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Dr Edward L Webb
Position:
Associate Professor
Country of Origin: United States
Email: ewebb@ait.ac.th
Ext: 5585
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Academic Affiliation
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Natural Resources Management
School of Environment, Resources and Development
Education
- Ph.D., 1996, Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
B.A., 1990, Biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.
Professional Experience
- Research Botanist, Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, Government of American Samoa, Sept. 1996 - August 1998.
Consultancies and advisory activities MacArthur Foundation, USA. The conservation issues of Kachin State, Myanmar. Phase II. January August 2006.
MacArthur Foundation, USA. The conservation issues of Kachin State, Myanmar. Phase I. May July 2004.
International advisor to Royal Government of Bhutan: establishment of Ugyen Wanghuk School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. May 2004.
Regional Resource Person, Asia Forest Network Regional Meeting 2003: Community Forest Management Policies and Practice: future directions for Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai, Thailand, 12 14 November 2003.
Botanical consultant, Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, American Samoa, 2002-2003.
Manuscript Reviews
Biotropica (2001)
Biodiversity and Conservation (2003)
Conservation Biology (2005)
Conservation Ecology (2003)
Environmental Conservation (2003, 2005)
Environmental Management (2004)
Forest Ecology and Management (2004)
Forestry (2004)
International Journal of Geoinformatics (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Journal of Arid Environments (2005)
Journal of Vegetation Science (2002)
Landscape Ecology (2005)
World Development (2003, 2004, 2005)
Present Research Involvements
- Development, land use change and forest conservation in central Vietnam. (MacArthur Foundation)
Ecology of tropical forest in American Samoa. (National Park of American Samoa, and Department of Marine and Wildlife, American Samoa Govt)
Botanical exploration of tropical forest in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, western Thailand. (National Geographic Society)
Research Interests
- Tropical and subtropical vegetation ecology and conservation
Community-based natural resources management and conservation
Integration of remote sensing and GIS in ecosystem management and conservation decision making
Doctoral Research Supervision
- Dorji, Lam. 2003. Assessing the evolution, status, and future implications of forest resources management in the inner Himalayas of the Kingdom of Bhutan
Gautam, Ambika. 2002. Forest land use dynamics and community-based institutions in a mountain watershed in Nepal: implications for forest governance and management (Co-chair)
Dung, Ngo Tri. Rural livelihoods, forest people relationships, and biological diversity in the Truong Son of Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam (2003 present)
Kabir, Md. Enamul. Biological diversity of homestead forests of Southern Bangladesh. (2003 present)
Thiha. Historical land cover change analysis and predictive modeling of future land use and land cover in Thua Thien Hue Province, Central Truong Son landscape, central Vietnam (2003 present)
Suntornratana. Ubolratana. Fisheries impact assessment and modeling for management to optimize aquatic resource production in the Songkhram River Basin, Thailand (2002 present)
Sudtongkong, Chanyut. Mangrove community forest as a management tool for sustainable mud crab resource in Trang Province, southern Thailand (2002 present).
Selected Publications
- (Publications since 2000)
Books
Webb, E.L., and Shivakoti, G.P. (Eds.). In press. Decentralization, Forests and Rural Communities: policy outcomes in South and Southeast Asia. Sage Press, India.
Journal Articles
Kabir. Md. E. and Webb, E.L. 2007. Saving a forest: the composition and structure of a deciduous forest under community management in northeast Thailand. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society.
Yonariza and Webb, E.L. 2007. Rural household participation in illegal timber felling in a protected area of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Environmental Conservation 34(1).
Webb, E.L. 2006. Comment on “Biodiversity Conservation and the MDG’s: towards sustainable development” (by G. Brodnig). Regional Development Dialogue 27(1): 12-15.
Bista, S. and Webb, E.L. 2006. Collection and marketing of non-timber forest products in the Far Western Hills of Nepal. Environmental Conservation 33(3): 244-255.
Dorji, L., Webb, E.L., and Shivakoti, G. 2006. Property rights, incentives and forest management in Bhutan. Environmental Conservation. 33(2): 141-147.
Webb, E.L., Bult, M. van de, Chutipong, W., and Kabir, Md. E. 2006. Composition and structure of lowland rainforest tree communities on Ta’u, American Samoa. Pacific Science 60(3): 333-354.
Kabir, Md. E., and Webb, E.L. 2005. Suitability and productivity analysis of community forestry woodlot species in Dhaka Forest Division, Bangladesh. Forest Ecology and Management 212: 243-252.
Webb, E.L. Hossain, S.M.Y. 2005. Dalbergia sissoo (Roxb.) mortality in Bangladesh plantations: correlations with environmental and management parameters. Forest Ecology and Management 206: 61-69.
Webb, E.L., Evangelista, M.A., and Robinson, J.A. 2004. Scanning, compression and land cover classification using astronaut-acquired orbital photographs. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25(3): 653-667.
Webb, E.L., Maliao, R.J., and Siar, S.V. 2004. Using local user perceptions to evaluate outcomes of protected area management: a case study of Sagay Marine Reserve, Philippines. Environmental Conservation 31(2): 138-148.
Gautam, A.P., Shivakoti, G.P., and Webb, E.L. 2004. A review of forest policies, institutions, and the resource condition in Nepal. International Forestry Review 6(2): 136-148.
Gautam, A.P, Shivakoti, G.P., and Webb, E.L. 2004. Forest cover change, physiography, local economy and institutions in a mountain watershed in Nepal. Environmental Management 33(1): 48-61.
Kijtewachakul, N., Shivakoti, G.P., and Webb, E.L. 2004. Forest health, collective behavior, and management. Environmental Management 33(5):620-636.
Maliao, R, Webb, E., and Jensen, K. 2004. A survey of stock of the donkey's ear abalone, Haliotis asinina L. in Sagay Marine Reserve, Philippines: evaluating the effectiveness of marine protected area (MPA) enforcement. Fisheries Research 66(2-3): 343-353.
Webb, E.L., and Sah, R.N. 2003. Plant diversity in natural forest, successional forest, and Eucalyptus camaldulensis plantations in the Terai region of Nepal. Forest Ecology and Management 176:337-353.
Dorji, L., Webb, E.L., and Shivakoti, G. 2003. Can a nationalized forest management system uphold local institutions? A case of leaf litter forest (sokshing) management in Bhutan. Asian Studies Review 27(3): 341-359.
Gautam, A.P., Webb, E.L., Shivakoti, G., and Zoebisch, M. 2003. Land use dynamics and landscape change pattern in a mountain watershed in Nepal. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 99: 83-96.
Webb, E.L. and Thiha. 2002. Integrated GIS-aided planning for forestry and conservation activities in rural SE Asia. Environmental Management 30(2): 183-198.
Gautam, A.P., Webb, E.L., and Eiumnoh, A. 2002. Quantifying the impact of community forestry in the Middle Hills of Nepal using GIS techniques. Mountain Research and Development 22(1): 63-69.
Gautam, A.P., Webb, E.L., and Shivakoti, G. 2002. Local participants' evaluation of community forestry in the Middle Hills of Nepal. Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development 12(2): 60-81.
Webb, E.L. and Gautam, A.P. 2001. Effects of community forest management on the structure and diversity of a successional broadleaf forest in Nepal. International Forestry Review 3(2): 146-157.
Gautam, A.P. and Webb, E.L. 2001. Species diversity and forest structure of pine plantations in the middle hills of Nepal. Banko Janakari 11(2): 13-21.
Webb, E.L., Evangelista, M.A., and Robinson, J.A. 2000. Digital land use classification using Space Shuttle-acquired orbital photographs: a quantitative comparison with Landsat TM imagery of a coastal environment, Chanthaburi, Thailand. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 66(12): 1439-1450.
Webb, E.L., and Khurshid, M. 2000. Divergent destinies among pine forests in Northern Pakistan: linking ecosystem characteristics with community self-governance and local institutions. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 7: 189-200.
Webb, E.L., and Than, M.M. 2000. Optimizing investment strategies for mangrove plantations by considering biological and economic parameters. Journal of Coastal Conservation 6: 181-190.
Memberships/Credentials
- Association for Tropical Biology
International Society of Tropical Foresters
Society for Conservation Biology
Grants and awards
United States Department of Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP) planning award grant, 2005. Dynamics of farm-forest linkages in the context of changing land-use policies in South and Southeast Asia. $45,000. Co-principal investigator with Michigan State University.
MacArthur Foundation Program for Conservation and Sustainable Development, 2003 2006. Development, land use change and forest conservation in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. $230,000.
Asia Forest Network, support for Ph.D. student research. Local institutions in community-based forest management for forest conservation in the Khun Wang sub-watershed, Mae Wang watershed, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. $3,000.
National Geographic Research and Exploration Grant, 2000 2005. Botanical exploration of tropical forest in Western Thailand. $15,000.
Other
- Courses Taught
Ecological Principles for Natural Resources Management (ED76.01)
Forestry (ED 76.03)
Natural Resources Management Issues in Asia and Thailand (ED76.02)
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