Medani P. Bhandari, Ph.D.
medani.bhandari@gmail.com
Education:
PhD in Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University NY,
USA (2012)/ Master of Arts in Sociology, Syracuse University NY (2010)/ Certificate of
Advanced Study in Civil Society Organizations, Syracuse University, (2008)/ Master of Arts in
Sustainable International Development, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
(2004)/ Master of Science in Environmental System Monitoring and Analysis, International
Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, University of Twente, the Netherlands
(1998); Master of Arts in Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal (1991).
Summary of Areas of Professional Expertise:
25 Years of Experience in non-profit management, conflict in natural resource management and
social policy (global and transnational); community and economic development; environmental
studies; sustainability studies; peace, diplomacy and international relations; climate change
induced health risk; civil society; political ecology etc. Global expertise on Development
Economics, Water Resource Management. Conflict management; Biodiversity Conservation;
Conflict Management; Green Economy; Sustainability; Climate Change Mitigation and
Adaptation within the foci of Social and Environmental Governance Theories and Methods
Professional Experience
Research and Development
 Director of International Program, Atlantic State Legal Foundation, Inc. Syracuse, New
York, USA (2011- …)
 Executive Director, Human Survival Foundation, Hamilton, Scotland, UK (2015…)
 Project Consultant (part-time) Japan Environment Education Forum (JEEF), Tokyo, Japan
(2004 and 2006)
 Project Manager, Pajaro Jai Foundation, Maine, USA (2003-2004)
 Research Associate, University of Adelaide/ United Nations Environmental Program (Parttime) (2003-2004)
 Program Director, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2000-2001)
 Co-Founder and Chairman of NGO, Association for the Protection of Environment &
Culture (APEC), Nepal (1985-2002)
International Membership
2015 Series Editor, River Publishers Series in Earth and Environmental Sciences, River
Publishers, Denmark / the Netherlands
http://www.riverpublishers.com/series.php?msg=Earth_and_Environmental_Sciences
2015 Member of the Editorial Review Board, Independent Journal of Management &
Production, São Paulo, Brazil (ISSN: 2236-269X, DOI: 10.14807)
2013
Member of the Editorial Review Board (Journal of Biology and Medicine- OMICS
Group International, USA
2012 Expert Review Panel of the First Order Draft Working Group II (WG-II) Fifth
Assessment Report (AR5Journal of Biology and Medicine Climate Change 2013:
Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report
2011 Member of the Expert Review Panel of the First Order Draft Working Group I (WG-1)
contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth
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Assessment Report (external 2012 Representative to the United Nations Department of
Public Information (NGO/DPI)
2011 Member to the Expert Group Meeting on Biodiversity for Poverty Eradication and
Development in the United Nations- Convention of Biological Diversity.
2011 Member of Experts Group: UNFCCC-United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change,
1998 Representative to the Global Environment Facility, Non-profit sector, through APECNepal and Atlantic State Legal Foundation, USA
2011 Member to the Editorial board of the Himalayan Journal of Sciences, Nepal/ USA
2011 Scientific and Technical Committee and Editorial Review Board (Human and
Social Sciences Division), World Academy of Science, Engineering and
Technology, USA
Publication
Peer Review Paper
Bhandari, Medani P. (2014). “Is Tourism Always Beneficial? A Case Study from Masai Mara
National Reserve, Narok, Kenya”. Pacific Journal of Science and Technology. 15(1):458-483.
Bhandari, Medani P. (2014) “Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Movements in Nepal and terms of Social Transformation”. Pacific Journal of Science and
Technology. 15(1):177-189.
Shah AH, Bhandari Medani P. Al-Harbi NO, Al-Ashban RM (2014) Kaff-E-Maryam (Anastatica
Hierochuntica L.): Evaluation of Gastro-Protective Activity and Toxicity in Different
Experimental Models. Biol Med 6: 197. doi: 10.4172/0974-8369.1000197
Bhandari, Medani P. (2012) Environmental Performance and Vulnerability to Climate Change:
A Case Study of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, “Climate Change and Disaster Risk
Management" Series: Climate Change Management, Springer, New York / Heidelberg, ISBN
978-3-642-31109-3
---- (2012) Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) [for conservation and
management of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India,
Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan Environment], in Ritzer, George (Ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia
of Globalization, Wiley-Blackwell Publication Volume 3, 1076-1078.
---- (2012) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) [Implication of the global
conservation policies and its contribution for the biodiversity conservation in the developing
world], in Ritzer, George (Ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Volume 3, 1086-1088.
---- (2012) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [The forth assessment
reports on climate change: a factual truth of contemporary world], in Ritzer, George (Ed.)
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, Wiley-Blackwell Publication Volume 3, 10631067.
---- (2012) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) [Problems and
opportunities in improving the livelihood of its member countries: Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal], in Ritzer, George (Ed.) Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Globalization, Wiley-Blackwell Publication, Volume 4, 1891-1898.
---- (2011) "Viewpoints: What do you think should be the two or three highest priority political
outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), scheduled
for Rio de Janeiro in June 2012? Natural Resources Forum 36, 251-252 (Wiley-Blackwell)
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---- (2011) The conceptual problems of Green Economy and Sustainable Development and the
Theoretical Route of Green Economy Initiatives, Applicability and the Future, Compilation
Document - Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, United
Nations, New York, (Major groups), 141-153
http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/content/documents/compilationdocument/MajorGroups.pdf
http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=510&nr=138&menu=20
http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/content/documents/138apec.pdf
Brechin, Steven R. and Bhandari, Medani P. (2011) Perceptions of climate change worldwide,
WIREs Climate Change 2011, Volume 2:871–885.
Mathiason, John and Bhandari, Medani P. (2010) Getting the Facts Right: The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the New Climate Regime, Journal of
International Organization Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, (September 2010) 58-71
http://www.journal-iostudies.org/sites/journal-iostudies.org/files/JIOS1014.pdf
(whole list is available on request)
Countries/Regions of Research & Professional Experience
Nepal, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Western European countries (UK, The
Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium etc.), Indonesia, Bangladesh, Singapore, USA,
Australia, Japan and Middle East.
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