Dr. Rajan Parajuli is an Associate Professor of forest economics and policy in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University, USA. Dr. Parajuli received his PhD in forest economics and policy, an M.S. in forest economics and management, and another M.S. in finance from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA USA. He specializes in policy and economic impact evaluation, urban and community forestry, forest carbon and bioenergy markets, and community forest management for sustainable development. He has about 15 years of research and working experience in various forestry projects in the USA and Nepal. Dr. Parajuli has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles along with several outreach materials and trade articles. Additionally, he serves on the editorial board of Forest Science as an associate editor.
Selected publications:
- Lamica, A., Parajuli, R. & Mihiar, C. Forest-Based Employment in the Southern United States Under Climate Change: Historical Impacts and Future Projections. For. Sci. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44391-025-00015-x
- Lamichhane, S., Parajuli, R., Henderson, J.D. et al. Examining divergence in softwood lumber and timber prices in the southern United States. For. Sci. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44391-024-00012-6
- Nepal, P., Lamica, A., & Parajuli, R. (2024). Projected effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on global forest products markets. Forest Policy and Economics, 168, 103301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103301
- Bruck, S. R., Chizmar, S., Parajuli, R., Frey, G. E., Lamica, A., & Sills, E. O. (2024). A Qualitative Assessment of Interrelated Impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on the Timber Supply Chain in the Southern United States. Society & Natural Resources, 37(10), 1491–1507. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2024.2380451
- Bista, R., Parajuli, R., & Song, C. (2024). Analysing the Financial Governance of Community Forestry in Mid-Hills of Nepal: A Case Study from Tanahu District. Journal of Forest and Livelihood, 24(1). https://forestaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/5_Bista-et-al.pdf
- Parajuli, R., Brandeis, C., & Chizmar, S. (2024). Impacts of the European renewable energy policy on forest resource markets in the Southern United States: A case of the wood pellet industry. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 207, 107692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107692
- Kumar, P., Debele, S., Khalili, S., Halios, C. H., Sahani, J., Aghamohammadi, N., de Fatima Andrade, M., Athanassiadou, M., Bhui, K., Calvillo, N., Cao, S.-J., Coulon, F., Edmondson, J. L., Fletcher, D., Dias de Freitas, E., Guo, H., Hort, M. C., Katti, M., Kjeldsen, T. R., & Lehmann, S. (2024). Urban heat mitigation by green and blue infrastructure: drivers, effectiveness, and future needs. The Innovation, 5(2), 100588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100588
- Gc, S., Thapa, I., Pokharel, R., Alward, G., Lamsal, B., Poudel, J., Dahal, R., Joshi, O., Parajuli, R., Wagner, J., & Leefers, L. (2024). A Methodological Framework for Decomposing the Value-Chain Economic Contribution: A Case of Forest Resource Industries of the Lake States in the United States. Forests, 15(2), 305. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15020305
- Stephanie Chizmar, Rajan Parajuli, Sonia Bruck, Gregory Frey, Erin Sills, Forest-Based Employment in the Southern United States amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Causal Inference Analysis, Forest Science, Volume 70, Issue 1, February 2024, Pages 23–36, https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxad042
- Bhusal, P., Awasthi, K. R., Low, M., Shrestha, N., Neupane, A., Paudel, N. S., … Parajuli, R. (2023). What Determines the Adoption of Agroforestry Practices in Farmlands and Public Lands? A Case Study from the Terai Region in Nepal. Society & Natural Resources, 37(2), 234–250. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2269531
