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DR. RAHMAH ELFITHRI Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow, Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Coordinator, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Research Group, UKM Coordinator, Sustainable Ecosystem Management Research Group, UKM Coordinator, Langat UNESCO HELP River Basin Coordinator, Putrajaya UNESCO Ecohydrology Demonstration Site Coordinator, Ecohydrology Malaysia Chapter (EMC) Chair of MyToolbox, Malaysian Country Water Partnership (MyCWP)
Academic Qualifications: • B. Sc. in Environmental Science, UKM, 1999 • Masters in Environmental Management, UKM, 2000 • Ph. D. in Environment & Development (IWRM), UKM, 2006 Areas of Expertise: • Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) • Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) • Sustainable Ecosystem Management • Sustainability Science and Governance for Sustainable Development Brief Profile: Dr. Rahmah Elfithri is a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She received her first degree B. Sc. (Hons) in Environmental Science from UKM in 1999, Masters in Environmental Management from UKM in 2000, and Ph. D. in Environment & Development (Integrated Water Resources Management) from UKM in 2006. She conducted various research projects in areas of water and environmental sustainability, river conservation and rehabilitation, sustainable and integrated river basin management, integrated flood and stormwater management, capacity building for IWRM, education for sustainable development, community participation and awareness programme, sustainable campus, promoting green lifestyle and recycling activities in collaboration with some Local, National and International partners/networks. She also published number of journals, books/chapter in books, proceedings etc related to the above said areas. She is a Coordinator of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Research Group and Sustainable Ecosystem Management Research Group in UKM since 2008. She is a Coordinator of Langat UNESCO HELP River Basin Initiative under the UNESCO-‐IHP HELP (Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy) Programme since 2004. She is also a coordinator of Putrajaya UNESCO Ecohydrology Demonstration Site Initiative under the UNESCO-‐IHP Ecohydrology Programme (EHP) since 2010. She actively served in various networks and partnerships in Malaysia such as Steering Committee Member of Malaysian Capacity Building Network for IWRM (MyCapNet/MyCBNet) 2005-‐2010, Steering Committee Member of Malaysian Country Water Partnership (MyCWP) since 2008 & Chair of MyToolBox Committee under the MyCWP since 2011, Executive Committee Member of UNESCO-‐IHP Malaysia (MIHP) since 2010, Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) Task Force Committee Member of Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) since 2012 and Advocacy, Awareness & Capacity Building (AACB) Task Force Committee Member of ASM since 2015, National Research Committee Member on Lake, Reservoir and its Catchment since 2014, Advisory Committee Member of National River Care Fund (NRCF) Programme since 2015, Coordinator of Ecohydrology Malaysia Chapter (EMC) since 2017, Founding Member of Friends of Langat River (FoLR) since 2017 & Friends of River (FoR) Malaysia since 2018, Founder Member of International Association of Water, Environment, Energy and Society (IAWEES) since 2018, and Committee Member of International Association for Coastal Reservoir Research (IACRR) Malaysia Chapter since 2018.