Faculty Profile
Bhim Adhikari
Research Fellow, International Forestry Resources & Institutions
4573 Dana
Ph.D. Environmental Economics and Management, 2003, University of York
M.S. Environmental Assessment, 1996, Chiang Mai University
B.S. Forestry, 1992, Tribhuvan University
I am an environmental social scientist with research interest in poverty-environment nexus, ecological economics, political economy of environment and institutional analysis. Currently, I am working as a Research Fellow in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, and supporting research and capacity building activities of the International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) Program. The IFRI program is a network of researchers and NGOs interested in forestry, livelihoods, climate change adaptation and environmental governance from different parts of the world. IFRI collaborating research centers are located in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, India, Nepal, Thailand, Bolivia, Columbia, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Most recently, I served as Poverty and Livelihoods Expert with IUCN-The World Conservation Union in Pakistan. Prior to IUCN, I was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of York, UK where I conducted research in institutional economics of community-based forest management and economic incentives and biodiversity conservation. From 1996 to 1999, I worked as an Environment Advisor with the Rural Energy Program of UNDP/Nepal. I also worked with a national NGO working in sustainable agriculture and agro-forestry as well as government’s forest department. I am a Fellow of South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) and Alumni of Ronald Coase Institute.
Diploma
Diploma in Permaculture Design, Permaculture Institute, Australia, 1996.
Certificate in Water Management, Dresden University of Technology, Germany, 1999.
Selected Publications:
A. Journal Articles
Adhikari, B., and S. Di Falco (In press) Social Inequality, Local Leadership and Collective Action: An Empirical Study of Forest Commons, European Journal of Development Research.
Adhikari, B. (2008) Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation: Some Issues and Considerations, Journal of Forest and Livelihood, Vol 8 (1):16-26.
Adhikari, B. (2005) Poverty, Property Rights and Collective Action: Understanding the Distributive Aspects of Common Property Resource Management, Environment and Development Economics, Vol 10: 7-31.
Adhikari, B., S. Di Falco and J.C Lovett (2004) Household Characteristics and Forest Dependency: Evidence from Community-Based Forest Management in Nepal, Ecological Economics, Vol. 48 (2): 245-57
Adhikari, B. J.C. Lovett (2006) Institutions and Collective Action: Does Heterogeneity Hinders Community-Based Resource Management? Journal of Development Studies 42 (3): 426-445.
Adhikari, B., J.C. Lovett (2006) Transaction Costs and Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Nepal, Journal of Environmental Management 78 (1):5-15.
Adhikari, B., F. Williams and J.C. Lovett (2006) Local Benefits from Community Forests in the Middle Hills of Nepal, Journal of Forest Policy and Economics, Vol. 9 (5) 1-16.
Meshack, C., B. Adhikari, N. Doggart and J.C. Lovett (2006) Transaction Costs of Community Based Forest Management: Empirical Evidence from Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, Vol. 44: 468-477.
Adhikari, B. (2006) Poverty-Environment Nexus: Mainstreaming Environment into the National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Journal of the Environment, Vol. 10 (11): 63-76.
Adhikari, B. (2004) Property Rights Regimes and Natural Resource Management: A Conceptual Analysis, Journal of the Environment, Vol. 8 (9): 1-8.
B. Book Chapters
Adhikari, B. (2008) Is Cooperation Costly with Diverse Economic Agents? In N.S. Jodha, R. Ghate and P. Mukhopadhaya (eds.) Promise, Trust and Evolution: Managing Commons in South Asia. Oxford University Press, New York.
Adhikari, B. (In press) How Do Institutions Affect the Management of Environmental Resources. Edward Elgar.
C. Working Papers Adhikari, B. (2009) Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Management: Lessons from Payment for Environmental Services in Asia. Forthcoming Working Paper of the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan. Co-author (2008) Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation Study in South Asia (ESPASSA): A Situation Analysis for India and the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region. New Delhi: The Energy & Resource Institute/ Natural Environment Research Council: UK. Adhikari, B., W. Haider, O. Gurung, M. Poudyal, B. Beardmore, , D. Knowler, and P. Van Beukering (Under Review) (2006) Economic Incentives and Poaching of One-Horned Indian Rhinoceros in Nepal? Working Paper of Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM) Programme, Virje University, the Netherlands. Adhikari, B. (2003) Property Rights and Natural Resources: Socio-Economic Heterogeneity and Distributional Implications of Common Property Resource Management. Working Paper 1-03, South Asian Network for Dev. and Environmental Economics, Kathmandu, Nepal. Adhikari, B. (2001) Common Property Economics: Review of Common Pool Resource Management in Tanzania. A Review Paper Submitted to Natural Resource Systems Program/ UK Department for International Development (DFID). Adhikari, B. (1996) Common Property Resource Management by User Groups: An Experience from the Middle Hills of Nepal. In Proceedings of the International Seminar on "Geology and Environment", 31 Jan.-2 Feb. 1996, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
