By Placid Kabalo Researchers from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in collaboration with Researchers from the National Environmental Management Council (NEMC) and Researchers from the Rufiji River Basin (RBWB), have met for four days in Rujewa town in Mbarali District in Mbeya Region to collect various Research Data in looking at the ecosystem of the Mbarali River. The Mbarali River is one of the rivers that flows into the Great Ruaha River whose waters flow into the Rufiji River and into the Indian Ocean. Botany researchers collecting data Researcher collecting samples of insects in the Mbarali River Hydrologists collecting various data within the Mbarali river Various species of fish were caught from the Mbarali River for research