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Dira Johanif
Urban Resilience Advocate
(617) 540-5650 x1074 | djohanif@crwa.org
Dira is CRWA’s Urban Resilience Advocate, and leads CRWA’s efforts to ensure that urban areas within the watershed, like Boston, are resilient to flooding, extreme heat, severe storms, and other impacts of climate change.
This includes advocating for climate-resilient by-laws, ordinances and policies at the local level, engaging with residents and community groups to advance climate-resilient outcomes, and identifying strategic opportunities for collaboration with traditional and non-traditional partners to build resilience across multiple sectors. Dira also leads our Green Infrastructure Ambassador program that trains underserved Boston community members on water pollution and nature-based solutions.
Dira has a B.S in Environmental Science, Marine Science track and a M.Sc in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her Master's research focused on understanding how pesticide-resistant macroinvertebrates in freshwater habitats can potentially act as a vector for trophic transfer to ecologically and economically important fish species.
Originally from Malaysia, Dira is trying to spend more of her free time cooking traditional meals at home. Dira also enjoys painting, and yoga and plans to publish a children’s book in the future.
Urban Resilience Advocate
(617) 540-5650 x1074 | djohanif@crwa.org
Dira is CRWA’s Urban Resilience Advocate, and leads CRWA’s efforts to ensure that urban areas within the watershed, like Boston, are resilient to flooding, extreme heat, severe storms, and other impacts of climate change.
This includes advocating for climate-resilient by-laws, ordinances and policies at the local level, engaging with residents and community groups to advance climate-resilient outcomes, and identifying strategic opportunities for collaboration with traditional and non-traditional partners to build resilience across multiple sectors. Dira also leads our Green Infrastructure Ambassador program that trains underserved Boston community members on water pollution and nature-based solutions.
Dira has a B.S in Environmental Science, Marine Science track and a M.Sc in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her Master's research focused on understanding how pesticide-resistant macroinvertebrates in freshwater habitats can potentially act as a vector for trophic transfer to ecologically and economically important fish species.
Originally from Malaysia, Dira is trying to spend more of her free time cooking traditional meals at home. Dira also enjoys painting, and yoga and plans to publish a children’s book in the future.