A5058617704- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Social and Economic Development in India
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Forest ecology and management
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
University of Maine
2024-2025
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology
2017
Kerala Agricultural University
2016
Forest management decisions that consider both short- and long-term objectives are becoming more challenging costly, due to market uncertainty, labor shortages, the evolving forest industry. Under such unpredictable circumstances, a better understanding of production economics various silvicultural prescriptions is crucial in implementing sound activities. The this study were to: a) estimate stump landing productivity cost for Early Commercial Thinning (ECT) Group Selection (GS)...
Estimating carbon footprint of forest operations is essential to budget the environmental impacts industry. The study objectives were a) assess whole-tree (WT), cut-to-length (CTL), and hybrid (Hyb CTL) harvesting methods in Northeastern US; b) global warming potential various processes involved timber for different harvest methods; c) evaluate variation summer winter harvest. SimaPro 9.3.0.3 software allied databases (USLCI US-EI 2.2) adhering ISO 14,040 14,044 standards used cradle-to-gate...
The livelihood opportunities among the tribes of western Attappady namely, Irula, Muduga and Kurumba were analyzed to develop an understanding about their socio-economic status. A pre-tested questionnaire survey semi-structured interviews conducted in 150 randomly selected households from nine settlements. Irula community who settled lower valley had frequent interactions with settlers (outsiders) having highest literacy rate (73%) followed by (67%) (56%). Daily wages work was major...
The marketing of non-timber forest products (NTFP) are the main source income to earn a livelihood for indigenous communities residing fringe areas forest. study analyzed significance different agencies involved in NTFP's Attappady. Primary data and secondary were used study. Among marketed 23 NTFP's, nine exclusively through society one product private shop, 10 shops, Eco Development Committee (EDC) shop 2 all 3 channels. Even though procurement price given by shops EDC commercially...
Woody biomass has tremendous potential to reduce the reliance on non-renewable energy and mitigate climate change effects through enhancing forest carbon sequestration. However, high cost, uncertain footprint of woody harvesting operations, policy hinders it from becoming a predominant component US renewable particularly in Northeast. The objectives this study were a) assess productivity cost stump-to-truck integrated timber operation, b) quantify operation. Detailed time motion studies...
The indigenous communities residing near to the forest areas depended on resources for sustaining their livelihood. An attempt document level of dependency tribes in Western Attappady (Irula, Muduga and Kurumba) Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) was done through this study. Pre-tested questionnaire survey semi-structured interview conducted randomly selected one hundred fifty households. tribal made use 52 NTFPs, among them 17 NTFPs were used as food, 19 medicine, 6 religious ceremonies 20...