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Expert in Natural Resources Management (NRM) especially with respect to community-based NRM with a clear understanding of policies and their contextualized interventions on the ground. |
 Contact Neena Elizabeth Koshy
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Area of Expertise: |
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Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban
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Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Professional Experience: |
Completing Post Masters in Natural Resources Management from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, I have been working continuously for 15 years with social and environmental justice as my core values.
The first couple of years were dedicated at the grassroots, working in the tribal Tehsil of Bagli (in Dewas District, Madhya Pradesh) which lies in Narmada Valley. This experience helped me to understand the life of the poorest of the poor in India and sensitized me to the local concerns, appreciate their needs, fathom the development challenges, etc. It re-emphasized in me the belief for continuous and dedicated focus on targeted and tailor-made interventions towards natural resources management in rural India.
The next eight-and-a-half years saw my active involvement at policy advocacy at national, international and multilateral platforms. This along with the initial experience helped me weave the realities of the ground into advocacy and policy making at multifarious levels.
Currently I am working with IndoGerman bilateral cooperation and for the last four-and-a-half years focused on biodiversity conservation. The fulcrum of my work, however, remained continued ensuring of community participation and underlining the importance of traditional knowledge and practices in natural resources management, a critical factor in achieving most of the sustainable development goals in general and the SDGs related to natural resources management in particular.
My work over the past 15 years spans the breadth of the experience spectrum and therefore I fit well to a job which needs deep understanding of the issues at hand with respect to natural resources management.
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Education: |
Post-Masters in Resources Management (MPhil) (2001-02): Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, MP (89%) Specialisation: Fisheries Management, Rural Livelihoods; Biodiversity Conservation. Dissertation: Community-based Fishery Management on the Kerala Coast.
Master of Science degree in Marine Biology (1996-98): School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, Kerala (75%) Specialisation: Marine Biology, Aquaculture and Marine Ecology. Dissertation: A review of the Benthic Studies in Indian Estuaries.
Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology (1992-95): Mar Ivanios College, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (80.3%) Subjects: Zoology, Botany and Chemistry.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Publications
Neena Koshy. 2010. Small Indigenous Fish Species in Aquaculture: Can They Play a Role in Poverty Alleviation and Food Security. Country case studies presented at the APFIC/FAO Regional consultative workshop “Best practices for supporting and improving livelihoods of small scale fisheries and aquaculture households”, 13 - 15 October, 2009, Manila, Philippines. APFIC ad hoc publication, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-30 p.
Neena Koshy and Chandrika Sharma. 2008. Shore-Based Fishing Operations: Improving Working Conditions. Labour File, Vol.5-No.3&4 The ILO Convention and a National Legislation for the Workers in Fishing Sector. Pp 33-37.
Submitted articles for the ICSF publications Samudra and the Gender and Fisheries Newsletter Yemaya; Prepared reports/ proceedings of ICSF meetings and conferences.
Other Achievements
Organised a Conference on Conservation and Management of Seagrass Ecosystems in India, the first of its kind in India in 2016. Managing Editor (Coordination) for the Special Issue on Seagrass India in the high impact Elseviers Journal Ocean and Coastal Management. This is a first of its kind compilation of work on seagrass in India which will be internationally indexed.
Participated in the Sixth Subcommittee on Aquaculture (Committee on Fisheries) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations held in Cape Town, South Africa from 26-30 March 2012
Participated in the Workshop to Develop an FAO Strategy to Improve Information on the Status of the World’s Inland Fisheries held in Rome, Italy from 6-9 December 2011.
Organized a National workshop (the first of its kind in India) on Small Indigenous Freshwater Fish Species: Their Role in Poverty Alleviation, Food Security and Conservation of Biodiversity held at Barrackpore, West Bengal in February 2010. Presented the case study done in preparation to the workshop at the APFIC/FAO Regional consultative workshop Best Practices to Supporting and Improving Livelihoods of Small-Scale Fisheries and Aquaculture Households held at Manila, the Philippines in October 2009.
Participated in the FAO Global Conference on “Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries: Bringing Together Responsible Fisheries and Social Development” (4SSF) held in Bangkok, Thailand from 13-17 October 2008.
One of the organizing members of the workshop Asserting Rights, Defining Responsibilities:Perspectives of Small-scale Fishing Communities on Coastal and Fisheries Management in Eastern and Southern Africa held in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 24 to 27 June 2008
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
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Years of Experience:
15-20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil |
Nationality:
Indian
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