Initiated in 2001, JFL is a peer reviewed journal that documents and disseminates the insights, lessons and innovations taking place in socio-cultural, political and economic aspects of environmental governance and rural livelihoods in Nepal. We are open to all academic perspectives from political ecology and cultural politics, as long as they identify a relevant theoretical lens and draw implications for policy and practice.
Ram Bahadur Chhetri
Professor in Anthropology (Tribhuvan University)
Rahul Karki
ISBN: 1684-0186
Journal of Forest and Livelihood (JFL) is a peer-reviewed journal, targeted for professionals, policy makers and academicians in the field of forestry and natural resource management. JFL is an open access journal and is published biannually and welcomes articles, but not limited to, in the following themes.
Chair/Founding Chief Editor
Dr. Hemant Ojha, University of Canberra, Australia
Members
Prof. Andrea Nightingale, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Don Gilmour, Freelance Consultant, Australia
Dr. Giridhar Kinhal, Indian Institute of Forest Management, India
Prof. Jesse Ribot, University of Illinois, USA
Dr. Krishna K Shrestha, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Parvin Sultana, Middlesex University, UK
Dr. Phuntsho Namgyel, Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation, Bhutan
Prof. Prodyut Bhattacharya, GGS Indraprastha University, India
Dr. Ravi Prabhu, World Agroforestry Centre, Indonesia Prof. Rodney Keenan, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. SP Singh, Center for Ecology Development and Research, India
All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Forest and Livelihood undergo a double-blind peer review process and follow the steps listed below;
Contributions of the reviewers to maintain the standards of this peer reviewed journal is highly appreciated. The following reviewers have contributed to different volumes of the journal.
Bhaba Tripathi
Internation Rice Research Institute
Bharat Pokheral
HELVETAS Nepal
Bhaskar Karki
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal
Bishnu Hari
Paudyal RECOFTC Bryan Bushley University of Hawaii, USA
Dil B Khatri
ForestAction Nepal
Edwin Cedamon
University of Adelaide, Australia
Eak Rana
Charles Sturt University
Hari S Luintel
Portland State University, Portland, USA
Hari Dhungana
Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies, Nepal
Jagannath Adhikari
Australian National University, Australia
Krishna P Paudel
ForestAction Nepal
Krishna P Pant
Ministry of Agriculture Development, Government of Nepal
Laxman Joshi
Freelance Consultant
Mani Ram Banjade
Centre of International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
Ramesh Sunam
Australian National University, Australia Randell Bluffstone Portland State University, USA
Rajendra Upreti
Ministry of Agriculture Development, Government of Nepal
Ramji Neupane
MEDEP, UNDP, Nepal
Bhaba Tripathi
IRRI, Nepal
Sindhu Dhungana
Monash University, Australia
Sudeep Jana
Curtins University, Australia
The Journal of Forest and Livelihood aims to inform environmental policy process by facilitating dialogue among politicians, professionals, activists, researchers and policy makers. The Journal documents and disseminates the insights, lessons and innovations taking place in socio‐cultural, political and economic aspects of environmental governance and rural livelihoods in South Asia. Original scientific papers, short communications and review articles are published in the journal. In this connection, we welcome articles analysing contemporary issues on nature‐society interactions that have direct implications both on local livelihoods and resource sustainability. We particularly encourage the papers that are guided by critical social sciences perspectives and enriched by insights from deliberative governance, political economy, political ecology, social learning and institutional theories. The authors are fully responsible for the originality of the paper and formal correctness and should ensure that the paper is not published previously.