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Curriculum Vitae
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A.H. M. Rezaul Haq
Executive Director, WRDS, 21 Hazi Moshin Road, Khulna, Bangladesh
Email: wetlandbd@gmail.com

Major Activities:
Rezaul Haq a self- taught biologist and environmentalist in Bangladesh, is creating a new public perception of wetlands as a resource and technique the inhabitants of such areas as how to revitalize their local, economy, and preserve their fragile land.
Rezaul has created a model to both advocate for less interventional wetland policy and to tech local communities how to make a living from what thrives there naturally. As part of this preparation, he studied regions where heavy rains and flooding had destroyed agriculture attempts with in the embankments of the Government’s Costal Embankment project (CEP). There he saw people whose homes had been washed away making wise use of the plant and animal life that had re-emerged in the area. His project builds upon such local initiative and adds the tools of science, environmental education and appropriate technology in income generating model that can be adopted by other communities. In sprite of their negative experience with the CEP, local people are receptive of Rezaul when they see the simplicity and high returns of this technique.
Rezaul has spent much time gathering data in wetland communities, talking to people about their livelihoods and well-being. Through his observation of indigenous attempts to tap wetland resources he has identified the interdependent component of the wetland system and gauged their productive capabilities.
Rezaul has identified several specific income generating activities that constitute appropriate technology for the area. Since the Wetland is a rich source of animal protein, they are an ideal environment for the harvesting of fish and shellfish. Reeds and sedges thrive in brackish water and can be cultivated for use as raw materials for the pulp and paper industries; for thatching and for building fences. Another option...