determine age and mean radial growth of selected Baikiaea-Guibourtia-Pterocarpus species from regrowth stands after pole/ firewood harvesting and abandoned crop fields, north-western Zimbabwe. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment. https://doi.org/10.5897/JENE2020.0836
• Angella Chichinye, Coert J Geldenhuys and Paxie W Chirwa (2019). Land-use impacts on the composition and diversity of the Baikiaea-Guibourtia-Pterocarpus woodlands of north western Zimbabwe. Southern Forests Journal. https://doi.org/10.2989/20702620.2018.1531278
• Kupika O.L, Kativu S,Gandiwa E and Gumbi A (2014). Impact of African Elephants on baobab (Adonsonia digitata L) population structure in northern Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. Tropical Ecology.
• Angella Gumbi, Qhondani-enkosini Sibanda, Margaret Macherera, Lindani Moyo and Olga Laiza Kupika (2014). Assessment of woody vegetation cover changes in Bulawayo over the period 1990-2010. Arboricultural Journal. The International Journal of Urban Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1080/03071375.2013.876165
• Margaret Macherera, Lindani Moyo, Mkhanyiseli Ncube and Angella Gumbi (2012). Social, cultural and environmental challenges faced by children on Antiretrovial therapy in Zimbabwe. A mixed method study. Int J MCH AIDS. https://doi: 10.21106/ijma.7.
• Matangi Dorcas, Gumbi Angella, Nzuma Tendai and Ndagurwa G.T (2011). Non-deliberate organic input in relation to land-use in a semi-arid AGRO ecosystem in northen Zimbabwe. Tropical and Subtropical Agro ecosystems.