Dr. Karma Tshering

Karma Tshering (PhD) is the Managing Director at the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation. He has Ph.D. in Conservation and Development from the University of Sydney, Australia. A passionate and proactive conservationist, Dr. Karma has served for over 27 years in various agencies in the field of environmental conservation and ecotourism.

He started his career in the field of conservation as the National Tiger Project Coordinator in conducting the first ever scientific tiger surveys in the country. He has been actively involved in the promotion of incentive-based conservation through transformation of conventional system of forest and park management and was instrumental in establishing and institutionalizing nature recreation and ecotourism in the country.

He has been a member of National Geographic as an evaluator for tourism properties/initiatives promoting sustainability. He is from Lamgong gewog, Paro Dzongkhag.