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Listen "#08 The Thing about Forests with Dr. Meghna Agarwala"
Episode Synopsis
Dr Meghna Agarwala is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University. Her work focuses on the intersection of forest ecology, conservation biology and livelihoods of local people.
Dr Agarwala is taking PhD students this year (2021-2022 admit)! Do write to her ([email protected]) if you’re interested.
Key Journal Articles:
Improved household living standards can restore dry tropical forests
Untangling impact of de jure and de facto community-based management of natural resources (this article discusses elite capture and representative governance)
Changes in the dry tropical forests of Central India with human use
Impact of biogas interventions on forest biomass and regeneration in southern India
Parks protect forest cover in a tropical biodiversity hotspot, but high human population densities can limit success (with Dr Meghna Krishnadas)
Collateral damage: Impacts of ethno-civil strife on biodiversity and natural resource use near Indian nature reserves (with Dr Nandini Velho)
Comparing compensation rules and practice to understand the goals and politics of wolf conservation
Shownotes:
Institutions and places: Wildlife Institute of India, Nature Conservation Foundation, Wildlife Trust of India, SERB or Science and Engineering Research Board, Simlipal National Park
People: Sumanta Bagchi, K Sivaramakrishnan, Lisa Curran, Maria Uriarte, Ruth DeFries, Joshua Ginsberg, Alfred Russel Wallace, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
Dr Agarwala is taking PhD students this year (2021-2022 admit)! Do write to her ([email protected]) if you’re interested.
Key Journal Articles:
Improved household living standards can restore dry tropical forests
Untangling impact of de jure and de facto community-based management of natural resources (this article discusses elite capture and representative governance)
Changes in the dry tropical forests of Central India with human use
Impact of biogas interventions on forest biomass and regeneration in southern India
Parks protect forest cover in a tropical biodiversity hotspot, but high human population densities can limit success (with Dr Meghna Krishnadas)
Collateral damage: Impacts of ethno-civil strife on biodiversity and natural resource use near Indian nature reserves (with Dr Nandini Velho)
Comparing compensation rules and practice to understand the goals and politics of wolf conservation
Shownotes:
Institutions and places: Wildlife Institute of India, Nature Conservation Foundation, Wildlife Trust of India, SERB or Science and Engineering Research Board, Simlipal National Park
People: Sumanta Bagchi, K Sivaramakrishnan, Lisa Curran, Maria Uriarte, Ruth DeFries, Joshua Ginsberg, Alfred Russel Wallace, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
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