Elkana Hezron is a faculty member in the department of Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering) in Tanzania. He holds an MSc. in Biodiversity Conservation and BSc. Biology both of them attained from the University of Dodoma–Tanzania. Currently, he is undertaking PhD studies while specializing in sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity resources in the scope of terrestrial ecosystems inclusive of rangelands. His expertise is longed to nature-based and environmentally friendly solutions to addressing global, regional and local uncertainties emanating from impacts of climate change as well as land-use and land cover fluctuations.