Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
 

Janaki R. R. Alavalapati, Professor and Department Head

Teaching Responsibilities and Experience

  • FOR 4434 Forest Resource Policy
  • Other courses taught: Forest Bioenergy and Family Forests, Forest Conservation and Management Policy, Forest Resource Valuation, Forest Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Natural Resource Policy and Administration, and Integrated Forested Watershed Management (team taught course) at the University of Florida, University of Alberta, Czech Agricultural University.

Recent Research Projects

  • Bioenergy implications on Southern Forests Future. Sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service.
  • Policies to promote forest landowner participation in Greenhouse Gas reduction programs. Sponsored the US Forest Service
  • Developing a Bioenergy Roadmap for the Southern U.S. Sponsored the Southern Growth Policies Board
  • Impacts of Bioenergy Production on the Conservation of Wildlife Habitat: Sponsored by the National Council for Science and the Environment.
  • Bioenergy Incentives and Forest Sustainability in the Southern U.S.  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Summary of Publications, Presentations, and Advisement

  • Total Publications 186: Books edited 7; book chapters 24; refereed journal articles 76; non-refereed publications 79.
  • Total Presentations (125): International 47; National 26; Regional 52
  • Advisement: Postdoctoral fellows 7; Ph.D. students 15; M.S. Students 12

Selected and Recent Publications

  1. Lal, P., J. R.R. Alavalapati, and E. Mercer. 2011. Socio-Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Rural Communities in the United States. Pp 73-118. In: Alig, R.J. Technical Coordinator, Economic modeling of effects of climate change on the forest sector and mitigation options: a compendium of briefing papers. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-837. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
  2. Lal, P., J.R.R. Alavalapati, M. Marinescu, J.R. Matta, P. Dwivedi, and A. Susaeta. 2011. Developing sustainability indicators for woody biomass harvesting in the United States. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 30 (8): 736-755.
  3. Banerjee, O. and J.R.R. Alavalapati. 2009. A computable general equilibrium analysis of forest concessions in Brazil. Forest Economics and Policy 11 (4): 244-52.
  4. Thuy, N.N., P. Dwivedi, F. Rossi, J.R.R. Alavalapati, and B. Thapa. 2011. Role of social capital in determining conservation attitude: a case study from Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 18 (2): 143-153.
  5. Susaeta, A, J. R.R. Alavalapati, P. Lal, J.R. Matta, and E. Mercer. 2010. Assessing Public Preferences for Forest Biomass Based Energy in the Southern United States. Environmental Management 45(4): 697–710.
  6. Dwivedi, P., J.R. R. Alavalapati, A. Susaeta, and G.A. Stainback. 2009. Impact of carbon value on the profitability of slash pine plantations in the southern U.S.: An integrated life cycle and Faustmann analysis. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39(5): 990-1000.
  7. Alavalapati, J.R.R., Hodges, A. W. Lal, P., Dwivedi, P., Rahmani, M., Kaufer, I., Matta, J.R., Susaeta, A., Kukrety, S., Stevens, T.J., 2009. Bioenergy Roadmap for Southern United States. Southeast Agriculture & Forestry Energy Resources Alliance (SAFER), Southern Growth Polices Board, North Carolina, pp1-127.

Selected and Recent Professional Achievements

  • Senior Fellow, Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, US Department of State (2011-present)
  • Policy Chair, National Association of University Forest Resource Programs (2010-present)
  • Talented Conservator Award for the conservation  and restoration of medicinal plants/trees, International Seminar on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Products, India (2010)
  • International Union of Forest Research Organizations Scientific Achievement Award (2010)
  • Jefferson Science Fellow & Senior Advisor for International Energy Affairs at the U.S. Department of State (2007-08)
  • Scientific Advisory Board Member, Forest Policy and Economics (2006-present)
  • University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship (2006-2008)