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{{Short description|Indian conservation biologist}}
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| name = Rajeev Raghavan
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| occupation = Assistant Professor, Conservation Biologist
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| known_for = Freshwater Fish Conservation
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'''Rajeev Raghavan''' is an aquatic conservation biologist known for his work on the freshwater fishes of South Asia, particularly the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India and the South Asia Coordinator of the IUCN’s Freshwater Fish Specialist Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iucnffsg.org/about-ffsg/south-asia-office/|title=IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group|access-date=18 Aug 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/professors-to-study-freshwater-conservation/|title=Professors to study freshwater conservation - Eastern Mirror|access-date=26 Aug 2017}}</ref>

==Education and Career==
After completing undergraduate and graduate degrees in Aquaculture and a PhD in Fish Ecology, Rajeev received postdoctoral training and worked in various universities and institutions in Asia and Europe. Prior to his current appointment with the [[Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies]] (KUFOS), Kochi, India, Rajeev also worked as a Lecturer at [[St. Albert's College]], Kochi, India (where he set up the Conservation Research Group, a multidisciplinary network of conservation biologist working on various aspects of the biodiversity of the Western Ghats) and also held affiliate positions at the [[Zoo Outreach Organisation]] (ZOO), Coimbatore, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2410/3619|title=Journal of Threatened Taxa - www.threatenedtaxa.org - 26 April 2016 - 8(4): 8659–8665|access-date=26 Aug 2017}}</ref>

==Research==
Since 2003, Rajeev has been involved in interdisciplinary research that generates information to support conservation decision making in tropical aquatic ecosystems particularly in the [[Western Ghats]] Biodiversity Hotspot. His work cuts across multiple disciplines from taxonomy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/state/badis-britzi/articleshow/46798992.cms?|title=A team of scientists have discovered a new species of freshwater fish in the Western Ghats which they have named Badis britzi - Bangalore Mirror|access-date=26 Aug 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/state/western-ghats-fish/articleshow/27094961.cms?|title=A new fish genus named after the Western Ghats - Bangalore Mirror|access-date=26 Aug 2017}}</ref> to evolutionary biogeography,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance for Channid Systematics and Evolution| doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0021272| pmid=21731689| pmc=3123301|volume=6|issue = 6|journal=PLoS ONE|page=e21272 | last1 = Benziger | first1 = Allen|year = 2011}}</ref> fisheries management and conservation policies, and range from local to global scales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iucn.org/content/threatened-freshwater-fish-fall-through-net-mismanaged-aquarium-pet-trade|title=Threatened freshwater fish fall through net of mismanaged aquarium pet trade-IUCN|access-date=18 Aug 2017|date=2013-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2410/3619|title=Journal of Threatened Taxa|access-date=26 Aug 2017}}</ref>

His research has resulted in the discovery and description of 19 new species, three new genera and two unique new families of freshwater fish and shrimp from the rivers of the Western Ghats; contributed to the assessment of the extinction risk of over 100 species of South Asian freshwater fishes for the [[IUCN Red List]], and helped generate the first information on the biology and population status of several endemic fish species of the Western Ghats. As of May 2021, Rajeev has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers (with >2000 citations)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=59OFWwcAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Google Scholar Citations|access-date=18 Aug 2017}}</ref> in some of the world’s top journals in fisheries and conservation science including Fish and Fisheries,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Angling for endangered fish: conservation problem or conservation action? | doi=10.1111/faf.12076|volume=17|journal=Fish and Fisheries|pages=249–265 | last1 = Cooke | first1 = Steven J|year = 2016}}</ref> Biological Conservation,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Uncovering an obscure trade: Threatened freshwater fishes and the aquarium pet markets | doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.019|volume=164|journal=Biological Conservation|pages=158–169 | last1 = Raghavan | first1 = Rajeev|date=August 2013 | url=https://docs.rwu.edu/fcas_fp/136}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Essential Biodiversity Variables for measuring change in global freshwater biodiversity | doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.005|volume=213|journal=Biological Conservation|pages=272–279 | last1 = Turak | first1 = Eren|year=2017 }}</ref> [[Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems]];<ref>{{cite journal|title=Damsel in distress;- The tale of Miss Kerala, Puntius denisonii (Day), an endemic and endangered cyprinid of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot (South India) | doi=10.1002/aqc.963|volume=19|journal=Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems|pages=67–74 | last1 = Raghavan | first1 = Rajeev|year = 2009|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Efficacy of angler catch data as a population and conservation monitoring tool for the f lagship Mahseer f ishes (Tor spp.) of Southern India | doi=10.1002/aqc.2543|volume=25|issue = 6|journal=Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems|pages=829–838 | last1 = Pinder | first1 = Adrian C.|year = 2015| url=http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23329/1/Pinder%20et%20al.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The conservation status of decapod crustaceans in the Western Ghats of India: an exceptional region of freshwater biodiversity - Raghavan - 2014 | doi=10.1002/aqc.2490|volume=25|issue = 2|journal=Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems|pages=259–275 | last1 = Raghavan | first1 = Rajeev|year = 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=59OFWwcAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Protected areas and imperilled endemic freshwater biodiversity in the Western Ghats Hotspot |access-date=26 Aug 2017}}</ref> Marine Policy<ref>{{cite journal|title=Marine aquarium trade in India: Challenges and opportunities for conservation and policy | doi=10.1016/j.marpol.2016.12.020|volume=77|journal=Marine Policy|pages=120–129 | last1 = Prakash | first1 = Sanjeevi|date=March 2017 }}</ref> and Ambio.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Beyond the "General Public": Implications of Audience Characteristics for Promoting Species Conservation in the Western Ghats Hotspot, India| doi=10.1007/s13280-013-0434-2| pmid=23979990|volume=43|issue = 2|journal=AMBIO|pages=138–148 | last1 = Kanagavel | first1 = Arun|pmc=3906479|year = 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Do frogs really eat cardamom? Understanding the myth of crop damage by amphibians in the Western Ghats, India| doi=10.1007/s13280-017-0908-8| pmid=28233252| pmc=5595740|journal=Ambio |volume = 46| issue=6| pages=695–705| last1 = Kanagavel | first1 = Arun|year = 2017}}</ref>

==Work with IUCN==
Rajeev is closely involved with the work of the [[IUCN Species Survival Commission]] (IUCN SSC) holding multiple responsibilities in its various groups. He is currently the South Asia Coordinator of the Freshwater Fish Specialist Group (FFSG); Freshwater Fish Red List Authority Coordinator for the regions of Southern, Northern and Eastern Asia and Oceania; and the Steering Committee member of the Freshwater Fish Specialist Group (FFSG). In addition he is also a member of the Species Survival Commission/World Commission on Protected Areas (SSC/WCPA) Joint Task Force on Biodiversity and Protected Areas; the WCPA Freshwater Specialist Group and the IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iucn.org/ssc-groups/fishes|title=The Fishes SSC directory provides the full list and contact details for all Fishes SSC Groups|access-date=26 Aug 2017|date=2016-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iucnffsg.org/about-ffsg/ffsg-secretariat/|title=Secretariat - IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group|access-date=26 Aug 2017}}</ref>

==Work with International Organizations==
Rajeev’s expertise has been used by various international organizations including the World Bank and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iucn.org/content/threatened-freshwater-fish-fall-through-net-mismanaged-aquarium-pet-trade|title=Threatened freshwater fish fall through net of mismanaged aquarium pet trade-IUCN|access-date=18 Aug 2017|date=2013-07-26}}</ref> while he currently works in an honorary capacity as Advisor on Species and Taxonomy for the Mahseer Trust,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mahseertrust.org/our-team|title=Our Team/Mahseer Trust|access-date=23 Apr 2021|date=2021-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/save-the-mighty-mahseer/article7286230.ece|title=Save the mighty mahseer|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 June 2015|access-date=18 Aug 2017
}}</ref> an international conservation NGO based in the UK.

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[[Category:Conservation biologists]]

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