Sarder Shafiqul Alam
Research Fellow, BCAS

Sarder Shafiqul Alam is a Research Fellow of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and has over 18 years experience of research and monitoring. He has coordinated and supervised more than 15 field base research and monitoring projects in various aspects including water resources, fisheries, forestry, socio-economic, rural and urban environment, and development works in Bangladesh. His particular experiences are in developing project proposal & research methodologies, preparation and implementing work plan, natural resources mapping, programme for entering data, analysis of data and preparing reports. He established a number field research stations in different environmental zones for conducting different project activities. He is founder and head of the Wetland Research and Training Centre (WRTC) of BCAS, located in Gopalganj district since 1995.

RESEARCH PAPER/PUBLICATIONS 

1. First Author a report, “Bangladesh PRA Report: Understanding Livelihoods Dependent on Inland Fisheries in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia” published by WorldFish Centre, Bangladesh 2003

2. Co-author Country Summary Report: Understanding Livelihoods Dependent on Inland Fisheries in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia” published by WorldFish Centre, Bangladesh 2003.

3.  First author of a paper entitled, “Devastating Flood 1998 and Rural People: A Case Study in Central Bangladesh,” jointly published by the School of Environment, University of Leeds, UK and BCAS in 1999.

4. Co-author of a working paper entitled, “From Flood to Scarcity of Water: Re-defining the Water Debate in Bangladesh”, published by the School of Environment, University of Leeds, UK in 1999.

5. Co-author of a working paper entitled, “Drinking Water, Bathing and Sanitation: The Risk to Human Health in Rural Bangladesh”, published by the School of Environment, University of Leeds, UK in 1999.

6. First author of a paper entitled, “Understanding Water Resources: Resource Characteristics and Water Sector Planning in Bangladesh”, jointly published by the School of Environment, University of Leeds, UK and BCAS in 1998.

7. First author of an article entitle, “Floodplain Fishing Gears of Bangladesh”, in Openwater Fisheries of Bangladesh, Tsai and Ali (eds.), UPL, Dhaka, 1997.

8. Co-author of a paper entitled, “Demographic and Socio-economic Survey for the National Conservation Strategies and Implementation Project-1” published by the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, 1996.

9. Co-author of the Third Annual Report on floodplain fish production monitoring in Bangladesh, Third Fisheries Project - BGD/88/065, WB/UNDP/ODA and GOB, 1994.

10. Co-author of the Second Annual Report on floodplain fish production monitoring in Bangladesh, Third Fisheries Project - BGD/88/065, WB/UNDP/ODA and GOB, December 1993.

11. Co-author of the paper entitled, “Household Fish Consumption in Relation to Fishing Practices and Fish Production in Floodplains of Bangladesh”, Indian Fisheries Journal, 40(3). PP 181-188.

12. Co-author of the First Annual Report on floodplain fish production monitoring in Bangladesh, Third Fisheries Project - BGD/88/065, WB/UNDP/ODA and GOB, 1992.

13. Co-author of 6 Annual Technical Reports on floodplain fish production monitoring in Bangladesh, Third Fisheries Project - BGD/88/065, WB/UNDP/ODA and GOB, December 1991.

14. Co-author of about 260 number of reports on Monthly Fish Production Monitoring in three major floodplains in Bangladesh, Third Fisheries Project - BGD/88/065, WB/UNDP/ODA and GOB, between 1991 to 1994.

15. Co-author of the Manual of the Household Dependent Monitoring Programme for estimating floodplain fisheries parameters and fish production in Bangladesh, Third Fisheries Project - BGD/88/065, WB/UNDP/ODA and GOB, December 1991.

16. Co-author of the Sampling Methods for Fish Landing Centre Monitoring Programme for estimating floodplain fisheries parameters and fish production in Bangladesh, Third Fisheries Project - BGD/88/065, WB/UNDP/ODA and GOB, December 1991.

17. Co-author of the Study of NGO & BRDB groups involved in fish culture in the NW Bangladesh, UK ODA and Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Bangladesh, March 1990.

18. Co-author of the study report named, “Quick and dirty data Mapping of pond resources in 4 villages of NW Bangladesh”, UK, ODA and Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Bangladesh, March 1990.

19. Co-author of a study report called, “Credit and the Development of fish culture in the NW Bangladesh”, UK ODA and Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Bangladesh, March 1990.

20. First author of a report named, “Socio-economic study on the Tidal Agroforestry in Swarupkathi Thana, Pirojpur, Bangladesh”, 1990.  

21. 21.Location of Small industries in Dhaka city M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Geography, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1985.