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Mr. Anastácio Rafael MAGUMANE

Climate Resilience Specialist

Climate Resilience

Aga Khan Foundation

Work Location

Freidrich Engels, 967
967 Maputo
Mozambique

Nationality

Mozambique

Email(s)

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Telephone

+258840707676

Profile URL

http://beta.oceanexpert.org/expert/79940

Highest Degree

MSc.

Job Type

Research
Data Management
Natural Resource Management
Operational Support (technical)
Decision Making & Policy

Subject Area

Policy, Law, Economics, Management
Pollution
Research Support Services

Activities

Healthy Environments

  • Restoration and protection of mangroves, including vegetation monitoring and water dynamics
  • Regenerative and organic coastal agriculture
  • Development of community assets to support environmental protection (e.g., clean boats and nets)
  • Clean energy alternatives to charcoal (e.g., biogas and solar stoves)
  • Tree planting, including the establishment of new nurseries
  • Sustainable water resources, including reducing coastal salinity
  • Conservation of coastal forests and seagrass meadows
  • Biodiversity measures and climate change adaptation
  • Improvement of dietary patterns
  • Carbon sequestration tracking and potential links to Nationally Determined Contributions and carbon finance.

Strong Communities

  • Community mobilization and institution building (e.g., beach management units, addressing local pollution, beach and river cleanups)
  • Microfinance and women’s savings groups
  • Strong partnerships with local governments through civic structures
  • Microenterprise and skills training for meaningful employment and self-employment
  • Integrated farming systems, including beekeeping, livestock and poultry, and support for value chains in harvesting, processing, and marketing
  • Fishing, aquaculture, seaweed cultivation, and other sustainable economic opportunities
  • Food and nutrition security
  • Gender equality and social inclusion
  • Early childhood development and climate education – pedagogy and resources
  • Increased knowledge and capacity of practitioners and policymakers on coastal regeneration.

Sea regions of study

Indian Ocean

Skills

Anastácio Magumane is an Environmental and Tourism Sustainability Manager, MSc. In International Cooperation Policy (Sustainable studies, Climate change & Tourism) from Ritsumeikan Asia & Pacific University of Japan, with 15 years of experience in developing work related to the environment and Sustainable Development, climate resilience, Natural Resource Management, Natural Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation, Renewable Energy, and Conflict Management. Also, he has professional skills in GIS, Data Analysis, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Economics (EA), Demography, Gender and population.

Since 2023, he has joined AKF-Mozambique as a Climate Change Specialist, where he carries out the following activities:

  • Reviewing existing internal and external knowledge, resources, and programs on climate resilience in Mozambique and the region.

  • Conducting activities to develop a clear picture of current programs and existing gaps in climate resilience programming in northern Mozambique, including a mapping of partners and programs.

  • Co-designing the National Strategy for Climate Resilience and supporting the revision of the National Program Framework accordingly.

  • Working closely with AKF (Moz) and Global Teams to lead the design process of new climate resilience methodologies and programs in northern Mozambique, aligning them with the Country Program Framework.

  • Analyzing technical information and trends to provide concise and technically sound advice for integrating climate resilience into existing programs.

  • Supporting the development and use of monitoring, evaluation, and learning tools to capture key information and lessons from climate resilience programming.

  • Collaborating closely with the Partnerships Manager to engage institutional donors and other stakeholders in mobilizing financial resources and building consortia with partners to implement programs on climate resilience and sustainable development.

  • Conducting capacity building, training, and mentoring of other AKF (Moz) staff on climate resilience.

  • Building and maintaining close working relationships and coordination with relevant departments, particularly Gender Focal Points (both within AKF (Moz) and globally), to ensure that climate resilience work also integrates gender equality across all outcomes.

Working language(s)

Portuguese

Comment(s)

Anastacio is a professional who throughout time has carried out his activities in districts with mostly unfavorable conditions. However, he believes that intersectoral coordination and teamwork are the essential basis for the execution of all activities.

Last Updated: 2025-07-15