About

AFFILIATIONS

Communications Coordinator, ICCA Consortium

ICCA Consortium is an international association working to secure recognition and support for Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ territories of life.

Director, Sagar Seba

A social enterprise for research and extension services to support resilient communities in the Bay of Bengal region.

Independent Journalism

I’ve worked as a full-time newsroom editor with Daily Sun, Daily Bonik Barta, Daily JaiJaiDin, and other news organizations in Bangladesh. Though I’m no longer a full-time editor, I still write/report/edit for regional media outlets in Asia as an independent journalist.

RECENT PAST

Project Manager

Community Storytelling on Human Dimensions of Climate & Conservation

I have led capacity-building projects for citizen journalists, MSM journalists, and community storytellers in the Sundarbans mangrove region in 2018. Internews’ Earth Journalism Network funded the project. We are currently preparing to re-launch it as a permanent platform supported by a group of collaborating organizations.

Lead Facilitator, Bay of Bengal Stewardship

As the Lead Facilitator, I have facilitated this knowledge exchange and framework collaboration among conservation organizations of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and the United States throughout 2018 and 2019.

Scholar-in-Residence, Georgia Sea Grant and Marine Extension Service

In the 2017 cohort, I was a Community Solutions Program (CSP) Fellow of the U.S. State Department; I was hosted by the NOAA’s Georgia Sea Grant College Program and based at the Athens and Skidaway Island campuses of the University of Georgia’s Marine Extension Service. My work as a fellow was mainly related to communications and program development for the Georgia Sea Grant.

VOLUNTARY ROLES

• Board Member, Society for Conservation Biology’s Marine Section and Social Science Working Group
• Program Lead (Informal Education), Bay of Bengal Ocean Literacy Network
• Co-lead of Coastal Communities cluster, Earth System Governance

Founder, Save Our Sea

As the founder and CEO of the now-defunct platform ‘Save Our Sea’ (www.saveoursea.social), I led the planning, organization, and strategic communication activities. Save Our Sea facilitated collaborative marine conservation initiatives in Bangladesh from June 2013 to June 2018.