1. Dr Mohan Poudel REDD Implementation Center, Babarmahal Kathmandu, Nepal
mohanprasadpoudel@gmail.com, Mobile: 9841433332
Permanent: Dhital 4, Kaski Nepal
Career statement
Experienced in REDD+ development process including readiness
preparation, developing and communicating country reports, sustainable
management of natural resources, participatory planning, resource
mapping and spatial data management. Key areas of expertise include:
REDD+ FRL/FREL, MRV, carbon inventory, report writing, project
coordination, community forestry, agro-forestry, forest governance,
resource rights, tenure, livelihoods, climate change adaptation and
mitigation activities.
IT Skills  Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and use of internet;
 Working knowledge of data analysis softwares such as: Excel/SPSS/ NVivo;
 Good working knowledge of GIS and image analysis, Arc GIS user;
Language Skills Good skills in English writing, speaking, and understanding. Mother tongue
Nepali. Knowledge of Hindi with almost equivalent to mother tongue. Good
knowledge of speaking and understanding Urdu.
Education
2011- 2014 PhD in REDD+, community forestry and rural livelihood
Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia
2000-2002 International Institute for Geo-information science and Earth Observation
(ITC), Enschede, the Netherlands.
M.Sc. in Geo-informatics for Natural Resources Management
1992-1995 Institute of Forestry Nepal.
BSc in Forestry
1987-1989 Institute of Forestry Nepal.
ISc in Forestry
Relevant experiences
09/2014- to date REDD Implementation Center, Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation
Nepal
Position
summary
REDD+ expert (Under secretary)
Key
achievement
Involved REDD+ readiness process in Nepal mostly focusing on MRV and
FRL development. Developed Nepal country report on REDD+ readiness
process and communicated with concern national and international agencies
like UNFCCC, FCPF and UNREDD. Coordinated consultant teams
undertaking studies on deferent thematic areas of REDD+ readiness.
Reviewed draft reports and provided feedback. Coordinating ongoing studies
on REDD+ cost benefit sharing and institutional arrangement, development
of national forest database (NFD)/ national forest information system (NFIS),
and forest carbon ownership in Nepal. Coordinated a four years project
"REDD+ Himalaya" on capacity building and knowledge sharing jointly
implementing by REDD Implementation Center Nepal and ICIMOD.

2. 11/2012- 8/2014 Institute of Land Water and Society, CSU, Australia
Position
summary
Research assistant (casual) in the strategic research area project: implications
of global policy on environment, land use and livelihood.
Key
achievement
Reviewed the literature on REDD+ and provided firm foundations of latest
information, knowledge and experiences, particularly focusing on equity,
fairness and rights to forest dependent and indigenous communities in
developing countries. Produced two reports and drafted a review paper.
03/2011- 8/2014 Institute of Land Water and Society (ILWS), CSU, Australia
Position
summary
Independent researcher for the PhD project on livelihood outcomes of
REDD+ through community forestry in rural Nepal. The purpose was to
explore opportunities and challenges for the global policy on reducing
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancement of
carbon stock (REDD+) to be effective for sustainable management of natural
resources by supporting livelihoods of rural communities.
Key
achievement
PhD awarded, thesis submitted. Published two journal articles, one
conference paper, and drafted one review paper (currently under review).
04/2010-02/2011 Planning and monitoring officer, Department of Forests, Nepal
Department of Forests has responsibilities to manage forests and forest
resources in Nepal in a sustainable approach.
Position
summary
Duty station: Kathmandu. Major activities: support REDD+ readiness
activities including capacity building and R-PP preparation representing
Department of Forest (DOF); Prepare annual plan for the DOF, monitor
implemented activities in different districts, evaluate them against
sustainability criteria and report to the department head. Coordinate with
related projects engaged in conservation and development sector like
community forestry, leasehold forestry, REDD+ development, and
livelihood.
Key
achievement
Contributed to the R-PP development process. Prepared Department’s annual
plan timely. Released program budget to districts on time and achieved 90%
progress as a result. Produced two (midterm and final) monitoring reports
from different districts combining both remotely sensed and field data.
Coordinated with all related projects and district forest offices. Facilitated
five REDD+ orientation trainings at local level.
11/2006-03/2010 District Forest Officer in different districts in Nepal
District forest offices are responsible for sustainable management of natural
resources within the boundary of the district.
Position
summary
District forest officers are responsible to regulate forestry activities in the
district following locally established sustainable NRM principles, including
forest protection, livelihood enhancement and income generating activities,
law enforcement and yield regulation. District forest officers develop and
implement community forestry and leasehold forestry program; provide
trainings to local communities; coordinate stakeholders; and present annual
progress to the Department of Forests.

3. Key
achievement
Developed five year plan (2009- 2014) for the development of community
forestry and agroforestry for one of the districts (i.e.Terhathum Nepal).
Implemented activities through supportive staffs successfully and achieved
100% progress. Coordinated community forest user groups, NGOs and bi-
lateral projects engaged in the district and developed common understanding
and non-overlapping activities. Developed and implemented a project to
rehabilitate a 250 hectare degraded land in the three districts (Terhathum,
Jumla and Dailekh) and turned 150 hectare degraded forest into natural
regeneration site. Introduced livelihood improvement framework in pro-poor
leasehold forestry groups and also developed a leasehold forestry cooperative
to ensure local productions (e.g. vegetables, milk, chilly) by users get better
price in the two districts.
02/1996-06/2006 Assistant Forest Officer in different districts in Nepal
Mainly engaged with community forestry development and management
activities in Okhaldhunga, Udayapur, Siraha, Dhailekh, Darchula and
Rautahat districts.
Major Researches
2011- 2014 PhD research on potential livelihood implications of REDD+ through
community forestry, a case study from Nepal.
2008-2009 Studied on potential of participatory carbon monitoring by community forest
user groups in Nepal.
2006-2007 Studied on practices, problems and prospects of non-timber forest products in
community forestry in Jumla district Nepal.
2005-2006 Analysed sustainability issues of collaborative management of forests in
Rautahat district, Nepal.
2003 Studied on status of non-timber forest products and aromatic plants in
community forestry in Dailakh district Nepal.
2000-2002 Assessessed sustainability of community forestry using field and remotely
sensed indicators in Nepal.
Trainings
2004 Training on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Nepal.
2000 Facilitation skills for community forestry extension, RECOFT-C, Bangkok
Thailand.
1999 Community forestry and sustainable management, Denmark.
1998 Non-timber forest products (NTFP) marketing and sustainable management.
Institute of Forestry (IOF) Pokhara Nepal.
Conference papers/country reports
May, 2015 Country (Nepal) report presented at the UN-REDD Asia/Pacific expert
consultation workshop on FREL/FRL held in Cambodia.
Nov, 2014 Nepal Progress report presented on "Participatory Forest Monitoring and
REDD+ MRV in Nepal" at the UN-REDD Asia/Pacific expert consultation
workshop held in Vietnam.

4. June 2013 Analysing REDD+ in Community forestry: has it been experienced
differentially by different households in Nepal. Paper presented in the 14th
Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the
Commons (IASC) in Kitafuji Japan.
Sept 2009 Participatory carbon monitoring in community forestry. Poster presented in
the first international community forestry workshop held in Pokhara Nepal.
Publications
Published Social equity and livelihood implications of REDD+ in rural communities - a
case study from Nepal. International Journal of the Commons, 9 (1) 2015.
(Poudel, M., Thwaites, R., Digby, R., and Dahal, G.)
REDD+ and community forestry: implications for local communities and
forest management (part of the PhD). International Forestry Review, 16
(1), 2014. (Poudel, M., Thwaites, R., Digby, R., and Dahal, G.)
Non-timber forest products from community forestry: practices, problems
and prospects for livelihood strategy in Jumla Nepal. BANKO JANAKARI
17 (2), 2007. (Poudel, M.)
Collaborative management of forest: an experience from Rangapur
collaborative forest, Rautahat Nepal. BANKO JANAKARI, 17 (1), 2007.
(Poudel, M.)
Assessing sustainability of community forestry through field and remotely
sensed indicators in the Nepal’s Terai. BANKO JANAKARI 13 (1) 2003.
(Poudel, M.)
Affiliation Member, Strategic Research Area (SRA),Implications of Global Policies on
Environment, Land use and Livelihoods (GPELL) in developing countries,
ILWS, CSU, Australia.
Life member, Nepal Foresters’ Association (NFA).

5. Referees
Dr Rik Thwaites
Senior Lecturer
Institute of Land, Water and Society,
Charles Sturt University (CSU), Albury Campus, Australia.
Phone: 02660519993
Email: rthwaites@csu.edu.au.
Dr Digby Race
Associate Professor
Fenner School
Australian National University (ANU)
phone: + 61 419 638 406
digby.race@anu.edu.au;
Dr. Ganga Ram Dahal
Regional Facilitator Asia
Rights and Resources Initiatives (RRI)
Bangkok 10903
PO Box 1111
Phone:
Fax: 0066 2561 4880
Email: gdahal@rightsandresources.org or
grdahal@hotmail.com
Rasham Bahadur Dangi
Joint sectrtary/REDD+ expert
Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation
Nepal
reshamdangi@gmail.com