About Me:
I am a forestry professional more than 12 years of work experiwnce in community based forest management, having BSc in forestry, Masters in Rural Development and MSc in Forestry Economics, Management and Policy.
Academic Background:
BSc in forestry.
Masters in Rural Development.
MSc in Forestry Economics, Management and Policy
Professional Experience:
1. Dates Feb. 2012 to end of August, 2012
position: National project Officer
Employer: Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) GPO Box No. 8219, Kathmandu, Nepal
2. Dates Dec. 2010 to January, 2012
Position: Senior program Officer
Employer: Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) GPO Box No. 8219, Kathmandu, Nepal
3. Dates: January 2009 to Nov. 2010
Position: Training officer
Employer: Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal (FECOFUN) GPO Box No. 8219, Kathmandu, Nepal
Type of business: National federation of community forestry, advocates for users' rights over natural resources
4. Dates:January 2007 to December 2008
Position held Program officer / Freelancer
Name and address of employer Community-based Forestry Supporters’ Network (COFSUN), Nepal
(The nationally recognized forestry facilitators' Network), Kathmandu, Nepal
Type of business: Non-Governmental Organization, helps forest user groups establishing rights in forest based resources
5. Dates 13th Jan, 2001 to 30th Nov, 2002
Position: Environment Ranger
Employer: Gulmi-Arghakhanchi Rural Development Project (GARDP Phase-II) funded by Commission of European Communities
Type of business: International Non-Governmental Organization, helps government to promote community forestry and other infrastructure development program
6. Dates 18th Dec. 1997 to 18th Dec. 2000
Position held Ranger
Employer Hills Leasehold Forestry & Forage Development Project at Dhading District funded by The Netherlands Government
Type of business: International Non-Governmental Organization, helps government to promote resource for sustainable livelihood of rural community
7. Dates May 1997 to November 1997
position: Extension and Motivation Working assistance
Employer: Mr. Man Bahadur Khadaka (Now in Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation) after his return from International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands, in Kathmandu Valley.
Type of business: Government Employee/Master Scholar
8. Dates June 1996 to July 1996
Position: Research Information Collection Assistance
Employer: Mr. Man Bahadur Khadaka (Now in Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation), M. Sc. (Forestry survey) Students of International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands, at Shivapuri Watershed and Wild Life Reserve (SWWR)
Type of business:Government Employee/Master Scholar
Publications:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40011-015-0627-5
Sustainability Assessment of Community Forestry Practices in Nepal: Literature Review and Recommendations to Improve Community Management
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2573639
Status and Trends in Forests and Forestry Development in Nepal: Major Success and Constraints
https://www.lap-publishing.com/catalog/index
Impact of Climate Change on Livelihood and Biodiversity in Rural Communiity (a book published Lap Lambert Academic Publishing)
