About me

Forestry professional over twenty years of teaching and administrative experiences. Demonstrated track record of managing community forestry programs with expertise of evaluation, project analysis and management, rural education/extension and communications programs. Completed PhD dissertation in the area of community forestry with a focus on tool to determine the success of Nepal's community forestry programs.

Publications

Pokharel, Ridish K. and Larsen, Helle O. 2007. Local versus official criteria and indicators for evaluating for community forest management, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, Vol. 80 (2): 183 – 192.

Pokharel, Ridish K. and Suvedi, Murari 2007. Indicators for measuring the success of Nepal’s community forestry program: A local perspective, Human Ecology Review, Vol.14 (1): 68 – 75.

Pokharel, Ridish 2005. Assessing community forests’ condition using variables recommended by local people: a case of Kaski district, Nepal, Banko Jankari, Vol. 15 (1): 40 – 48.

Pokharel, Ridish 2005. A local perspective on indicators of successful community forestry program: A case of Nepal’s Kaski District. Forestry: Journal of Institute of Forestry, Nepal, No. 13: 29-34.

Pokharel, Ridish 2005. Can Institute of Forestry contribute to poverty reduction? The Kathmandu Post: National Daily Newspaper, Vol. XII, No. 44 (April 3): 4.

Pokharel, Ridish 2005. Poverty Reduction: Agriculture-Forestry University. Kantipur: Nepali National Daily Newspaper, Year 13, No. 28 (March 17): 7.

Sakurai, T. Rayamajhi, S., Pokharel, R. and Otsuka, K. 2004. Efficiency of timber production in community and private forestry in Nepal, Environment and Development Economics, Vol. 9 (4): 539-561.

Pokharel, Ridish 2002. Can Community Forestry Programs help women to gain power? The Arena: The Journal of the Agricultural and Extension Education Graduate Student Association, Michigan State University, Vol. 1: 32-38.

Pokharel, Ridish K. 2000. From practice to policy – Squatters as forest protectors in Nepal – an experience from Shrijana Forest User Group, Forests, Trees and People Newsletter, FAO, No. 42: 31-35.

Pokharel, Ridish K. 2000. Indigenous forest management practices in some community forests of Nepal, Banko Jankari, Vol. 10 (1): 36-39.

Pokharel, Ridish K. 2000. An initiation of urban forestry through community forestry, Asia – Pacific Community Forestry Newsletter, RECOFTC, Vol. 13 (1): 18-19.

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