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Tanzeed Alam is the Policy Director for Emirates Wildlife Society – World Wild Fund for Nature (EWS-WWF). Previously, Tanzeed worked as EWS-WWF’s climate change and sustainability manager, as a policy advisor on energy and climate change at the Royal Society in London (the UK’s independent national academy of sciences), project manager at CarbonSense (an independent think tank helping buisnesses to develop climate change strategies) and as a project coordinator for a marine turtle conservation project with Asociacion ANAI (a Costa Rican NGO). Tanzeed holds an MSc in Conservation from University College London and a BSc in Zoology from the University of Edinburgh.
This article outlines the important role that can be played by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in helping to tackle environmental issues in the Middle East. Using the work of the Emirates Wildlife Society in association with the World Wild Fund for Nature (EWS-WWF) as an example, the article explores the challenges facing NGOs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and recommends ways in which these obstacles can be overcome.
