Bhavendu Joshi

PhD student

I am a conservation researcher from India currently enrolled as a PhD student at Deakin University, Melbourne. My PhD is a joint collaboration between Deakin University and Conservation Initiatives — a local NGO from Northeast India, where I also work as a Program Manager.

My research interests broadly encompass a range of fields, including Human-wildlife interactions, Social sciences, Ecology, Species distribution, GIS, and Community-based conservation. For my PhD, I am looking to assess and map key benefits that people derive from the community-managed forests of Northeast India. Specifically, I utilise the ecosystem service concept to untangle the complexities associated with people-nature relationships in the region and aim to explore the synergies and tradeoffs involved in integrating these benefits into regional and national-level conservation planning frameworks.

Email: bjoshi@deakin.edu.au