V Anitha
Forest
Kerala Forest Research Institute
India
Biography
Has extensive experience in Socioeconomic studies of forest based livlihood. She obtained PhD with Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship with a specialisation on the socioeconomic and forest depended livelihoods of tribal communities. She has several scholarly publications in environmental economics and protected area management. Current research interests are in environmental valuation, policy studies in the context of forest rights of indigenous people and socioeconomic studies of traditonal industry.
Research Interest
socioeconomic