Tapan Kumar Nath

Tapan is an interdisciplinary researcher in the field of Community-based Natural Resource Management. His research and teaching span the social science disciplines of conservation social science, human geography, environmental geography, forestry, and environmental science. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a PhD in forest science. Prior to joining the University of Nottingham Malaysia in 2014, he held academic positions at the University of Chittagong, the Asian Institute of Technology, the University of Tokyo, and Waseda University. As an interdisciplinary researcher, Tapan applies socio-ecological approaches, frameworks for sustainable livelihoods, and frameworks for natural resource governance for CBFM and the livelihoods of communities in the Global South that depend on forests. His current research examines community participation in peatland restoration and peatland fire management, the connections between urban green spaces and wellbeing outcomes, agroforestry and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and knowledge, attitude, and practise (KAP) studies on waste management and public health. Because of his international collaborations with academics from other nations, including natural scientists and scholars of spatial science, his study also encompasses cross-disciplinary collaboration. His scholarly works have significantly contributed to the global sustainable development because of his multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research, which is strongly related to natural resource sustainability, sustainable land use, climate change mitigation, and socio-economic development. Research profiles weblinks: Google Scholar; Researchgate University of Nottingham Malaysia staff profile website: https://www.nottingham.edu.my/Science/People/tapan.nath ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6436-1778