Prof. Nazrul has made more than 40 scholarly presentations in more than 20 countries around the world
and authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and
15 books and research volumes. Recently, Prof. Nazrul
has published an excellent textbook entitled Environmental Management of Marine Ecosystems jointly with
Prof. Sven Erik Jorgensen by the CRC Press (Taylor &
Francis). He has also currently published an excellent
book entitled Bangladesh I: Climate Change Impacts,
Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing Countries, a
Springer publication (Netherlands and Germany). Prof.
Nazrul is currently serving as an “Executive Editor-inChief” for the journal Modeling Earth Systems and
Environment, Springer International Publications (journal no. 40808). E-mail: nazrul_geo@juniv.edu
André van Amstel is an Assistant Professor at
Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands.
Andre van Amstel studied physical geography and planning in Amsterdam and has long-standing expertise in
integrated environmental assessment. He contributed to
the development of an Integrated Model to Assess the
Global Environment at the Institute of Public Health and
the Environment in the Netherlands. He is particularly
interested in the global environment and the risk of a
runaway greenhouse effect by methane from melting of
the permafrost in the Arctic. Van Amstel contributed to
the IPCC 2006 Guidelines on Agriculture, Forestry and
Land use and as such contributed to the Nobel Peace Prize
2007 for Al Gore and the IPCC. Since 2014 he has been a
member of the Nordforsk Scientific Advisory Board for
the Arctic Council of Ministers on Arctic Integrated Environmental Research. E-mail: andre.vanamstel@wur.nl
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About the Editors
and authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and
15 books and research volumes. Recently, Prof. Nazrul
has published an excellent textbook entitled Environmental Management of Marine Ecosystems jointly with
Prof. Sven Erik Jorgensen by the CRC Press (Taylor &
Francis). He has also currently published an excellent
book entitled Bangladesh I: Climate Change Impacts,
Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing Countries, a
Springer publication (Netherlands and Germany). Prof.
Nazrul is currently serving as an “Executive Editor-inChief” for the journal Modeling Earth Systems and
Environment, Springer International Publications (journal no. 40808). E-mail: nazrul_geo@juniv.edu
André van Amstel is an Assistant Professor at
Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands.
Andre van Amstel studied physical geography and planning in Amsterdam and has long-standing expertise in
integrated environmental assessment. He contributed to
the development of an Integrated Model to Assess the
Global Environment at the Institute of Public Health and
the Environment in the Netherlands. He is particularly
interested in the global environment and the risk of a
runaway greenhouse effect by methane from melting of
the permafrost in the Arctic. Van Amstel contributed to
the IPCC 2006 Guidelines on Agriculture, Forestry and
Land use and as such contributed to the Nobel Peace Prize
2007 for Al Gore and the IPCC. Since 2014 he has been a
member of the Nordforsk Scientific Advisory Board for
the Arctic Council of Ministers on Arctic Integrated Environmental Research. E-mail: andre.vanamstel@wur.nl
xiv
About the Editors