Profile
Mourshed Alam Siddique
Governance Board Member
About
Professional Background
Md. Mourshed Alam Siddique is a development and environmental management professional with more than two decades of experience in community development, forest conservation, climate resilience, sustainable livelihoods, participatory planning, and field-level project management. He currently serves as a Governing Board Member of the Bangladesh Nature Foundation (BNF), contributing his extensive field-based experience to the Foundation’s organizational direction and nature- and community-focused programmes. His professional career has involved long-term engagement with rural and vulnerable communities, environmental sustainability, participatory development, afforestation and reforestation, climate change adaptation, livelihood development, value-chain strengthening, and organizational capacity development. Through his work with PROSHIKA, Arannayk Foundation, YPSA, and other development initiatives, he has developed substantial practical expertise in translating environmental and development objectives into community-level actions.
Academic Qualifications
Md. Mourshed Alam Siddique holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Chittagong, completed in 1996, and a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) degree in Economics from the University of Chittagong, completed in 1995. His academic background in economics has complemented his extensive professional experience in livelihood development, community organization, socio-economic assessment, environmental sustainability, and development programme management.
Professional Experience
His professional career spans more than two decades of progressively responsible positions in development, environmental conservation, community mobilization, logistics, and project coordination. He served PROSHIKA as Zonal Coordinator from July 1999 to November 2013, working across Satkania, Lohagara, Banshkhali, Chandanaish, Anwara, and Bandarban. His responsibilities included organizing disadvantaged households, identifying livelihood interventions, facilitating cash and input support, monitoring programme activities, preparing periodic plans and reviews, and coordinating with government and local government institutions to support sustainable development outcomes.
He subsequently served as Site Coordinator under the Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project (CRPARP), implemented by YPSA with support from the Arannayk Foundation and the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund and managed by the World Bank. From December 2013 to February 2018, he worked in Cox’s Bazar Sadar, Ramu, and Moheshkhali, contributing to site-level administration, socio-economic surveys, community organization, livelihood development, climate resilience, environmental restoration, homestead tree planting, and community-based management.
From March 2018 to June 2023, he served as Field Coordinator with the Arannayk Foundation on the FAO-supported project on landslide prevention, nursery supply chains, and integrated homestead farming in Cox’s Bazar Sadar, Ramu, Ukhia, and Teknaf. He was responsible for field coordination, staff supervision, stakeholder communication, monitoring, reporting, documentation, and coordination with government agencies, development partners, community leaders, NGOs, and community-based organizations. More recently, from August 2022 to December 2024, he worked as Logistic Specialist at Proshika Manobik Unnayan Kendra under an FAO-supported urban gardening initiative in Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka South City Corporation, Narayanganj, and Gazipur.
Research and Development Contributions
His professional experience includes substantial contributions to socio-economic surveys, participatory rural appraisal, social mapping, community needs assessment, livelihood analysis, environmental sustainability, and community-based development planning. He has applied participatory approaches to identify local priorities, develop practical interventions, strengthen community participation, and support environmentally sustainable livelihood systems. His experience also includes GPS-based field information collection, database development, documentation, and preparation of project plans, progress reports, completion reports, publications, and success stories.
Forest Conservation and Climate Resilience Experience
His work under participatory afforestation and reforestation programmes has provided extensive practical experience in forest conservation, environmental restoration, climate resilience, and community-based natural resource management. He has contributed to initiatives involving homestead tree planting, quality planting materials, nursery development, landslide prevention, and environmentally resilient livelihood systems. His experience in Cox’s Bazar and other environmentally vulnerable areas has provided a strong understanding of the relationship between ecosystem protection, climate-related risks, community resilience, and local livelihoods.
Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods
A major component of his professional career has been the development of sustainable livelihood opportunities for poor and vulnerable communities. He has worked on integrated homestead farming, alternative livelihood development, entrepreneurship, pro-poor value chains, service-provider linkages, and market-oriented livelihood systems. His community development experience emphasizes participatory decision-making, local ownership, capacity development, and practical economic opportunities that can contribute to improved household resilience while maintaining environmental sustainability.
Project Management and Field Coordination
He has extensive experience in field-level project implementation and coordination, including staff supervision, work planning, logistics management, stakeholder coordination, monitoring, documentation, and administrative and financial record management. His work has involved coordination with government and local government institutions, international development organizations, NGOs, community-based organizations, development partners, and local communities. His logistics experience includes strategic input distribution planning, inventory database management, cost analysis, procurement-related planning, and coordination of training and workshop arrangements.
Professional Training and Capacity Development
His professional development includes specialized training in nursery layout and mother tree orchard establishment, climate change adaptation, entrepreneurship and value-chain development, pro-poor value chains, project cycle management, integrated homestead farming, organizational development and management, participatory rural appraisal, gender and women’s empowerment, programme management, and participatory training of trainers. These training experiences have strengthened his capacity to integrate community participation, environmental sustainability, livelihood development, and organizational management within development programmes.
Leadership and Organizational Development
Throughout his career, he has demonstrated experience in organizational coordination, team supervision, stakeholder relationship management, field-level decision-making, and institutional capacity development. His professional background combines economic education with extensive practical experience in development and environmental programmes, enabling him to contribute both strategic and operational perspectives to organizations working at the intersection of conservation, climate resilience, sustainable livelihoods, and community development.
Role at Bangladesh Nature Foundation
As a Governing Board Member of the Bangladesh Nature Foundation, Md. Mourshed Alam Siddique contributes to the Foundation’s organizational governance and development with his extensive experience in community-based environmental programmes, forest conservation, climate resilience, and sustainable livelihoods. His field experience provides practical perspectives for the planning and implementation of programmes that connect biodiversity and ecosystem conservation with the needs and resilience of local communities.
Professional Contribution to BNF
His contribution to BNF is particularly relevant to the Foundation’s community-oriented conservation and environmental development activities. He brings practical knowledge of participatory approaches, community organization, sustainable livelihood development, afforestation and reforestation, nursery management, climate adaptation, environmental resilience, and stakeholder coordination. His experience in managing field operations and working with communities, government institutions, development partners, NGOs, and local organizations can support BNF in strengthening field implementation, community engagement, programme monitoring, and sustainable development initiatives.