shiladitya chakma

I've delivered natural resource management and conservation projects with FAO and IUCN, spanning environmental restoration, biodiversity protection, climate action, and stakeholder engagement.

At FAO, I managed SAFE+2 and ECHO projects valued at USD 6.5M and USD 3.2M, and directed reforestation and landscape management across 640 hectares of degraded forest land. I developed proposals, budgets, technical documents, training modules, procurement materials, and work plans while coordinating implementing partners and cross-sector stakeholders.

At IUCN, I led watershed management using ArcGIS to identify land-clearing risks and support early intervention measures, while coordinating restoration of 50 hectares of degraded forest land. My work included biodiversity assessments, waste management, forest landscape restoration, climate change, nature-based solutions, and human-elephant conflict mitigation.

I'm now based in Australia and bring hands-on GIS capability, environmental assessment experience, regulatory awareness, and a collaborative approach to conservation and natural resource management work.