I received my B.Sc., First Class (Hons.) and M.Sc. in Forestry, from University of Khartoum, and PhD in the application of remote sensing techniques in indigenous forest monitoring from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. I have 12 years of experience in using geospatial technologies (Remote Sensing, GPS, and GIS) in teaching and perusing research relating to mapping and monitoring indigenous and fragmented forests, land use/cover change, and modeling forest biophysiological variable