Dr John Studley CGeog

Biography

John has been interested in international forestry since the early 1970s. He undertook a number of qualifications in Forestry interspersed with work as a community forester in Nepal before his MA in Rural Social Development at Reading University and PhD at Loughborough University which involved research on ethno-forestry in Tibet. John combined his PhD studies with consultancy work for organisations including DFID, TNC and CSF in China, Tibet and Nepal. His work has included forestry research, conservation, curriculum development, forestry education and training, and community forestry. John is passionate about High Asia and he can speak Nepalese, Jumli (a Nepalese dialect), Tibetan and Mandarin. He has been privileged enough to be granted permission to visit areas of China normally off limits for Westerners. After a period in the UK, he is hoping to return to High Asia again in the near future.