International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has awarded fellowships to 3 Nepali researchers at the 40th session of the International Tropical Timber Council in June 2006. A total of 29 fellows from 16 different countries were awarded this session.
ITTO offers fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human resource development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry and related disciplines.
List of Nepali awardees
Mr Maheshwar Dhakal
PhD research on'Forest products pricing system in community forestry program: an analysis of its impact on forest resources management and livelihood improvement of local people' at Tsukuba University, Japan
Ms Sajani Shrestha
PhD research on 'Wild Food Products Use and Nutrition in Household Food Security of Buffer Zone in Nepal in Gender Perspective' at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Mr Mahendra Singh Thapa
Completing a masters program in Natural Resource Management and Rural Development at the Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal