Publications

Journal Articles

Attre, Shaleen, Mahesh Poudyal, Ian G. Bride, and Richard A. Griffiths. “Snakebite Envenomation and Predation of Domestic Animals in Goa, India.” Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science 3 (2026). https://doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2025.1746300.

Ingram, Daniel J., Thais Q. Morcatty, Hani R. El Bizri, Mahesh Poudyal, and Edward Mundy. “Urgent Actions Needed by Digital Services Platforms to Help Achieve Conservation and Public Health Goals.” Conservation Letters 17, no. 4 (2024): e13023. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13023.

Poudyal, Mahesh, Franziska Kraft, Geoff Wells, Anamika Das, Suman Attiwilli, Kate Schreckenberg, Sharachchandra Lele, Tim Daw, Carlos Torres-Vitolas, Siddappa Setty, Helen Adams, Sate Ahmad, et al. “Nature’s Contribution to Poverty Alleviation, Human Wellbeing and the SDGs.” Scientific Data 11, no. 1 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02967-0.

Wells, Geoff J., Casey M. Ryan, Anamika Das, Suman Attiwilli, Mahesh Poudyal, Sharachchandra Lele, Kate Schreckenberg, Brian E. Robinson, Aidan Keane, Katherine M. Homewood, Julia P. G. Jones, Carlos A. Torres-Vitolas, Janet A. Fisher, Sate Ahmad, Mark Mulligan, Terence P. Dawson, Helen Adams, R. Siddappa Setty, and Tim M. Daw. “Hundreds of Millions of People in the Tropics Need Both Wild Harvests and Other Forms of Economic Development for Their Well-Being.” One Earth 7, no. 2 (2024): 311–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.001.

Dröge, Saskia, Mahesh Poudyal, Neal Hockley, Rina Mandimbiniaina, Alexandra Rasoamanana, Nilsen S. Andrianantenaina, and Jorge C. Llopis. “Constraints on Rice Cultivation in Eastern Madagascar: Which Factors Matter to Smallholders, and Which Influence Food Security?” Human Ecology 50 (2022): 493–513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-022-00336-2.

Jones, Julia P. G., Rina Mandimbiniaina, Ruth Kelly, Patrick Ranjatson, Bodonirina Rakotojoelina, Kate Schreckenberg, and Mahesh Poudyal. “Human Migration to the Forest Frontier: Implications for Land Use Change and Conservation Management.” Geo: Geography and Environment 5, no. 1 (2018): e00050. https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.50.

Poudyal, Mahesh, Julia P. G. Jones, O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, Neal Hockley, James M. Gibbons, Rina Mandimbiniaina, Alexandra Rasoamanana, Nilsen S. Andrianantenaina, and Bruno S. Ramamonjisoa. “Who Bears the Cost of Forest Conservation?” PeerJ 6 (2018): e5106. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5106.

Poudyal, Mahesh, O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, Julie H. Razafimanahaka, Neal Hockley, and Julia P. G. Jones. “Household Economy, Forest Dependency & Opportunity Costs of Conservation in Eastern Rainforests of Madagascar.” Scientific Data 5 (2018): 180225. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.225.

Rafidimanantsoa, H., M. Poudyal, B. Ramamonjisoa, and J. P. G. Jones. “Mind the Gap: The Use of Research in Protected Area Management in Madagascar.” Madagascar Conservation & Development 13, no. 1 (2018): 15–24. https://doi.org/10.4314/mcd.v13i1.3.

Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Mahesh Poudyal, Alexandra Rasoamanana, and Neal Hockley. “Estimating Welfare Impacts Where Property Rights Are Contested: Methodological and Policy Implications.” Land Use Policy 70 (2018): 71–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.09.051.

Poudyal, Mahesh, Bruno S. Ramamonjisoa, Neal Hockley, O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, James M. Gibbons, Rina Mandimbiniaina, Alexandra Rasoamanana, and Julia P. G. Jones. “Can REDD+ Social Safeguards Reach the ’Right’ People? Lessons from Madagascar.” Global Environmental Change 37 (2016): 31–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.01.004.

Sandström, S., M. Poudyal, S. Berg Lejon, and G. Lidestav. “Absent Neighbours and Passive Shareholders – the Issue of Residency and Involvement in the Management of a Forest Common.” Journal of Forest Economics 24 (2016): 205–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2016.05.003.

Poudyal, Mahesh, Gun Lidestav, Per Sandstroem, and Stefan Sandstroem. “Supporting Community Governance in Boreal Forests by Introducing Participatory GIS Through Action Research.” International Journal of Action Research 11, no. 3 (2015): 236–64. https://doi.org/10.1688/IJAR-2015-03-Poudyal.

Lidestav, G., M. Poudyal, E. Holmgren, and E. C. H. Keskitalo. “Shareholder Perceptions of Individual and Common Benefits in Swedish Forest Commons.” International Journal of the Commons 7, no. 1 (2013): 164–82. https://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.323.

Poudyal, Mahesh. “Chiefs and Trees: Tenures and Incentives in the Management and Use of Two Multipurpose Tree Species in Agroforestry Parklands in Northern Ghana.” Society & Natural Resources 24, no. 10 (2011): 1063–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2010.523059.

Poudyal, Mahesh, Kristina Rothley, and Duncan Knowler. “Ecological and Economic Analysis of Poaching of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Unicornis) in Nepal.” Ecological Applications 19, no. 7 (2009): 1693–1707. https://doi.org/doi:10.1890/09-0009.1.

Lovett, J. C., and M. Poudyal. “Terraforming Africa.” African Journal of Ecology 44 (2006): 302–4. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00685.x.

Rothley, K. D., D. J. Knowler, and M. Poudyal. “Population Model for the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Unicornis) in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.” Pachyderm 37 (2004): 19–27. https://doi.org/10.69649/pachyderm.v37i1.1198.

Book Chapters

McDermott, Constance L., Emmanuel Acheampong, Seema Arora-Jonsson, Rebecca Asare, Wil de Jong, Mark Hirons, Kaysara Khatun, Mary Menton, Fiona Nunan, Mahesh Poudyal, and Abidah Setyowati. “SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – a Political Ecology Perspective.” In Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People, edited by Pia Katila, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Wil de Jong, Glenn Galloway, Pablo Pacheco, and GeorgEditors Winkel, 510–40. Cambridge University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765015.018.

Mace, G., K. Schreckenberg, and M. Poudyal. “Ecosystem Services for Human Wellbeing: Trade-Offs and Governance.” In Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Trade-Offs and Governance, edited by K. Schreckenberg, G. Mace, and M. Poudyal, 305–16. London: Routledge, 2018. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429016295/chapters/10.4324%2F9780429507090-23.

Cooke, P., and M. Poudyal. “Local Implications of Forest Tenure Reform: Section Context and Overview.” In Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Local Control for Improved Livelihoods and Forest Management, edited by R. Bluffstone and E. J. Z. Robinson, 109–12. New York: RFF Press, 2014.

Poudyal, M., B. Adhikari, and J. Lovett. “Community-Based Leasehold Forestry in Nepal: A Genuine Tenure Reform in Progress?” In Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Local Control for Improved Livelihoods and Forest Management, edited by R. Bluffstone and E. J. Z. Robinson, 196–211. New York: RFF Press, 2014.

Adhikari, B., D. Knowler, M. Poudyal, and W. Haider. “Park-People Conflicts, Rhino Conservation and Poverty Alleviation in Nepal.” In Nature’s Wealth: The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Poverty, edited by P. J. H. van Beukering, E. Papyrakis, J. Bouma, and R. Brouwer, 37–55. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Poudyal, M., and J. C. Lovett. “Biodiesel as the Potential Alternative Vehicle Fuel: European Policy and Global Environmental Concern.” In A Handbook of Environmental Management, edited by J. C. Lovett and D. G. Ockwell, 408–30. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2010.

Books

Schreckenberg, K., G. Mace, and M. Poudyal. Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Trade-Offs and Governance. Edited Book. London: Routledge, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429507090.

Datasets

Wells, Geoff, Anamika Das, Suman Attiwilli, Mahesh Poudyal, Franziska Kraft, Sharachchandra Lele, Tim Daw, and Kate Schreckenberg. “Nature’s Contribution to Poverty Alleviation, Human Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Goals.” UK Data Service, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-855303.

Poudyal, M., O. S. Rakotonarivo, A. Rasoamanana, R. Mandimbiniaina, N. Spener, N. Hockley, and J. P. G. Jones. “Household Survey and Discrete Choice Experiment for Investigating the Opportunity Cost of Conservation Restrictions in Eastern Madagascar.” Colchester, Essex: UK Data Service, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-852435.

Poudyal, M., A. Rasoamanana, S. N. Andrianantenaina, R. Mandimbiniaina, N. Hockley, J. H. Razafimanahaka, V. Rakotomboavonjy, J. C. Rabakoson, J. Ambinintsoa, M. Randrianarisoa, and J. P. G. Jones. “Household-Level Agricultural Inputs-Outputs, Off-Farm Income and Wild-Harvested Products Survey in Eastern Madagascar.” Colchester, Essex: UK Data Service, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-852790.

Working Papers

Adhikari, B. P., W. Haider, O. Gurung, M. Poudyal, B. Beardmore, D. Knowler, and P. van Beukering. “Economic Incentives and Poaching of the One-Horned Indian Rhinoceros in Nepal: Stakeholder Perspectives in Biodiversity Conservation – Analysis of Local, National and Global Stakes in Rhino Conservation in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.” Report. Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Poverty Reduction; Environmental Management (PREM) Program, 2005.

Knowler, D., and M. Poudyal. “Economic Incentives and Poaching of the One-Horned Indian Rhinoceros in Nepal: Simulation Modelling of Policies to Combat the Poaching of Rhino in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.” Report. Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Poverty Reduction; Environmental Management (PREM) Program, 2005.

Poudyal, M., and D. Knowler. “Economic Incentives and Poaching of the One-Horned Indian Rhinoceros in Nepal: Poaching of the One-Horned Indian Rhinoceros in the Chitwan Valley, Nepal – a Retrospective Econometric Analysis.” Report. Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Poverty Reduction; Environmental Management (PREM) Program, 2005.