Govinda Paudel is a research, writing and publishing enthusiast interested in a range of social science research in the field of forestry, climate and development, rural economy/livelihoods as well as agriculture/forest-based enterprises. Particularly, he focuses the research on people, resources and political economy of natural resource management to determine how governments mobilise the private and other power elites to maintain and reinforce its control over the natural resources. He holds PhD in Human Geography from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His PhD research is centered around investigating the policies and politics that shape how local communities manage forests and derive socio-economic benefits to contribute to livelihoods and the national economy. His research illustrates the power of a political ecology framework to explain complex policy processes and how politics govern the way policy actors interact and determine forest policy outcomes.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Paudel, G., Carr, J. and Munro, P.G., 2022. Community forestry in Nepal: a critical review. International Forestry Review, 24 (1),, pp. 43-58(16)
Shrestha, K.K., Paudel, G., Ojha, H., Paudel, N.S., Nuberg, I. and Cedamon, E., 2022. Community entrepreneurship: Lessons from Nepal’s Chaubas Community Forestry Sawmill. Forest Policy and Economics
Paudel, G., Poudyal, K., Paudel, D. and Pandit, B.H., 2022. Can community forestry groups run forest businesses in Nepal? In: N.S. Paudel, H.Ojha, M.R. Bajade, S. Tamang, eds. 2021. Revitalising community forestry in the changing socioeconomic context of Nepal. Kathmandu: EnLiFT2 programme and ForestAction Nepal. Research Paper Series on Improved Forest Management in Nepal. pp.1-86.
Cedamon, E., Paudel, G., Basyal, M., Nuberg, I. and Shrestha, K.K., 2018. Applications of single-tree selection guideline following a DBq approach on Nepal’s community forests. Banko Janakari.
