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	His graduate research focused on community-based conservation in Nepal, home of the Himalayas and a border country with India. &nbsp;Through an international forestry research program and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), he researched community-based conservation, specifically how rural communities in Nepal sustainably manage their forests. &nbsp;The work required interdisciplinary study of forest ecology, social organization, cultural practices, and policy prescriptions and&nbsp;Dieter bring this interdisciplinary lens to studies in the Indian subtropics.</p>
