Academic rank:
Academic Leadership Position:
Head of Department
Email:
m.mapendo@ur.ac.rw
Telephone:
+250783513176
Twitter:
@mindje
School/centre:
Department:
Published Papers :
| 1. Mindje, M., Glebsattel, S., & DEHLING, J. (2025). Advertisement call and tadpole of Cardioglossa cyaneospila (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park and Gishwati-Mukura National Park, Rwanda. Salamandra, 61(3). 2. Kayumba, J., Mindje, P., Chen, Y., Mindje, M., Ali, S., Mind’je, R., DeFreese, M., Nyirambangutse, B., & Hu, Y. (2025). Asian dryland ecohealth progress for land degradation neutrality. Journal of Remote Sensing, 5, 0897. 3. Dusabimana, J. C., Mind’je, R., Mupenzi, C., Mindje, P. K., & Mindje, M. (2025). Spatio-temporal land use/land cover changes and subsequent ecosystem service value dynamics in Musanze District, Rwanda. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(11), 1-19. 4. Borzée, A., Prasad, V. K., Neam, K., Tarrant, J., Kosch, T. A., Barata, I. M., Rais, M., Bickford, D., Marin da Fonte, L. F., Wilcken, J., Ghosh, D., Mindje, M., Naik, H., Chanson, J., & Wren, S. (2025). Conservation priorities for global amphibian biodiversity. Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 1-18 5. Buschke, F. T., Capitani, C., Sow, E. H., Khaemba, Y., Kaplin, B. A., Skowno, A., Chiawo, D., Hirsch, T., Ellwood, E. R., Clements, H., Child, M. F., Huber, P. R., von Staden, L., Hagenimana, T., Killion, A. K., Mindje, M., Mpakairi, K. S., Raymond, M., Matlombe, D., Mbeya, D., & von Hase, A. (2023). Make global biodiversity information useful to national decision-makers. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(12), 1953-1956. 6. Mind’je, R., Li, L., Kayumba, P. M., Mupenzi, C., Mindje, M., & Hao, J. (2023). Exploring a form of pixel-based information value model for flood probability assessment and geo-visualization over an East African basin: a case of Nyabarongo in Rwanda. Environmental Earth Sciences, 82(17), 402. 7. Dehling, J. M., Mindje, M., Dumbo, B., Hinkel, H., Hinkel, H., & Sinsch, U. (2023). Advertisement call and notes on the ecology of Afrixalus orophilus (Anura: Hyperoliidae) in Rwanda. SALAMANDRA, 59(1), 102-105. 8. Dehling, J. M., Mindje, M., & Sinsch, U. (2023). New records and advertisement calls of Ptychadena species from Rwanda. SALAMANDRA, 59(1), 42-50. 9. Mugunga, C. P., Mindje, M., Cyuzuzo, H. A., Uwiringiyimana, J., & Mind’je, R. (2022). Tree Species Diversity in a Naturally Regenerated Secondary Forest in the Ruhande Arboretum, Rwanda. International Journal of Forestry Research, 2022 10. Mind’je, R., Mindje, M. & Kayumba, P.M. The influence of anthropogenic activities on wetland integrity dynamics: a case study of the Rwampara wetland in Rwanda. Environmental Sustainability (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-021-00209-2 11. Kayumba, P. M., Chen, Y., Mind’je, R., Mindje, M., Li, X., Maniraho, A. P., ... & Uwamahoro, S. (2021). Geospatial land surface-based thermal scenarios for wetland ecological risk assessment and its landscape dynamics simulation in Bayanbulak Wetland, Northwestern China. Landscape Ecology, 1-25. 12. Mind’je R, Li L, Kayumba PM, Mindje M, Ali S, Umugwaneza A. Integrated Geospatial Analysis and Hydrological Modeling for Peak Flow and Volume Simulation in Rwanda. Water. 2021; 13(20):2926. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202926 13. Kayumba, P. M., Fang, G., Chen, Y., Mind’je, R., Hu, Y., Ali, S., & Mindje, M. (2021). Modeling the Near-Surface Energies and Water Vapor Fluxes Behavior in Response to Summer Canopy Density across Yanqi Endorheic Basin, Northwestern China. Remote Sensing, 13(18), 3764. 14. Carolyn M. Porta, Robert Kibuuka, Innocent B. Rwego, Thierry Nyatanyi, Mapendo Mindje, Benjamin Ndayambaje, Besufekad Alemu. (2020). Global One Health Case Competition: Building Capacity for Addressing Infectious Threats. International Journal of Higher Education. 9 (3) p262: ISSN 1927-6044 (Print) ISSN 1927-6052. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v9n3p262 15. Mindje. M., Tumushimire L., Sinsch U. (2020). Diversity assessment of anurans in the Mugesera wetland (eastern Rwanda): impact of habitat disturbance and partial recovery. Salamandra. 56 (1) 27-38. ISSN 0036–3375. 16. Tumushimire L., Mindje. M., Sinsch U. (2020). The anuran diversity of cultivated wetlands in Rwanda: melting pot of generalists: Salamandra. 56 (2) 99-112. ISSN 0036–3375. 17. Mind'je, R., Li, L., Amanambu, A. C., Nahayo, L., Nsengiyumva, J. B., Gasirabo, A., & Mindje, M. (2019). Flood susceptibility modeling and hazard perception in Rwanda. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 38, 01211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101211 |
Brief profile:
A Rwandan conservationist and academic who serves as the Head of Department for Ecotourism and Greenspace Management and an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Rwanda. He is the Team Leader for biodiversity data management at the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management (CoEB), where he manages the Rwanda Biodiversity Information System (RBIS). His research specializes in herpetology and bioacoustics, specifically using amphibians as bio-indicators to assess the ecological health of Rwandan wetlands. Mindje is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Rwanda and holds dual Master’s degrees in BioGeoSciences and Biodiversity Conservation. His professional focus involves integrating biodiversity data into national policy and developing zoological collections to support environmental research in Rwanda.
Research Area:
Biodiversity Conservation
Research ID number (ORCID):https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3591-9319