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Magnus Ngoile

Magnus Ngoile

Magnus Ngoile

Dr. Magnus Ngoile currently serves as the Policy and Governance Coordinator of the Agulhas Somali Currents Large Marine Ecosystems Project, which is servicing ten countries of the western Indian Ocean. He has extensive research and management experience in fisheries, marine ecology, population biology, marine protected areas and environmental management.

His work in Tanzania has included the development of community based marine conservation projects aimed at incorporating indigenous management mechanisms for the conservation of coastal and the use of marine resources as part and parcel of implementing fisheries and environmental policies. He has played a key role in the development of the Tanzania fisheries, coastal and marine policy as well as environmental legislation.

In his role as Coordinator for the IUCN Marine and Coastal Program Dr. Ngoile was responsible for coordinating and facilitating the development and implementation of marine and coastal activities of IUCN including the establishment and servicing of international networks and partnerships on sustainable fisheries and marine conservation.