Dr.
Atiq Rahman
Executive
Director, BCAS
Dr. Rahman is a leading Environment and Development Specialist with wide
national, international and global experience and involvement in
sustainable development, environment and resource management,
poverty and equity, disaster management, peoples participation,
global governance and modelling evaluation issues. He is also
working on capacity building, optimal capacity utilization,
methodological and institutional development in developing countries
and communities. Besides being the Executive Director of the
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) which has emerged as
the leading think tank in Bangladesh and also in South Asia on
Resource Management, Environment and Sustainable Development issues.
Dr. Rahman is an author and consultant on environment, sustainable
development issues and on global planning. He is also the Convenor
of a regional network the Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA)
and the Coordinator of the Global Forum on the Environment and
Poverty (GFEP) an international network mandated at UNCED. Dr.
Rahman has been a consultant to the World Bank, Asian Development
Bank (ADB), UNDP, UN-DESA, UNEP, IFAD, ESCAP, UNCTAD, Asian
Development Bank, many national governments, several national and
international NGOs. He is the chairman of the Synthesis Committee of
the Bangladesh National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP) a
major participatory plan. He is also the Chairman of Steering
Committee, Asia Pacific National Councils for Sustainable
Development (APNCSD) whose Secretariat is in Manila. He is a
Research Associate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,
Tufts university, Boston, Mass, USA since 1996. He has designed,
developed and teaches (1999 and 2000) multi-disciplinary post
graduate course on Sustainable Development Challenges and North
South Dialogue at Massachussette Institute of Technology (MIT),
Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Cambridge, USA. He is also
the Bangladesh Focal point of South Asian Poverty Commission follow
up actions. Besides, his work in Bangladesh and Asia. He was also a
Faculty Member of the International Programme on the Management of
Sustainability (IPMS) for the Sustainability Challenge Foundation in
the Netherlands. He is also a Reviewer of the World Energy
Assessment (1999) by the World Energy Council, UNDP and UNEP.
He
is also the member of International Advisory Committee of the
Secretary General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) on
Sustainable Development and was elected Vice Chairman of working
group on Environment, Trade and Investment (GETI) of the IUCN
Commission on Environmental, Economic & Social Policy (CEESP).
It is an outcome of World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
2002. He was the organizer of the Pugwash input in WSSD at
Johannesburg.
Key
Publications (Books)
1.
Cements in Radioactive Waste Management: Author of the book
"Cements in Radioactive Waste Management" `EEC' Brussels,
1987.
2.
Environmental Aspects of Surface Water Systems of Bangladesh: Co-editor
of "Environmental Aspects of Surface Water Systems of Bangladesh",
BCAS/IIED, London, 1990 first print, 200 second print.
3.
Environmental Aspects of Agricultural Development in Bangladesh:
Co-editor of "Environmental Aspects of Agricultural Development in
Bangladesh", BCAS/IIED, London, 1990 first print, 200 second print.
4.
Bangladesh Coastal Areas Resource Management and Development: Co-editor
of "Bangladesh Coastal Areas Resource Management and Development",
CARDMA 1990.
5.
Bangladesh Coastal Area Resource Development and Management: Co-editor
of "Bangladesh Coastal Area Resource Development and Management,
Report‑I,"
1990.
6.
Coastal Area Resource Development and management part II: Co-editor
of "Coastal Area Resource Development and management part II" 1989.
7.
The Greenhouse effect and Coastal area of Bangladesh: Co editor of
"The Greenhouse effect and Coastal area of Bangladesh"-1989.
8.
Cyclone '91; An Environmental and Perceptional Study: Co editor
"Cyclone '91; An Environmental and Perceptional Study" BCAS 1991.
9.
Environment and Development in Bangladesh: Co editor
"Environment and Development in Bangladesh", Volume 1 and Volume 2
University Press Limited 1993.
10.
Exploding the Population Myth Consumption Population Versus Which is
the Climate Bomb? University Press Limited, 1998
11.
Environment and Poverty: Key Linkages for Global Sustainable
Development, University Press Limited, 1998.
12.
Wetlands of Bangladesh- BCAS, 1994
13.
Rivers of Life: Bangladeshi Journalists take a critical look at
the Flood Action Plan, BCAS- 1994
14.
Environmental Education of Bangladesh at the tertiary level, BCAS
1995
15.
Food Security Environment and Poverty, BCAS, GFEP, UNDP- 1994
16.
Cyclone’ 91: A follow up study, BCAS- 1991.