Herping and Conservation in Bangladesh

Scott Trageser
Biodiversity Group
biodiversitygroup.org

Few westerners get to enjoy the unique herping experiences that Bangladesh has to offer. Fewer still understand the struggles involved to protect the threatened wildlife populations of this neglected country. With more turtle species per unit area than any other continental country on earth and a smattering of both South and Southeast Asian flora and fauna, Bangladesh is a land rife with potential…and crisis.

From catching butterflies by age 2 to discovering new species by age 22, Scott has found his calling as a conservationist, researcher, and award-winning photographer. He has dedicated his life to protecting species overlooked by others by serving as the Executive Director and President of The Biodiversity Group, a non-profit organization which focuses on conserving underserved species and providing fiscal sponsorship services to non-profits worldwide; as well as a Co-founder and Director of the Creative Conservation Alliance, a non-profit organization which strives to save the last wild spaces of Bangladesh. Dedicated to the preservation of the natural world and an avid adventurer, his work takes him to wherever threatened species are being overlooked.