Sharad C. Karmacharya

Email:  sharad.karmacharya@shaw.ca

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Forest and environmental economics; environmental management; Environmental economics and policy analysis; Socioeconomic analysis;  Sustainable development and ecosystem management;  Global climate change issues; Community oriented natural resources management.

Effective communication of technical concepts; Teaching skills;  Experience in dealing with government agencies at local, national and international levels;  Presented papers in many national and international workshops seminars and conferences.

EDUCATION

1995                            Ph.D., Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis

School of Forestry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.

1990                            M.S., Resource Management and Economics

College of Environmental Science and Forestry,  SUNY/Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

1981                            Forestry Degree, A.I.F.C. (Associate Indian Forest College),

Indian Forest College, Dehradun, India.

1999                            Information Technology, Toronto School of Business, Ottawa, Canada.

Professional Development and Training Courses 

• Land-use Planning for Community Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.

• Resource Planning, University of Philippines at Los Banos, Philippines.

• Forest Resource Management, Kualalumpur, Malaysia.

• Social Forestry Development, University of Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines.

• Natural Resource Planning and Management, Oxford Forestry Institute, UK.

• Project Evaluation and Program Budgeting Techniques, Kathmandu, Nepal.

• Development Training and Communication Planning, FAO Regional Office Bangkok, Thailand

PERSONAL

Awards and Honors 

 FAO Fellowship and Colombo Plan Fellowship; Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 1994,  Auburn University, Alabama, USA; International Student Award. Auburn University, USA; "Sulochana Naidu Memorial Award" for best forester, Indian Forest College, Dehradun.

Publications

A large number of forestry and environmental related articles, research papers, reports, reviews, and manuals.

Affiliations                

Councillor               Canadian Institute of Forestry, Ottawa Valley Section.

Vice Chairman       Himalayan Chautari, Canadian NGO, Ottawa.

Board member       Canada Nepal Friendship Association, Ottawa.

Member                Society of American Foresters, USA.

Member                Xi Sigma Pi (Forestry Club), USA

Life member          Nepal Forestry Association, Nepal

Member                International association - Study of the common property

Member                Canadian Institute of Forestry, National Level

Interests

Hiking, camping, sports (soccer, squash, racket ball, tennis), painting, playing musical instruments, coaching youth soccer and volunteering Non-Governmental Organizations(NGO) and charitable organizations (Food Bank, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Himalayan Chautari).

PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS

• Research in camera-based wildfire detection system, Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada, Hinton, Alberta, Canada.

• Community Wildfire/Urban Interface Protection Plan, District of Houston, BC, Canada.

• Predictive spatial modelling of grizzly bear habitat and landscape change: An evaluation, Grizzly Bear Project, Foothills Model Forest, Hinton, Alberta, Canada. 2003/04.

• Member of the Economic Core Team, Northern East Slopes Sustainable Resource and Environmental management Strategy, Integrated Resource Management, Alberta Environment 2001/02.

• Economic Analysis of Enhanced Forest Management practices at FMA level in upper and lower foothills in western Alberta, Weldwood of Canada, Hinton Division, Alberta, Canada 2001.

• Himalayan Field Study Program (Field study program on environmental management and international development issues with a field trip to the Himalayas in Nepal for Canadian university students and environmental professionals), Canadian Ecology Council/International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ottawa, Canada, 2001.

• National Climate Change Process-Issue Tables, Standing offer for forest sector, sinks option and economic/social impact analysis, Science Directorate, Department of Public Works and Government Services, Canada 1999.

• Green Accounting (Global Climate Change), Canadian International Development Agency, Asia/ASEAN Division, Canadian International Development Agency, 1999.

• Analysis to adapt sustainable wetland system for wastewater treatment to industrial and municipal sites in Nepal, CITTA, Canada, 1998.

• Review of Dry Zone Revitalization and Development: Sri Lanka, Partners in Rural Development, Canadian Hunger Foundation, Canada, 1998.

• Sustainability criteria and indicator for Tree Growers' Cooperative Project, National Tree Growers' Cooperative Federation/Canadian International Development Agency, 1997.

• Evaluation of Tree Growers Cooperative Program in Western India, Federation of Tree Growers Cooperative/Canadian International Development Agency, Hull, Quebec, Canada, 1997.

• Economic assessment of Red-cockaded woodpecker management in private forests in Alabama and Georgia, Auburn University/Georgia-Pacific, USA, 1996.

• Socio-economic analyis of Best Management Practices in forestry in Alabama, Auburn University/Scott Paper, 1996.

• Economics of soil conservation in forestry with random soil loss, Auburn University, Auburn Alabama, USA, 1995

• Evaluation of management practices in private forests in three physiographic zones of Alabama, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA, 1995.

• Community Forestry Development Project, FAO/UNDP/World Bank, Kathmandu, Nepal (1981-1987).