Name:        Mustari, Shabnam                                                                                                                   Address: Faculty of Forestry, Earth Sciences Building, Rm 3025,133 illcocks St, Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5S3B3 Tele:          (416)946-7023 Email:       shabnam.mustari@utoronto.ca                  Email me

I am a zoologist and an ecological economist and I have worked on environmental issues for 20 years as a student and public servant. I became interested in the links between the economy and the environment in the 1990s. I have been worked on environmental and developmental issues for over 20 years as a student and public servant. My scientific research at Univ. of Dhaka focused on ecology and economy of fisheries in Bangladesh. This study showed the contribution of ecological services to commercial fishery sector, as well as the value of restoring ecosystem functions in the D-N-D canal, Dhaka (measuring only market based economic benefits).
My master’s social science research at York University has focused on Natural Resource Accounting (NRA) to deal with statistical information relevant to understanding the linkages between the environment and the economy. This research also helped drafting Handbook on Sources and Methods of Bangladesh System of National Accounting, 2007 and extensively enhanced Bangladesh’s case study in the emerging discipline of ecological economics.

Now I am a PhD student in Forestry at University of Toronto. In my doctoral research, I am focusing on the relationship between forest resource economics and forest resource management specifically through the concept of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). I will apply the demand side and supply side valuation method for ecosystem services to design payment structure for ES.

I have worked as Senior Economist at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Deputy Director, Department of Environment, in the Bangladesh Ministry of Environment and Forest, since 2004.This followed several years as Senior Assistant Secretary, Assistant Commissioner in the Bangladesh Ministry of Land, Assistant Secretary in the Bangladesh Ministry of Establishment, where I undertook numerous natural resource and environment related policy analysis at the implementation stage. I have continued to provide technical advice in areas of natural resource accounting and environmental policy for sustainable development in Bangladesh.

EDUCATION

• MES (Master in Environmental Studies), 2008, York University.
• Diploma in Business and Environment, 2008, York University.
• BES (Bachelor in Environmental Studies (one year) 2005/2006, York University.
• M.Sc. in Ecology and Fisheries 1991, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• B.Sc. in Zoology, 1990, University of Dhaka, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST

• Ecological Economics
• Environmental Policy
• Sustainable Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Policy and Planning Coordination Division
Senior Economist
September 2009 - December 2009 Ontario Nature
Conservation and Science Department

Ontario Nature                                                                                  
Research Associate
March 2009 – August 2009

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
York International                           
CIDA Development Intern                                  
Oct. 2007 - Jan. 2008

Department of Environment
Bangladesh Ministry of Environment and Forest                                                                           
Environmental Evaluation and Clearance Section                                 
Deputy Director
2001-2005              

The Ministry of Land, Bangladesh                                    
Commissioner Office, Dhaka
Senior Assistant Commissioner
1998-2000