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Mohammad Shahad Mahabub Chowdhury
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National Coordinator-Bangladesh, Mangroves for the Future (MFF) Programme
, IUCN, Bangladesh Country Office
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Dhaka,
Bangladesh
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Have 16+ years of work experience on natural resource conservation, research, management, planning and implementation with several prominent national, international and multinational institutions. Currently working as National Coordinator-Bangladesh of the Mangroves for the Future Programme of IUCN Asia Regional Office, posted in Dhaka. Worked in wide range of wetland and marine ecosystems. |
 Contact Mohammad Shahad Mahabub Chowdhury
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Area of Expertise: |
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Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
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Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Professional Experience: |
I have 16 plus years of work experience on species/biodiversity conservation and natural resource management with several leading national and multinational institutions and projects/programmes. Among these are IUCN Bangladesh; Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS); St. Martin’s Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation Project, DoE/MoEF/GoB; Fourth Fisheries Project (FFP)-GEF/WB/DoF-MoFL; ENTERMET Ltd.; GHARONI; Asia Pacific Network (APN); Asiatic Society; BUET and ESTUARY. I have work experience of international/multinational donor funded projects, programmes and missions including UNDP, USAID, World Bank, GEF, FAO, UNEP, SDC, EKN, GIZ, DANIDA, CARE, DFID, WFC, ESPA, etc. Have wide ranging working knowledge at national, sub-regional and regional level in South Asian countries.
I have been working in different capacities (National Coordinator-MFF/Project Manager/Senior Programme Officer/Dialogue Coordinator-E4L/Programme Officer/Monitoring and Evaluation Officer) for IUCN Bangladesh since 2009 and have been responsible for developing and managing programmes for country office as well as Asia Regional Office on species conservation, environmental governance, natural resource management, livelihoods sustainability, grant management, human-animal conflict management, policy advocacy on illegal trade/killing, DRR and disaster management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, forest management and restoration, community empowerment, protected area management, water resources planning, fisheries management, project M&E, EIA/IEE/Environmental Assessment and sustainable extraction of coastal/marine resources. Currently, I am working as National Coordinator-Bangladesh of the Mangroves for the Future Programme which is being implemented jointly by IUCN and UNDP in 11 Asian countries. I am familiar with national and international policies/conventions/goals specially SDGs, CBD, RAMSAR, UNCCC, UNCCD, UNCLOS, CITES, Water Convention, etc.
I am a certified IUCN Red List assessor. I was assigned as the Project Manager of the Red List Project in Bangladesh in which I worked as Technical Coordinator in assessing 1619 species which led to the publication of seven-volumes of the Red List of Species of Bangladesh. I had the overall responsibility of overseeing the recently concluded red listing exercise in Bangladesh. I was nominated as co-trainer by RLU-UK and provided red list training to 70 assessors. I believe that my experience on preparing Sundarbans Biodiversity Management Plan including addressing issue of the human-tiger conflict and illegal trade/killing of Bengal Tiger, Spotted Deer and other animals would help me to perform any position of species and ecosystem conservation. I also have practical experience of small and medium grant management and MLE while working as National Coordinator-Bangladesh, Mangroves for the Future, IUCN.
I am pro-active and result oriented person capable of team building and can
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Education: |
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I have completed two M.Sc degrees, of which one is in Aquatic Resources Development (Commonwealth Scholarship Awarded), from the University of Stirling, UK and another in Marine Science (Branch-Environmental Pollution) from the Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries (IMSF), University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Training Received:
? Training on IUCN Red list and SIS:
International training course on “Use and application of the IUCN Red list categories, criteria and Species Information System (SIS)” from 8 to 10 December 2010 in Colombo, Srilanka. Arranged by IUCN Sri Lanka and Ecosystem Livelihood Group II, Asia Region.
?IUCN Red List Assessor Training Workshop:
International training workshop on “ IUCN Red List Assessment Process” from 23-26 November 2014 at Spectra Convention Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh, hosted by Updating Species Red List of Bangladesh Project, IUCN Bangladesh. Training was provided by Dr Monika Bohm, ZSL and Catherine Anne Sayer, Red List Unit, IUCN-UK.
?Training on Monitoring and Evaluation:
Training course on “Techniques of Preparing Project Proposal, LFA, Monitoring and Evaluation of a Project” from 14 to 21 September 2003 The trainers was discussed following the Logical Framework Approach (LFA). The course was designed for the project coordinator of ESTUARY for institutional capacity buildup.
?Training on Biodiversity:
Participated in training workshop on “Aquatic Biodiversity Assessment Methods, Sampling and Analysis” from 23-24 December 2002 at DoF savar training academy. Dr. Rezaul, Professor, BAU, Dr. Ahsan Habib, Professor, BAU, Dr. Giasuddin Khan, DFO, Dhaka were the trainer of that course. The training was arranged by Department of Fisheries.
?Training on Conservation of Otters:
Participated in the ‘Training Workshop on Capacity Building to Conserve the Otters of Bangladesh’ held on 07-12 December 2014 at Jahangirnagar University and Sundarbans, organized by Wildlife branch, Dept. of Zoology, JU and International Otter Survival Fund, UK.
?Training on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA):
Training course on “Environmental Impact Assessment” from 16 to 21 August 2006. The training was arranged by CEGIS, Dhaka.
?Training on Taxonomy:
Training course on “Sampling, Processing and Larval Identification of the Aquatic Organism” from 18-23 June 2002 at FRI, brackish-water station, Paikgacha, Khulna. Training was arranged by Fourth Fisheries Project. Major concern of the course was field-sampling demonstration of shrimp PL fishery and lab based taxonomical identification of larval organism.
Participated in the process of identification of reasons and severity of sudden massive occurrence of Turritella sp. in the sea beach of Cox’s Bazar, during month of April 2002, Held in FRI, Marine Water Station, Cox’s Bazar as a Research Assistant of FFP.
?Training on CSR and Sustainability:
Training on “Sustainability: A Business Case”-focused on CSR and business and biodiversity, IUCN ARO, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 18-22 May, 2013.
?Training on Climate Change Data Analysis:
Training on “Downscaling of Global Climate Change Model (GCM)”, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 11-14 June 2012.
?Training on Social and Institutional Development
Training on “Social Capital Management”, CBSMTHP, IUCN, 9-15 Dec, 2009.
Training on “Institutional Development and Good Governance of Community Based Organizations” CBSMTHP, IUCN, 15-20 April 2010.
?Training on GIS:
Training on “GIS and its application in water resources analysis”, from 15-30 June 2008, CEGIS, Dhaka.
?Training on Water Quality Monitoring:
Training course of “Coastal and Shrimp Farm Water Quality Monitoring” from 21-22 May 2002 at Khulna. Mr. Tim Huntington, Coastal Biodiversity Specialist, FFP was facilitator of that training program.
Training Provided:
?IUCN Red List Assessor Training Workshop:
Worked as Co-trainer in the International training workshop on “IUCN Red List Assessment Process”. The trainings were held in Dhaka from 23-26 Nov 2014 and 28 June-01 July 2015 hosted by Updating Species Red List of Bangladesh Project, IUCN Bangladesh. Other co-trainer was Dr Monika Bohm, ZSL.
?Training on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA):
Worked as Trainer in the course on “Environmental Impact Assessme
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Available for: |
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
15-20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, French, Bengali |
Nationality:
Bangladesh
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