Dr. Mrittika Basu is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University. She has a PhD in Global Environmental Studies from Kyoto University, Japan. She undertakes intensive field-based research in rural areas as well as urban areas in developing countries. She specializes in evidence-based policy-making research on water resource management. Her research interests include water security, water resource management, water conservation behavior, ecosystem services and human well-being. Dr. Basu has authored/ co-authored more than 40 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Rajarshi Dasgupta is a senior policy researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). His research interests are environmental scenario planning, spatial quantification of ecosystem services, indigenous and local knowledge systems, and community-based conservation. He served as Lead Author (LA) for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment Report as well as IPBES assessment on Sustainable Use of Wild Species (2018-22). Dr. Dasgupta authored/co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals on the topic related to the mapping and monitoring of ecosystem services, landscape conservation, Ecosystem and natural resource management.
