Rajesh Daniel
Specialising in communications, Rajesh is a writer, researcher and filmmaker focusing on natural resources and governance issues in the Mekong region for the past 15 years. His special areas of interest include resource governance especially local forest management, knowledge systems, upland livelihoods and Mekong ecosystems.
He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals, newspapers and magazines and co-edited several books and book chapters on environmental and governance issues. His last two co-edited books are: "Governing the Mekong: Engaging in the Politics of Knowledge" (January 2013) and "Climate Risks, Regional Integration and Sustainability in the Mekong Region" (June 2014).
He has also done scripting and camera in producing several films on the ecology-livelihood connections in Asia and the Mekong region including "The Mekong: Grounds of Plenty" released in 2013.
Organisation
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia Centre
Position
Communications Coordinator
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Stories by Rajesh Daniel
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SUMERNET Vision Guide introducing the new phase "SUMERNET 4 All"
The new, revised "Vision Guide" for SUMERNET is now available. This vision guide presents an overview of SUMERNET - its origins and governance structure, background to the network, aims, key research areas, engagement with policy, and outreach products
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Short film on "Saving Chindwin's Biodiversity"
“Saving Chindwin’s Biodiversity” gives the perspectives of the people living in the basin who talk about their lives and livelihoods, the threats to the natural resources such as from mining, and their ongoing efforts to urgently protect the basin’s natur
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Chindwin Basin biodiversity faces serious threats, urgent conservation measures needed, say SEI’s scientists
SEI scientists say Myanmar’s rapid economic development threatens the Chindwin Basin’s flora and fauna and the local livelihoods dependent on these resources. Implementing a host of conservation measures can save these valuable natural resources.
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Policy gaps in biodiversity conservation in Myanmar
How is the issue of biodiversity conservation perceived in Myanmar in terms of economic development, livelihoods and and policy? Where are the policy gaps?
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SUMERNET signs agreement with Sida for Mekong research cooperation
As part of its mission to enhance research and policy engagement for sustainable development in the Mekong Region, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) signed an agreement with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) on 19th Novem
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SDGs report card is out, and Asia-Pacific is failing
A UN report on the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2017, released last month, shows that the Asia-Pacific region is failing to meet targets for almost two-thirds of them.
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SUMERNET releases a CD of short films on bridging research and policy
SUMERNET has brought out a CD of two short films documenting reflections of the researchers on bridging policy and research.
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New SUMERNET book now out: Development and Climate Change in the Mekong Region
This volume brings together a new set of multi-country empirical case studies that contribute to the understanding the complexities of development and resource governance in the context of climate change in the Mekong Region.
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How to write policy briefings: Training
SUMERNET secretariat organized an online policy brief training workshop for research partners.
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Chulalongkorn University to develop low carbon-based tourism approaches
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SUMERNET Mekong multimedia booklet 2022
SUMERNET published a multimedia booklet which is the product of media-research partnership fund 2022.
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From research to policy, from participation to engagement: Enhancing transboundary governance in the Lancang-Mekong Basin
SUMERNET’s Annual Research and Policy Forum explored how water, food, energy and ecosystems are interconnected and ways to deepen policy and cross-border engagement in the Mekong Region.
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What are the critical lessons on knowledge co-production for the Mekong Region: Key points from experts in Chulalongkorn University
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Podcast – How to make hydropower financing in the Mekong Region more accountable?
The episode presents a nuanced discussion on the role of commercial banks funding hydropower in the Mekong Region, and how banks can ensure transparency and accountability.
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