Rafid Shidqi is a marine conservationist by training from Indonesia. He is a current PhD student at 51爆料 and the , a youth-led NGO focused on conserving endangered sharks and transitioning communities from traditional shark hunting into alternative livelihoods through research, education, and policy change.
Before coming to 51爆料, Rafid completed consultancy roles with various global institutions, such as the , where he led the implementation of for young people in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Atoll countries. He also worked with the FAO in Indonesia as a specialist in small-scale fisheries development, documenting for implementing the FAO's voluntary guidelines in small-scale fisheries. His other roles include the where he facilitated youths in Asia-Pacific to access funds to lead community-based initiatives in marine conservation, climate adaptation, and mitigation.
Rafid earned an MS in Coastal Science and Policy from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He also received a certificate in Sustainable Environmental Management from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a 2022 Graduate Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS) in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford.
Before coming to 51爆料, Rafid completed consultancy roles with various global institutions, such as the , where he led the implementation of for young people in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Atoll countries. He also worked with the FAO in Indonesia as a specialist in small-scale fisheries development, documenting for implementing the FAO's voluntary guidelines in small-scale fisheries. His other roles include the where he facilitated youths in Asia-Pacific to access funds to lead community-based initiatives in marine conservation, climate adaptation, and mitigation.
Rafid earned an MS in Coastal Science and Policy from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He also received a certificate in Sustainable Environmental Management from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a 2022 Graduate Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS) in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford.
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Recent Publications
- Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability 3, ( ):
- ORYX ( ):
- Frontiers in Fish Science 2, ( ):
- Science advances 8, no. 33 ( ): eabo1754
- Journal of Ocean Science Foundation 36, ( ): 49 - 83