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Nilton Cuna
Tourism Manager
Nilton Cuna Studied Tourism Management at the Eduardo Mondlane University - Mozambique. His interest in conservation began with his flower culture business and was complemented in Bazaruto National Park and Niassa Reserve. Nilton has worked in Niassa National Reserve with the previous NNR management authority (SGDRN), first in the Community Assistance Program, then as the Logistics Department Manager, and he also assisted the tourism monitoring program. Nilton started with WCS Mozambique in late 2012 and helped to establish the country program and the Maputo Office and support the Niassa Reserve Program as the Logistics and Procurement Manager for the country program. In July 2018 Nilton returned to Niassa Reserve in an important step up to lead the WCS team managing this unique and spectacular reserve as Program Director.
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Nilton Cuna
Tourism Manager
Nilton Cuna Studied Tourism Management at the Eduardo Mondlane University - Mozambique. His interest in conservation began with his flower culture business and was complemented in Bazaruto National Park and Niassa Reserve. Nilton has worked in Niassa National Reserve with the previous NNR management authority (SGDRN), first in the Community Assistance Program, then as the Logistics Department Manager, and he also assisted the tourism monitoring program. Nilton started with WCS Mozambique in late 2012 and helped to establish the country program and the Maputo Office and support the Niassa Reserve Program as the Logistics and Procurement Manager for the country program. In July 2018 Nilton returned to Niassa Reserve in an important step up to lead the WCS team managing this unique and spectacular reserve as Program Director.
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Americo Sarmento
HR Manager
Americo Sarmento serves as HR Manager at Niassa Special Reserve.
Americo Sarmento completed his degree in business management and specialization in Strategic Human Resource Management. In addition to his teaching career, Américo Sarmento began his professional career working at CFM – Port and railway company as human resource generalist. Then, from 2005 to 2014, he worked at Vale Mozambique in the human resources area where, among various duties, he was a training and development manager
In 2015 he started working at CDN - Northern Development Corridor where, in addition to being responsible for the training and development process, he was also responsible for the recruitment and selection process. In 2017 until May 2019 he started to work at Heineken Mozambique where he was performance and organizational development Manager.
From June 2019 to February 2020 was working and human resource consultant at Atittude and from March 2020 he started to work for WCS, based in Niassa Special Reserve.
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Americo Sarmento
HR Manager
Americo Sarmento serves as HR Manager at Niassa Special Reserve.
Americo Sarmento completed his degree in business management and specialization in Strategic Human Resource Management. In addition to his teaching career, Américo Sarmento began his professional career working at CFM – Port and railway company as human resource generalist. Then, from 2005 to 2014, he worked at Vale Mozambique in the human resources area where, among various duties, he was a training and development manager
In 2015 he started working at CDN - Northern Development Corridor where, in addition to being responsible for the training and development process, he was also responsible for the recruitment and selection process. In 2017 until May 2019 he started to work at Heineken Mozambique where he was performance and organizational development Manager.
From June 2019 to February 2020 was working and human resource consultant at Atittude and from March 2020 he started to work for WCS, based in Niassa Special Reserve.
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Sonia Manjate
Accountant
Sonia Manjate serves as Accountant at Niassa Special Reserve.
Sonia Manjate complete tecnicall accountant school in Lichinga, worked all professional life us account in differenty company ONG and privant Companys.
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Sonia Manjate
Accountant
Sonia Manjate serves as Accountant at Niassa Special Reserve.
Sonia Manjate complete tecnicall accountant school in Lichinga, worked all professional life us account in differenty company ONG and privant Companys.
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Samuell Bilério
Human Wildlife Conflict Officer
Samuell Bilério serves as Human Wildlife Mitigation conflit officer at WCS.
"Samuell Bilério, is a Mozambican National graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Faculty of Veterinary, Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique.
He always had such interested in conservation, where in 2016 he attended a 4-month pre-professional internship at Gorongosa National Park, to gain more professional technical skills, in management of conservation areas in Mozambique.
During his professional career, he carried out various conservation-related activities in some of Mozambique's conservation areas such as the Maputo Special Reserve and Ponta D’Ouro Partial Marine Reserve. So during the 2018-2019 season, he worked at Limpopo National Park in the Greater Limpopo Carnivore Programme-Panthera (Limpopo National Park, Mpuze Fazenda do Bravio and Banhine National Park), doing more law enforcement, wildlife technology and veterinary work for the Limpopo Lion Protection Unit, human wildlife-coexistence, Game capture, wildlife translocations.
Therefore, in 2020 he had opportunity to visit Niassa Special Reserve, doing survey for Traffic, where he increased his passion of Niassa landscape.
In July of 2020, he joined to WCS as Human Wildlife Mitigation Conflict Officer.
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Samuell Bilério
Human Wildlife Conflict Officer
Samuell Bilério serves as Human Wildlife Mitigation conflit officer at WCS.
"Samuell Bilério, is a Mozambican National graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Faculty of Veterinary, Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique.
He always had such interested in conservation, where in 2016 he attended a 4-month pre-professional internship at Gorongosa National Park, to gain more professional technical skills, in management of conservation areas in Mozambique.
During his professional career, he carried out various conservation-related activities in some of Mozambique's conservation areas such as the Maputo Special Reserve and Ponta D’Ouro Partial Marine Reserve. So during the 2018-2019 season, he worked at Limpopo National Park in the Greater Limpopo Carnivore Programme-Panthera (Limpopo National Park, Mpuze Fazenda do Bravio and Banhine National Park), doing more law enforcement, wildlife technology and veterinary work for the Limpopo Lion Protection Unit, human wildlife-coexistence, Game capture, wildlife translocations.
Therefore, in 2020 he had opportunity to visit Niassa Special Reserve, doing survey for Traffic, where he increased his passion of Niassa landscape.
In July of 2020, he joined to WCS as Human Wildlife Mitigation Conflict Officer.
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Elsa Maria Eusebio Ledje
Senior accountant
Elsa Maria Eusebio Ledje serves as Senior accountant at WCS.
Elsa Ledje completed/trade in Accounting and Management at IEG and continued his Degree in Accounting and Auditing at ISGECOF. He has extensive experience in Administration and Finance and has worked with several projects and Donors. She worked at the Red Cross of Mozambique and later at the Provincial Council for Combating HIV/AIDS in Niassa where her experience and constant learning helped in the success of the project, performing the functions of Fund Manager and later Financial Manager. His management skills made a positive contribution to the HIV program to achieve excellent results in the area of Management and Finance. It also worked with Community-Based Organizations, providing technical support, through training and supervision.
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Elsa Maria Eusebio Ledje
Senior accountant
Elsa Maria Eusebio Ledje serves as Senior accountant at WCS.
Elsa Ledje completed/trade in Accounting and Management at IEG and continued his Degree in Accounting and Auditing at ISGECOF. He has extensive experience in Administration and Finance and has worked with several projects and Donors. She worked at the Red Cross of Mozambique and later at the Provincial Council for Combating HIV/AIDS in Niassa where her experience and constant learning helped in the success of the project, performing the functions of Fund Manager and later Financial Manager. His management skills made a positive contribution to the HIV program to achieve excellent results in the area of Management and Finance. It also worked with Community-Based Organizations, providing technical support, through training and supervision.
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Feliz Sumane Jairosse
Electrical and mechnic maintener
Feliz Sumane Jairosse serves as Electrical and mechnic maintener at WCS.
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Feliz Sumane Jairosse
Electrical and mechnic maintener
Feliz Sumane Jairosse serves as Electrical and mechnic maintener at WCS.
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Manuel Augusto Mapie
mechanic chief
Manuel Augusto Mapie serves as mechanic chief at WCS.
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Manuel Augusto Mapie
mechanic chief
Manuel Augusto Mapie serves as mechanic chief at WCS.
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Eusébio Celestino
Safeguards & Gender Coordinator
Eusébio Celestino serves as Social and Gender Safeguard Coordinator at WCS.
Eusébio Celestino, has completed degree in Sciences of Communication for Community Development, Post graduate study-Latu sensu, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Nature Conservation with knowlages in Biodiversity Survey Methods, Sanitary Biology, Ecological Restoration, Water Resources Management, Management of Natural Spaces and Community Development. Now finishing Master in Territorial Planing and Biodiversity Conservation. More than 10 years he did works in Conservation areas (Quirimbas and Chimanimani), he had opportunity to be a Senior Officer in Social and Environment Safeguards-Chimanimani Landscape and he had oportunity to be Head of Department of Conservation, Tourism and Community Development-Quirimbas National Park. He was also a lead of task force to Recategorization process of the Quirimbas National Park to a Biosphera Reserve-UNESCO (2017). He has interesting in study the Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Small and Large Mammalian species.
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Eusébio Celestino
Safeguards & Gender Coordinator
Eusébio Celestino serves as Social and Gender Safeguard Coordinator at WCS.
Eusébio Celestino, has completed degree in Sciences of Communication for Community Development, Post graduate study-Latu sensu, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Nature Conservation with knowlages in Biodiversity Survey Methods, Sanitary Biology, Ecological Restoration, Water Resources Management, Management of Natural Spaces and Community Development. Now finishing Master in Territorial Planing and Biodiversity Conservation. More than 10 years he did works in Conservation areas (Quirimbas and Chimanimani), he had opportunity to be a Senior Officer in Social and Environment Safeguards-Chimanimani Landscape and he had oportunity to be Head of Department of Conservation, Tourism and Community Development-Quirimbas National Park. He was also a lead of task force to Recategorization process of the Quirimbas National Park to a Biosphera Reserve-UNESCO (2017). He has interesting in study the Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Small and Large Mammalian species.
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Tonga Nharongue Torcida
CBNRM Coordinator
Tonga Nharongue Torcida serves as CBNRM at WCS.
Tonga Torcida holder of Bachelor degree in Wildlife Management from the College of African Wildlife Management Mweka (CAWM)-Tanzania, started as trainee in the tourism industry as assistant safari Guide and Research assistant for Gorongosa Restoration Project and later awarded a scholarship to pursue an Ordinary diploma in Wildlife Management at CAWM, after returning Tonga worked as ranger specifically on monitoring carnivores to understand their ecology in the greater Gorongosa Ecosystem (dietary, activity pattern monitoring and conduct patrols) and tracking carnivores by the use of telemetries and radio). Additionally Tonga worked and assisted of the world re-known professor from Harvad University on conducting BioBlitz on Mount Gorongosa, the first ecologist for gorongosa and Etosha `national park for revising the park boundarie and produce wildlife documentaries as co-author such as the 'The GUIDE, A NOSSA FAMILIA LEONINA, AFRICA THE FUTURE'. Right after completed the degree Tonga was appointed as the conservation manager for C12 where he converted the area into a total conservation area from partial conservation area. From their Tonga was appointed as a liaison officer for gorongosa park, local communities, district government and stakeholders for the sustainable development department to lead the process of the community engagement and community conservation between these institutions. Later Tonga was offered another position by WWF MCO/TRAFFIC position as Wildlife Trade Officer and after one month Tonga was promoted as Wildlife Tarde Officer and Organizational Development Manager to understand the dynamics of illegal wildlife trade within the Greater Limpopo Trans frontier Conservation Area, in Mozambican boarders land, sea and airports, in partnership with the National Administration of Conservation Areas, Criminal Investigation Police and Law Enforcement Agencies with the ultimate goal of reducing demand on wildlife products for cross boader and finally to fulfill the needs of the office in terms of staff development, capacity building and trainings.
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Tonga Nharongue Torcida
CBNRM Coordinator
Tonga Nharongue Torcida serves as CBNRM at WCS.
Tonga Torcida holder of Bachelor degree in Wildlife Management from the College of African Wildlife Management Mweka (CAWM)-Tanzania, started as trainee in the tourism industry as assistant safari Guide and Research assistant for Gorongosa Restoration Project and later awarded a scholarship to pursue an Ordinary diploma in Wildlife Management at CAWM, after returning Tonga worked as ranger specifically on monitoring carnivores to understand their ecology in the greater Gorongosa Ecosystem (dietary, activity pattern monitoring and conduct patrols) and tracking carnivores by the use of telemetries and radio). Additionally Tonga worked and assisted of the world re-known professor from Harvad University on conducting BioBlitz on Mount Gorongosa, the first ecologist for gorongosa and Etosha `national park for revising the park boundarie and produce wildlife documentaries as co-author such as the 'The GUIDE, A NOSSA FAMILIA LEONINA, AFRICA THE FUTURE'. Right after completed the degree Tonga was appointed as the conservation manager for C12 where he converted the area into a total conservation area from partial conservation area. From their Tonga was appointed as a liaison officer for gorongosa park, local communities, district government and stakeholders for the sustainable development department to lead the process of the community engagement and community conservation between these institutions. Later Tonga was offered another position by WWF MCO/TRAFFIC position as Wildlife Trade Officer and after one month Tonga was promoted as Wildlife Tarde Officer and Organizational Development Manager to understand the dynamics of illegal wildlife trade within the Greater Limpopo Trans frontier Conservation Area, in Mozambican boarders land, sea and airports, in partnership with the National Administration of Conservation Areas, Criminal Investigation Police and Law Enforcement Agencies with the ultimate goal of reducing demand on wildlife products for cross boader and finally to fulfill the needs of the office in terms of staff development, capacity building and trainings.
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