Dhanapal Govindarajulu

Dhanapal is a postgraduate researcher at the Global Development Institute, the university of Manchester. His current research is on examining social and ecological impacts of forest restoration in India.

He has worked as a researcher on forest ecology at the Indian Institute of Science and has conducted studies on forest management funded by international organisations like DFID, USAID and the Tenure Facility. His current research interests include policy analysis, spatial mapping of forests and exploring the causal relations between forestry investments, forests and livelihood.

His past research interests are also on urban ecology, climate change adaptation and resilience.

Dhanapal has a masters degree in Environment Management from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.