Brij Mohan Singh Rathore, IFS

Mr Brij Mohan Singh Rathore, a professional forester from Indian Forest Service, has over 30 years of professional experience in the field of participatory forestry, regeneration of degraded lands, watershed management, and landscape approach to bio- diversity conservation, rural development, and environmental education. He has worked in Government (at field, state and national level), research & training Institutions and NGOs. As Joint Secretary in Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, he was country focal point for United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification (UNCCD), and represented country as Vice Chair on UNCCD CoP Bureau, as well as Chair of Asia & Pacific region.

While working with UNDP, FAO and WWF, he was engaged with countries of South Asia and Asia /pacific in capacity building for biodiversity conservation and eco development.

He has been recipient of national award, Indira Priyadarshini Vraksha Mitra for community based forest management, and State Government Gold Medal for professional excellence in forestry.

A gold medallist in Masters of Science (Botany), he holds Masters diploma in Forestry from Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy Dehradun.

He brings rich experience of engaging multiple stakeholders including policy, science and practitioner constituencies for conservation and sustainable livelihood outcomes at landscape level.