Md. Shafiqul Islam is a Forestry Graduate from the Khulna University, Bangladesh. He has long experience in working in Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Mangrove restoration, Climate resilience projects in the coastal areas of Bangladesh with Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS), UNDP Bangladesh, Forest Department, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Bangladesh, Winrock International, BRAC etc. Mr. Islam has experience in working at BRAC International in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the devastating earthquake (2010) in Haiti. He has good expertise in Monitoring and Evaluation, data analysis and also good expertise in project proposal development. Mr. Islam has strong analytical and logical skills and has strong interpersonal and communication skills and has working experience in multi-cultural environments with colleagues and stakeholders.