Our research efforts seek to understand and uncover the ecological, socio-economic and policy dimensions of biophysical systems and their impact on human ecology. While we strive to conduct both basic and applied research in the fields of ecology and dynamics of biophysical systems, we also endeavour to foster integrated research and pay special attention to the human and policy dimension of natural resource use.

While we focus within the four main domains of:

• Sustainable Forestry
• Conservation Biology
• Water Resources
• Socio-Economic and Policy Sciences

We pay special attention to understanding climate change and associated impacts. We accord high priority on understanding climate and rainfall variability in the Himalayan ecosystems.