Karma Tshering (PhD) is the Managing Director. He joined BTF in October, 2022. 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 for National Geographic as an evaluator for tourism
properties/initiatives promoting sustainability. He is from Lamgong gewog, Paro
Dzongkhag.