Dr. Rajesh Bista is a Senior Specialist in Ecosystem Services Unit (ECO) at Winrock International. Dr. Bista was a Researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He uses socio-economic data from household surveys to examine land use change and household livelihoods under community forest management in Nepal.

His recent publications include:

• Labor migration and community forestry published in Sustainability in 2023
• COVID-19 pandemic, rural livelihoods and community forestry published in Trees, Forests and People in 2022
• Cropland abandonment and community forestry published in Earth Interactions in 2021
• Human-wildlife conflict and community forestry published in Human Dimensions of Wildlife in 2021