Kamal Kar is an international development specialist in the sphere of natural resources, management, agriculture, and rural development with decades of experience working in over 45 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific. He has successfully pioneered a number of innovative approaches in natural resource management by local communities, including nomadic herders, and appropriate low-cost technologies in farming. He has also worked in the areas of urban poverty, slum improvement, and local governance in India, Mongolia, Bangladesh, and Cambodia.