Ridish Pokharel, Ph.D.

BIOGRAPHY
Forestry professional about 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.

MY RESEARCH INTERESTS

Community Forestry Program Evaluation
Community Forestry and Gender Issues
Community Forestry, Good Governance and Livelihood
Community Forestry and Poverty Reduction
Community Forestry and Conflict Management
Community Forestry and Sustainable Management
Criteria and Indicators for Community Based Forest Management

ON GOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

Poverty reduction through community forestry: An assessment of CFUG funds, funded by South Asian Network for Development Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Factors associated with the active CFUGs in Nepal, funded by DANIDA through Community Based Natural Forest and Tree Management in Himalayan Project

Ridish K. Pokharel, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Forestry *Department of Social Forestry and Forest Management* Ph. D. 2003. Michigan State University, USA. An evaluation of Community Forestry Program of Kaski district: A local perspective. MS in Forestry 1986. Araneta University, The Philippines People's participation in Integrated Social Forestry Program. BSc 1981. Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal	Institute of Forestry Pokhara Campus, Pokhara, Nepal Tel: (+977)-61- 431689 (O) (977)-61-430849 (R) Fax:(+977)-61-430387 ridishp@yahoo.com

BIOGRAPHY Forestry professional about 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. MY RESEARCH INTERESTS Community Forestry Program Evaluation Community Forestry and Gender Issues Community Forestry, Good Governance and Livelihood Community Forestry and Poverty Reduction Community Forestry and Conflict Management Community Forestry and Sustainable Management Criteria and Indicators for Community Based Forest Management ON GOING RESEARCH PROJECTS Poverty reduction through community forestry: An assessment of CFUG funds, funded by South Asian Network for Development Environmental Economics (SANDEE) Factors associated with the active CFUGs in Nepal, funded by DANIDA through Community Based Natural Forest and Tree Management in Himalayan Project	SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Pokharel, Ridish K. 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 K. 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 K. 2005. Can Institute of Forestry contribute to poverty reduction? The Kathmandu Post: National Daily Newspaper, Vol. XII, No. 44 (April 3): 4. 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 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.