Dr. Baraka Paul Nyangoko is an expert in Aquatic and Marine Sciences, with PhD in Physical Geography from Stockholm University, Sweden. His main research interests are rooted on Marine and Wetland Ecology, Ecosystem Services, Social-ecological Studies, Conservation Governance, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Climate change & GIS studies. He works as a Lecturer and Researcher in the field of Coastal and Marine resource Management and Conservation Ecology, where he has developed capacity in working on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research projects whose output have a significant influence on securing the ecosystem, people's livelihoods and well-being as well as policy making at the local, national, and international levels. Also, he saves as reviewer in many high ranked journal including Frontiers in Marine Science, Tropical conservations Sciences and some of journals hosted by Elsevier