Research and Publications
Ongoing research
- Economic Contribution of Biomass power plants in northeastern and Midwest region.
- Supply Chain and Market analysis of mass timber in Michigan
- Low value wood and slash (feedstock) availability for biochar production
- Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of biochar production
- Building Woodshed maps (procurement zones) using wood products market
- Optimal locations for mass timber production
- Visitor Use measurement techniques in Indiana
- Forest Carbon Inventory and Modeling Needs Assessment
Journal Articles
Please contact the Raju Pokharel if you need any information on following publications.
- Visser L., Latta G., Pokharel R., Hoefnagelsa R., & Jungingera M. (2021). Exploring the limits to sustainable pellet production for international markets - The impact of increasing pellet production in the US Southeast on feedstock use and carbon sequestration in forest areas, GCB Bioenergy. (In Press).
- Poudel J. & Pokharel R. (2021). Financial Analysis of Habitat Conservation Banking in the United States. Sustainability, 13(22), 12441.
- Pokharel R., & Latta G.S. (2020). A network analysis to identify forest merchantability limitations across the United States, Forest Policy and Economics, 116 (102181).
- Pokharel R., Grala R. K., Latta G.S., Grebner D. L., Grado S. C., & Poudel J., (2019). Availability of logging residues and the likelihood of their utilization for electricity production in the US South, Journal of Forestry, 117(6), 543-559.
- Pokharel R., Grala R.K., Grebner D.L., & Cooke W.H. (2019). Mill willingness to utilize logging residues to produce electricity: a spatial logistic regression approach, Forest Science, 65(3), 277-288.
- Pokharel R., Poudel J., Adhikari R., & Sharma A. (2018). Demand and Supply of Forest Products in Bandevi Buffer Zone Community Forest, Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Sustainability in Environment, 3(4), 305–328.
- Pokharel R., Poudel J., & Grala, R.K. (2018). Impact of economic factors and a political conflict on international tourism demand in Nepal: A vector error correction model. International Journal of Tourism Policy 8(1), 18–41.
- Pokharel R., Grala R. K., & Grebner D. L. (2017). Woody residues utilization for bioenergy by primary forest products manufacturers: An exploratory analysis, Forest Policy and Economics, 85 Part 1, 161-171.
- Pokharel R., Grala R. K., Grebner D. L., & Grado S. C. (2017). Factors affecting utilization of woody residues to produce bioenergy in the southern United States, Biomass and Bioenergy, 105, 278–287.
- Adhikari R.K., Kindu M., Pokharel R., Castro L.M., & Knoke, T. (2017). Financial compensation for biodiversity conservation in Ba Be National Park of Northern Vietnam. Journal for Nature Conservation 35, 92–100.