Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman has been working as Director (Research & Development) at Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), and he is also a deputy secretary to the Government of Bangladesh. He did his Bachelor and Master in Agricultural Sciences from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. He did his Ph.D. on Forest Ecology from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria. His areas of interest are ecology, biodiversity conservation, natural dynamics, climatic-anthropogenic stressors, and climate change.