Topic : Communities Experiences and Perceptions of the Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure Development on Natural Capital: A Rapid Evidence Assessment of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya

Dr. Nyumba is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Nairobi's Institute for Climate Chane and Adaptation (ICCA) and the African Conservation Centre (ACC) for the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) Project: A global research project that aims to generate decision-relevant evidence related to challenges facing development corridor processes in East Africa and feed it into key decision making processes to improve the sustainable development outcomes of investments in development corridors.

Dr. Nyumba is interested in conservation and development interventions, human well-being and poverty alleviation, particularly in sub- Saharan Africa. He is keen to promote science and applied research with practical relevance to biodiversity conservation and development policy within a multi-disciplinary framework.

Dr. Radha Upadhyaya

Institute for Development Studies

University of Nairobi