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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
Institute of

WF Forestry

Dr. Pradip Kumar Sarker

Scientist at the Thünen Institute until December, 31. 2020 | Doctoral degree 2021

Working Area

  • Forestry Worldwide

Regional Expertise

  • Ecuador, Philippines and Zambia

Research Project

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 11/1999 – 12/2004: B. Sc. (Hon’s) in Forestry, Khulna University, Bangladesh
  • 01/2005 – 11/2006: M.S. in Forestry, Khulna University, Bangladesh
  • 10/2013 – 07/2016: M.Sc. in Tropical and International Forestry, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • 10/2016 - PhD Fellow: The Chair Group of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy, University of Göttingen, Germany

Professional Experiences

  • 07/2006 – 08/2008: Horticulture Nursery Manager, BRAC Bangladesh, Bangladesh
  • 09/2008 – 04/2009: Agriculture Specialist, BRAC Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
  • 11/2009 – 12/2011: Project Manager, project “Conservation & Restoration of Biodiversity in Singra National Park”, RDRS Bangladesh, Bangladesh
  • 01/2012 – 07/2013: Project Officer, project “Management of Natural Resources and Community Forestry (MNRCF-Chunati)”, GIZ Bangladesh, Bangladesh
  • 11/2015 – 05/2016: Student Assistant, working group ‘International Forest Regimes’, Department of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • 11/2016 – 01/2018: Research Assistant, project “Environment and Forest Policies by Regional Regimes”, Department of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • 02/2018 – 05/2019: Junior Researcher, European Forest Institute (EFI) Bonn office, Germany
  • 06/2019 - 12/2020: Scientist at the Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics

Honors

  • 2003: District Council Scholarship/2003, Naogaon, Bangladesh, based on the result of 3rd year undergraduate examination
  • 2005: University scholarship/2005, Khulna University, Bangladesh based on undergraduate CGPA Result
  • 08/2013 - 09/2015: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship for MSc Program on Tropical and International Forestry (TIF)

Memberships

  • Alumni Göttingen, University of Göttingen, Germany, alumni-goettingen.de
  • The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Alumni, Germany
  • Member of “International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests)”, Germany
  • Member of Institution of Foresters Bangladesh (IFB), Bangladesh
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