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Mr Ahmed Sh Ibrahim SH ABA

Marine Environmental Officer

Department of Fisheries Management and MCS

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Somalia

Work Location

street of Mirinaayo
District of Abdulcaziiz
Mogadishu, Banaadir +252/ BN
Somalia

Nationality

Somalia

Email(s)

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Telephone

+252614788388

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/49869

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Highest Degree

M.Sc. International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecology (ISATEC), University of Bremen, Germany (2025), DAAD-EPOS Scholar

Job Type

Research
Data Management
Natural Resource Management
Operational Support (technical)
Extension Services (Public Awareness)
ECOP (Early Career Ocean Professional)

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Pollution
Research Support Services

Activities

  • Support marine environmental assessment and coastal ecosystem management initiatives at the Ministry of Environment & Climate Change, Somalia
  • Coordinate coral reef baseline assessments and marine ecological monitoring activities as Deputy Director, MARCOD
  • Led the first standardized quantitative ecological baseline assessment of coral reef flats in southern Somalia
  • Contribute Somalia coral reef baseline data to the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) and the WIO Red List of Ecosystems reassessment
  • Apply R- and GIS-based ecological and spatial analysis methods to benthic community and reef monitoring data
  • Contribute to strengthening national marine observation and climate-response capacity in Somalia

    • Sea regions of study

    Gulf of Aden
    Indian Ocean

    Skills

  • Benthic community ecological assessment (Line-Point Intercept Transect methodology)
  • R-based statistical analysis
  • GIS-based spatial analysis
  • Coral reef monitoring & GCRMN data contribution
  • Marine environmental policy support
  • Scientific diving (PADI Advanced Open Water; SSI Scuba Skills Update)

    • Working language(s)

    English

    Citation(s)

    ResearchGate

    Social

    Website(s)

    https://mfmr.gov.so/en/

    Comment(s)

  • Selected for the John Ogden President's Award, ICRS 2026
  • Recipient of the ICRS World Reef Award 2026
  • ICRI Youth #ForCoral Global Strategy — selected global case study, 2025
  • Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) Scientist Spotlight, 2026
  • DAAD-EPOS Full Scholarship, M.Sc. (Germany)
  • Member, International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) and WIOMSA

    • Created: 2022-02-02 | Last Updated: 2026-06-28