Himlal Baral is a Senior Scientist in the Climate Change, Energy and Low Carbon Development Team at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) based in Bogor, Indonesia. Himlal got his PhD on Land and Environment from the University of Melbourne in Australia. His research interests include management of forests for multiple ecosystem goods and services, forest landscape restoration, and community forestry. Himlal currently leads CIFOR’s work on planted forests and bioenergy which encompasses exploring degraded and underutilized lands for biomass and bioenergy production. Prior to joining CIFOR, Himlal worked as a Forester, Spatial Analyst, Resource Planner and Forestry Consultant in both public and private sectors in Asia and the Pacific. He has published about 50 articles on biodiversity and ecosystem services, planted forests, forest landscape restoration and community forestry in scientific journals, several info/policy briefs, occasional and working papers and communications to the public.
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Land change trade-offs for ecosystem services and biodiversity , Land management systems
A special issue of Forests aims to congregate the notable research for addressing the diverse issues of forestry practices developed for improving human well-being and meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Deadline: 12 April 2023
The editors of a new special issue of Land invite papers that aim to address the sustainability challenges of land degradation and showcase innovative and promising practices and success stories from across the world for restoring degraded lands to attain global sustainability by 2030. Deadline: 5 June 2023
Colleagues are invited to submit papers to a Special Issue of Land on “Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain the UN-SDGs” aims to address the sustainability challenges of land degradation and showcase innovative and promising practices and success stories from across the world for restoring degraded lands to attain global sustainability by 2030.
