Md. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has recently joined as the head of Sylhet Wildlife Division. He has long experience in conserving and managing the country's protected forests and wildlife.
Prior to joining Moulvibazar, he was working as a project manager in the joint project UNDP and Bangladesh in the Sundarbans Dolphin Conservation Project (EPASIIAEP) implemented by the UNDP and the Forest Department.
As a dedicated Forest Officer of the Forest Department, he has worked in Patuakhali, Chittagong, Sundarbans, Rangamati, Cox's Bazar and Mymensingh Forest Departments for over 25 years. He has played an admirable role in forest, wildlife conservation and management by working with his innovative thinking in all fields.
Rezaul also successfully completed the 'Community Based Resource Management of Tanguar Haor Project' implemented by the international organization IUCN funded by the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC) in 2016-17 and the 'Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation Project' implemented by the World Bank.
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury holds Honors, Masters and M.Phil degrees in Forestry from Chottogram University and Khulna University, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Dehradun, Post Graduate Diploma in Wildlife Management from India and Smithsonian Institution from American Institute.
Department of Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation, Sylhet Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Md. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury took charge on Thursday (July 23).
‘I will try to increase people's sympathy for wildlife by reducing the conflict between humans and wildlife, he told Barta24.com. We will try to create an up-to-date baseline data by calculating the wildlife numbers of Lauachhara National Park and Satchhari National Park and improve the International standard of tourist facilities in these protected areas.
Rezaul, Divisional Forest Officer, Sylhet, said that the current management scores of Lauachhara and Satchhari National Parks should be upgraded to at least 20 per cent in the next two years (which verifies changes in the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool index in protected areas around the world).