Sharif Jamil

Sharif Jamil is the Buriganga Riverkeeper who is an internationally recognized leader and activist in the global environmental movement. For more than a decade he has organized civic action for environmental justice in Bangladesh through his involvement in the country’s largest civil society initiative, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA). As a member and General Secretary, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), Sharif Jamil has worked to save the country’s rivers, wetlands, forests, urban green spaces, and to protect the rights of indigenous groups whose livelihoods depend on environmental preservation in Bangladesh.