Miguel Gonçalves

Miguel Gonçalves

Miguel Gonçalves is a Park Warden at Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve and Maputo Special Reserve.

Born and educated in Mozambique, Miguel studied Marine Biology at Eduardo Mondlane University. From 1998 to 2000, while a student, Miguel also worked as a Mathematics teacher. He was also part of a team that was involved in the Mozambique Coral Reef Monitoring Program. Together with WWF, Miguel led Mozambique’s first trials in turtle excluder devices. He has been the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve (PPMR) Park warden since 2008 and, also, Maputo Special Reserve Park Warden since 2017 (MSR). In 2021 The Maputo National Park was declared as a combination of both MSR and PPMR.

Maputo National Park

Park Warden

Mozambique

https://www.parquemaputo.gov.mz