About
Mirali
Mirali Shukla is an award winning researcher and photographer whose work focuses on the connections between people and nature, and the conflict and peace dynamics that are related to this interaction. She is currently the Deputy Chair of the IUCN CEESP Theme on Environment and Peace.
Mirali has always been interested in the deep, complex connection between sociocultural and environmental landscapes and feels that understanding this connection is vital to the betterment of our world today. She holds a Bachelor of Science in International Relations with a focus on Environmental Conflict and a Masters of Research in Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation. She also has several certifications from the United States Institute of Peace, the Center for Conservation Peacebuilding (CPeace), and the Institute for Economics and Peace that help to guide her work.
Photo Stories and Projects
On Expedition Palawan, funded by the Scientific Exploration Society, we get a count of the last Irrawaddy dolphins of the Coral Triangle and work with local, artisanal fisher communities to capture the people and nature of the Malampaya Sound.
In Search for Common Ground explores the nuances of conflict and coexistence with Sea Eagles in the Highlands of Scotland.
Searching for Silence: Azores is a short film exploring the world’s oceans in order to find the last remaining pristine marine soundscapes before they are lost to man-made noise pollution.
Land of Green Gold explores the environmental conflict and concerns of Sápmi alongside tenth-generation Sámi reindeer herder and activist, Eero Orbas.
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