Dr. Daniel Etongo

Focus Areas: Vulnerability assessment, sustainable land management practices, climate change adaptation, socio-ecological modeling, food security and sovereignty, agroecology, water–energy–food nexus, and disaster risk reduction.

Dr. Daniel Etongo Bau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Seychelles (UniSey) and currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Sustainable Development. He joined UniSey in December 2018 as a Senior Lecturer and research member of the Blue Economy Research Institute (BERI).

A seasoned academic with more than two decades of teaching and research experience, Dr. Etongo possesses extensive expertise in climate change adaptation and mitigation, ecosystem-based management, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable natural resource management. His research focuses on socio-ecological systems modeling, biodiversity assessment, vulnerability assessment, climate-smart agriculture, and nature-based solutions.

At UniSey, Dr. Etongo teaches in the BSc Environmental Sciences and MSc Marine Science and Sustainability programmes. He contributes to curriculum design, course development, and mentorship of new lecturers and teaching assistants. He also plays a key role in strengthening UniSey’s research profile through leadership, collaboration, and consultancy work.

Dr. Etongo represents UniSey on the Seychelles National Climate Change Committee and serves on the National Technical Working Group on Education for Sustainable Development. He has provided consultancy services to several international and national organizations, including the World Bank, UNDP, Global Water Partnership Southern Africa, COMESA, and Conservation International.

He was part of the team that developed the first Seychelles National Climate Change Policy and contributed to the Adaptation Chapter of Seychelles’ updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2021.

Publications by Dr. Daniel Etongo Bau