With what he has learned, he trains others and sets up programs in other areas to engage more people in saving the natural water resources of Bangladesh. In 2007 Sharif Jamil was awarded by Both ENDS with a Joke Waller Hunter Fellowship as a prospective leader on environmental movement among the developing countries in the world. He has networked with local community leaders along the Buriganga River, and met with civil society leaders and policymakers in Bangladesh. In 2014, he was elected as the International Regional Representative in the Waterkeeper Council. Sharif Jamil has consulted closely with the Waterkeeper Alliance starting in 2009 through attendance at regional and global meetings and conferences. As a member and General Secretary, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), Sharif Jamil has worked to save the country’s rivers, wetlands, forests and urban green spaces, and to protect the rights of indigenous groups whose livelihoods depend on environmental preservation in Bangladesh. For more than a decade he has organized civic action for environmental justice in Bangladesh through involvement in the country’s largest civil society initiative, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA). The Buriganga Riverkeeper, Sharif Jamil, is an internationally recognized leader and activist in the global environmental movement. Waterkeepers Bangladesh is administered by Blue Planet Initiative (BPI), a non governmental and not for profit organization. Along with over 290 Waterkeeper organizations in 34 countries, our movement works for swimmable, drinkable and fishable waterways worldwide.Īt present Waterkeepers Bangladesh is conducting operation in Bangladesh to protect its rivers through Buriganga Riverkeeper, Surma River Waterkeeper, Khowai River Waterkeeper and Pashur River Waterkeeper Waterkeepers Bangladesh is a regional entity of Waterkeeper Alliance, the world’s fastest growing environmental movement that has been working since 1966. Our litigation, advocacy and community teams conduct interconnected activities that serve this mission. We work to achieve this goal through social movement, advocacy and legal measures that ensure water quality protections. Waterkeepers Bangladesh has been working to protect the water and water bodies of Bangladesh including its forests resources through enforcement, fieldwork and community action.
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