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        Rajesh Daniel

        Head of Communications, SEI Asia

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      Rajesh Daniel is Head of Communications at SEI Asia. He joined SEI Asia in August 2013. Rajesh is a writer, researcher and filmmaker with more than 15 years of experience working on issues of natural resources governance in Southeast Asia and the Mekong Region.

      Rajesh holds a Masters in Science and Development Communication. He has published widely including peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, newspaper articles, and co-edited books on environment and development issues. His recent publications are the co-edited book: Chindwin Futures: Natural resources, livelihoods, institutions and climate change in Myanmar’s Chindwin River Basin; and, Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region . He is also co-editor of Governing the Mekong: Engaging in the Politics of Knowledge.

      Rajesh has done a number of short and feature length documentary films on ecology and local livelihoods topics.He recently completed a short film “Chindwin ” on environmental issues in the Chindwin River Basin in Myanmar. in 2017, he  filmed and edited a series of seven short films on climate risks and water insecurity in the Mekong Region . He also produced in 2013, “The Mekong – Grounds of Plenty”, a 47 min. documentary film highlighting the Mekong region’s fisheries, markets and ways of livelihood, that was filmed in numerous locations across the four Lower Mekong Basin countries.

      His special areas of interest are media and communications research, politics of knowledge systems and policy engagement, and natural resources governance with special focus on the Mekong Region.

      Publications by Rajesh Daniel

      • Chindwin Futures: Natural resources, livelihoods, institutions and climate change in Myanmar's Chindwin River Basin
      • Conserving biodiversity in Myanmar’s Upper Chindwin Basin: Community-based integrated catchment management
      • Development and climate change in the Mekong Region: case studies
      • SEI’s work on disaster risk reduction and sustainable development
      • Stories of change from the Mekong region: celebrating ten years of SUMERNET (2005-2015)
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      Perspectives by Rajesh Daniel

      • Dams and droughts, data and diplomacy in the Mekong
      • Dancing rivers of Myanmar - mapping moves from space
      • Gender and social equity: insights from the SEI Science Forum in Bangkok
      • Inclusive local planning is vital for successful climate adaptation in peri-urban areas
      • Bangkok’s character under threat
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      Featured stories with Rajesh Daniel

      • SEI Asia podcast: Reinforcing sustainable food consumption through outdoor environmental education
      • SEI Asia podcast: Informal workers in the just transition to a green economy
      • SEI Asia podcast: Building resilience in food systems by preserving local knowledge
      • SEI Asia podcast: Working on the ground for social and environmental justice
      • SEI Asia podcast: How women environmental defenders build solidarity
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      Projects and tools with Rajesh Daniel

      • Community climate resilience in critical mineral supply chains
      • The impact of air pollution on the world of work for women and youth in East and South East Asia
      • Iniciativa de SEI sobre igualdad de género, equidad social y pobreza
      • SEI Initiative on Gender Equality, Social Equity and Poverty
      • SUMERNET
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