Dr. Ganesh Raj Joshi
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Primary Email:
Retired Permanent Secretary
Government of Nepal
grjoshi20@gmail.com
Professional Area:
Resource & Agricultural Economics, Policy Making, Anti-corruption and
Governance, Nepal.
Professional membership:
International Association of Agricultural Economists; Nepal Agricultural
Economics Society; Humboldt Club Nepal; Nepal Agricultural Federation.
Educational Background:
Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics with major in Resource Economics and Policy, Minor field: Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Philippines, 2003.
Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, Specialization: Marketing, Trade & Production Economics, Minor field: Economics, University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines, 1993.
Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Agriculture, Specialization: Rural Development & Mass Communication (Agricultural Economics, Extension & Sociology), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India.
Key Strengths
- Professional experience in policy formulation and implementation and governance of sustainable forestry and biodiversity, climate change, food and agriculture, and natural resource management.
- Ability to lead in higher-level decision-making, develop and lead strategic knowledge management and communications, with skills in conceptualizing and writing creative knowledge products, and excellent oral communication.
- Possess experience, insights, and skills to design and formulate policies, programs, and projects that can improve the livelihoods of the poor, and address socio-economic and ecological issues, including governance in biodiversity, ecosystem services, environment, and development.
- Possess skills in research planning, implementing, and evaluating different sustainable development options and approaches.
Additional Professional Experience :
- 2024 to date: Member of the Institutional Review Board (ethical issues in research) of Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal
- 2022 January to 2024 December: Lead Author for Chapter 5: Options for delivering sustainable approaches for Nexus Assessment of Food-Water-Biodiversity-Climate Change and Health sectors, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Bonn, Germany.
- 2020 March to 2021 March: Involved as an Expert in Scoping of thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of Transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity; Nexus Assessment of Food-Water-Biodiversity-Climate Change-Health and Asia Pacific Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment initiated by IPBES.
- 2015- to 2017. Lead Author, Chapter 6 (Options for Governance and Decision-Making across Scales and Sectors). IPBES Regional Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Asia Pacific.
- 2015 to 2020: Board of Directors, Asia Pacific Forestry Network (APFNet). Provided support for policy and strategy formulation on sustainable forest management and rehabilitation of degraded forests in Asia Pacific.
- 2010-2011;2012; 2013-2014: Senate member, Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal, and council member of Nepal Agriculture Research Council.
- June 2013 to July 2014. Served as a member of the Governing Board of the National Trust for Nature Conservation, Nepal.
- May 2011 to August 2012: Served as the Chairperson of the Nepal Tourism Board
- 2010 and 2014: Served as Steering Committee Chairperson of various projects related to environment, forestry, biodiversity, REDD+, and climate change in Nepal
- February 2010- May 2011: Served as a Board Member of the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre, Nepal
Participation in Important Training, Seminars and Conferences :
2010 UNFCCC meetings in Bonn, COP16 in Cancun
2010 UNEP 26th Governing Council in Indonesia
2011 UNEP 27th Governing Council in Kenya
2011 Montreal Protocol (Bangkok) Rotterdam Convention (Geneva)
2011 UNWTO Governing Council (2011) in South Korea.
2011 UNFCC COP17 in Durban
2012 WIPO (Cultural) meeting in China
2012 UNCAC meeting in Vienna, Austria.
2013 Asia Pacific Forestry Commission meeting, New Zealand.
2014 London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade.
2014 Biodiversity Financing, Ecuador, CBD
2014 18 SBSTTA, CBD, Montreal Canada
2014 IPBES Expert Meeting for Scoping of Regional Assessment, Paris.
2014 Agricultural Economics Society of Srilanka, Annual research meet.
2015 IPBES Regional Assessment for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, First Author Meeting in Tokyo Japan.
2016-2019 APFNet Board of Director Meeting in Cambodia, Srilanka, China and Mongolia.
2020 Asia Pacific Anti-corruption Conference, Vietnam.
2022 First Author Meeting of Nexus Assessment, IPBES Frankfurt Germany.
2022 Revisit of Humboldt Foundation, Stationed in Univ of Applied Sciences, Koln Germany (Sept-Nov. 2022)