Environmental Social Sciences
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Who is who in CASAS? Tamara Wattnem
CASAS’ member Tamara A. Wattnem is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Trinity University. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin Madison, where she specialized in the sociology of development, environmental sociology, and critical agrarian studies. Her research explores the politics and implications of the deepening of extractivism in Latin America.
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Institutional dynamics in community-based forest restoration: a systematic review on ecological and socio-economic outcomes
Mahendra Singh Thapa (CASAS’ member) has published this article with Sony Baral & Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri in Discover Sustainability. Abstract: Forest restoration operates within complex landscapes, where the diverse roles, needs and land-use practices of local communities are integrated. This study sheds light on the roles of community institutions in relation to forest restoration…