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Geographically, my direct and indirect global research projects has been in Bolivia's Quinoa & indigenous peoples, Brazil Amazon's non-timber forest products, Zimbabwe's Mapfungausti forest, Colombia's joint land titling in Cauca region, Uganda's Bwindi forest and relocation of Batwa pygmy, Nepal's community forest management, Indonesia's tropical deforestation, tribal India forest rights, extractive resources, oil palm vs shifting cultivation, agroforestry and nomadic pastoralism, and recently collaborated on gender, energy and sustainability issue in Mexico. |
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Research
A bottom-up approach by engaging local communities in framing the research agenda is what I strive for in all my scientific work. By interlinking human rights dimensions to forests, land tenure reforms, commons, forest food, land-use change, and climate, I strategically use social science and political ecology research in examining the complexities of implementation of forest policy to recognize access-rights, citizenship, and 'forest governmentality'. My scientific focus on a rights-based approach using a diverse range of strategic creative multi-media communication outputs, research ethics, and interdisciplinary sciences aim to enhance the societal relevance of research. Collaborative case studies and empirical qualitative studies through strategic multi-stakeholder partnerships are promoted for meaningful forest policy dialogue and sustainable practices. Current Projects at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU, Alnarp) [4] 2023-25. The return of wetland forests: Improving biodiversity while restoring carbon sink (Sweden). Formas 2022. Co-applicant. [3] 2023. Wisdom in Forest and Land-use Governance: A Case Study of Dayak Indigenous peoples (Indonesia). B.E. donationsfond 2022. Principal applicant. [2] 2022-23. Whose voice? Sámi (Sweden) and Maldhari (India) Indigenous Pastoralists’ Sustainable Land and Food Governance. SLU Global 2022. Principal Investigator (PI). [1] 2021-22 Tropical forests and land-use decisions of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Case studies from India, Cambodia, and Indonesia. SLU Global 2021. Principal Investigator (PI). Teaching (recent ones) Course Leader SG0277 a new International MSc Euroforester course: Global Forests and Land-use Decisions, 7.5 ECTS, Dec 2022-Jan 2023. This course syllabus design integrates renowned global experts from diverse disciplines and geographical and institutional setups. Each expert brings their experience and perspective of stakeholder decision-making for forest tenure and land-use changes highlighting mainly the Global South with some European contexts. Read the blog related to the course: Forest roots for global north-south bridge Course Leader PFS0184 a new International Ph.D. course: Communicating Forests and Land-Use Research in Popular Science, 4 ECTS (Nov'22-Jan'23). The course aims to enhance the competence of Ph.D. candidates to creatively use relevant communication and select tools print, audio-visual, and multi-media to convey their forests and land-use science to a diverse audience. Read the blog related to the course: Popular science communication forest research Course Co-coordinator & teacher SLU-40101 International B.Sc. Forests and Landscape, entitled: Environmental Discourse and Communications, 15 ECTS.
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