Our Team

Malamba Coastal Collaborative (MCC) is a program of Associação NATURA, a Mozambican NGO.

Our MCC team consists of community members, ecologists, biodiversity specialists, and environmental restoration and development experts based full-time in this remote reach of the Inhambane Seascape.

We believe that communities are this Seascape's true champions of change, and we share a common commitment to Malamba-Mazuene as we strive for innovation and scalable, community-led solutions that transform the status quo and shift the narrative on how environmental restoration and conservation are achieved in Mozambique.

In partnership with the traditional leaders of Mazuene and Malamba, Dr. Rui Branco and Paola Bouley M.S. co-founded and co-lead MCC alongside a growing network of 58 forest and ocean guardians who spearhead grassroots programs.

Rui Branco

Co-Founder

Paola Bouley

Co-Founder

Celia Macuacua

MCC Camp Manager

Jose Manguele

Community Coordinator & Chief Guarda

Crimilda Nhassengo

Apiculture & Youth Eco Literacy Specialist

Rodrigues Maquene

Ocean Guardian & Youth Eco Literacy and Wellbeing Coordinator

Andre Matsinhe

Guarda

Orlando Vilanculo

Guarda

Antonio Vilanculos

Deputy Chief of Guardas

Amelia Maunze

MCC Hospitality

Core Partners & Advisory Council

Advisory Council members are not only our valued and trusted advisors but their teams also work directly with us and communities in the Malamba-Mazuene landscape and have deep knowledge in their respective fields, including health, women's wellbeing economic empowerment, biodiversity, human-wildlife coexistence, marine resources management, and ocean-based livelihoods. 

Dr. Natasha Anushri Anandaraja (2023 - present)
Director, Founder, Women Together Global 

Antonio de Sacramento Cabral (2022 - present)
Director, Ocean Revolution Mocambique
2022 Equator Prize winner

Dr Alice Massingue (2022 - present)
Professor, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
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