SHASHI KANT

 

 

 

Business Address:                33 Willcocks Street.

                                                Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto

                                                Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B3

Phone: (416) 978-6196

Fax:    (416) 978-3834                           

                                                e-mail: shashi.kant@utoronto.ca

 

1.        Present Rank and Status: 

AssistantProfessor,ForestEconomics and Management,
                Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto.
                Associate Faculty Member, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Toronto.

                                                Associate Faculty Member, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto.

2. Academic Qualifications:

 

1996                                        Doctor of Philosophy

                                                Forest Economics, Faculty of Forestry,

                                                University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

 

1995                                        Master of Arts  

                                                Economics, Department of Economics,

                                               University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

                                               

1994                                        Post Graduate Diploma in Management,

                                                All India Management Association, New Delhi,

                                                India. First Division.

 

1986                                        Post Graduate Diploma

                                                Remote Sensing, Honours and First Position,

                                                Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India.

                                                               

1982                                        Post Graduate Diploma

                                                Forest Science, Higher Standard,

                                                State Forest Service College, Coimbatore, India.

 

1978                                        Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

                                                Electronics Engineering, First Division,

                                                Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.

 

3. Academic Experience and Appointments Held:

 

Assistant Professor                  Faculty of Forestry, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto      1997-present.

Teaching Associate                  Faculty of Forestry, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto      1996-97

Post Doctoral Fellow (NCE)    Faculty of Forestry, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto      1996-97

Commonwealth Fellow             Faculty of Forestry, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto      1992-96

Assistant Professor                  Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal       1988-91  

Instructor                                 Forest Rangers College, Haldwani.                            1982-84

 

4. Appointments Held and Details of Works (Other than the Faculty of Forestry):

 

1988-91                   Assistant Professor: Faculty of Forest Resource Economics, Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, India.

 

Teaching: Master level graduate students and in service government forest officers.

Courses taught: Common Property Resource Management,      Forest Management and Forest Economics.

 

Research: Worked on developing policy tools for Community Based Sustainable Forest Management.

 

Consultancy: Worked as a consultant to the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) on Social Forestry Issues; and the National Wasteland Development Board (NWDB), Government of India, on community involvement in forest rehabilitation.

                                                                                               

1987-88                   Officer on Special Duty: Wasteland Development, Uttar Pradesh (U.P) Government, Lucknow, India.

                                               

Formulated policies and developed programmes for wasteland development and rural development.

 

                                                                Advised the state government on administrative issues related to social forestry and wasteland development.

                                                               

                                                                Worked as a liaison officer for Non-Government Organisations.

1986-87                   Divisional Director: Social Forestry Division, Faizabad, U.P., India.

 

                                                                Implemented the Social Forestry Project funded by the World Bank at a divisional level.

 

Formulated and implemented number of projects of rural development funded by the Government of India and the provincial

Government of Uttar Pradesh under National Rural Employment Program (NREP) and Rural Labour Employment Guarantee Program (RLEGP).

 

1984-86                   Forest Economist: U.P.Forest Department, Lucknow, India.

               

Prepared one project each on Integrated Watershed Management, and Modern Fire Fighting; participated in successful negotiations for the funding of these projects with the World Food Program (WFP), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), respectively.

               

Prepared a five year action plan for implementation of these projects.

               

                                                                Arranged the state level purchasing of some material and supplies

                                                                for the forest department.

 

1982-84                   Assistant Conservator of Forest: Forest Training Institute, Haldwani, U.P., India.

               

                                                                Teaching: Undergraduate level courses to Forest Rangers.

                                                                Courses taught: Forest Survey and Forest Mensuration.

 

5. Teaching Responsibilities:

 

Graduate Courses Designed and Taught

 

FOR 3004F: Forest Management Decision Support System                      1996

FOR 1413S: Natural Resource Management II         

                                (Economics of Forest Conservation)                        1997

FOR 3003F: Human Factor Influence on Forest Ecosystems    1997to present

FOR 1460H: Communities and Community Based Forest         1998to present

                                Management Systems

FOR 1461H: Natural Resource Accounting

1997to present        FOR 1412H: Natural Resource Management            1997to present

FOR 1900H: Advanced Topics in Forestry                                                               2000       

FOR 3011H: International Forest Conservation (Filed camp)  2000

 

In addition, contributions were made to FOR 3000H: Current Issues and Approaches in Forest Conservation, FOR 3006Y: Case Study Analysis in Forest Management, FOR3007H: Internships in Forest Conservation, and FOR 1580H:

Forestry in the Developing World

 

 

Undergraduate Courses Designed and Taught

 

INI 499H: Special Topics in Environmental Studies                                                 1997

INI 496H: Environmental Accounting.                                                    1998to present

 

Special Courses Designed and Taught

 

On the request of Indian Council of Forest research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, India, I have designed a special course on Forest Valuation. The course will be offered from Sept. 2000 to Dec. 2000.

                       

6. Training of Research Personnel:

 

 6.1 Visiting Scholars/ Students:

                                        Zhang Xuejian - China Scholarship Council Fellowship                     1998-99

                                                                                Title: Agricultural Reforms in China

                                        Yaoqi Zhang  - A Ph.D. Candidate, University of Helsinki.              1998-99

                                                                                Title: Impacts of Rural Reforms in China

                                        Chen Xianlin   - China Scholarship Council Fellowship                     1999-00

                                                                                Title: History of Forest Management in China        

                                        Erik Slingerland - EU-Canada Partnership Program                          1999-00

Title: Social and Economic Indicators

of SFM for Haliburton Forest.

 

6.2 Graduate Students Supervised (As Supervisor):                     

 

Students who have completed their degrees:

Haijin Shi. Growth Model of Hard Maple Forest in Southern Ontario (M.Sc. F. 2000)

Sara Teitelbaum. Tourism and Forest Community Sustainability (M.F.C. 2000)

Denise Allen.            Political, Social, and Professional Forestry Paradigm: The Pursuit of Community Forestry in B.C.(M.F.C. 1999)

Marian Chiu. China's Policy Reforms, Bamboo Production and Local Economy: A Case Study of Linan County, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China (M.F.C. 1999)

Jennifer Newton. The Kendu Leaf Trade in Orissa, India. (M.F.C. 1999)

Roshan Cooke. Long-term Sustainability of Joint Forest Management in Madhya Pradesh, India. (M.F.C. 1998)

Nick Moss. Community Forestry in Vencedores (M.F.C. 1998)

Maria Spinnaze. Market Potential for Certification in Ontario, Canada (M.F.C. 1998)

 

Students whose degrees are in progress:

Sushil Kumar. Organizational Inertia in Forest Department (M. Sc. F.)

Krushna Mahapatra. Econometric Model of Tropical Deforestation (M. Sc. F.)

Dinesh Misra. Analysis of Institutions of Joint Forest Management (Ph.D.)

Mark Robson. Social Capital and Co-Management of Forests (Ph. D.)

Peggy Smith            Sustainable Forest Management through Co-management in

                                                                North-western Ontario. (Ph.D.)              

Julie Casimmiri. Comparative Study of the Role of Trees Outside Forests and Trees from Forests In Village Economy (M.F.C).

Erika, M. Cultural values, Women, and Forests. (M.F.C.)

Tilman Jaeger. Socio-economics of Wuzhishan Nature Reserve (M.F.C.)

 

6.3 Graduate Students Supervised (As a Supervisory Committee Member)

 

Students who have completed their degrees:

 

Students from the University of Toronto

Evan Fraser. Cultural Perspectives of the Urban Forest. (M.Sc. 1998)

Giasuddin Ahmed. Sustainable Forest Management Under Uncertainty. (M.Sc.1999)                             

Wei Chang. Thickness Swelling of Oriented Strand Board. (M.Sc. 2000)

 

Students outside the University of Toronto:

Sarah M Greene. Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Thesis: Non-timber Forest Product Marketing Systems and Market Players in Southwest Virginia. M.Sc.1999.

 

Students whose degrees are in progress:

 

Students in the University of Toronto

James I. Maclellan - Ph.D. Candidate

Thesis Title: Evolutionary Approaches to Forest Management.

Denise Allen  - Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada. Thesis Title: Culturally Sensitive Social Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management.

 

6.4 Other Graduate Committee Services

 

Ph.D. Senatorial: 1 student from History Department, and I student from the Faculty.

Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations:2 students from the Faculty.

Departmental Thesis Examinations: 1 Ph.D. from the Faculty, 4 M.Sc. from the Faculty, and I M.Sc. in Virginia Polytechnic, USA.

Chair of Examinations: 5 examinations with in the Faculty of Forestry.

 

 

7. Publications:

 

                7.1 Monograph:

 

                Kant, S., N. M. Singh., and K. Singh. 1991. Community Based Forest Management

                                Systems: Case Studies from Orissa. Published by SIDA, ISO/Swedforest, and

                                IIFM Bhopal. p.70.

 

7.2 Chapters in Books:

 

Kant S. 2000. The evolution of forest regimes in India and China. Gerardo, M. et al. (eds.) World's Forests, Society and Environment, Volume II European Forest Research Institute and Finnish Research Institute, Helsinki. (In Press).

 

Kant, S. 2000. Forests and tribal economy. In Klaus Seeland and Franz Schmith (ed.) "Indigenous Knowledge of Forests: The Use of Natural Resources in the South Asian Context" DK Agencies, New Delhi.

 

Kant, S. 2000. Path dependence, multiple euilibria, and adaptive efficiency in Forest Regimes in India. In H Johnston, R. C. Tremblay, and John R. Wood (eds.) South Asia between Turmoil and Hope. South Asia Council of Canadian Asian Studies Association and Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgery, Alberta. pp. 59-91.

 

Kant, S., and Roshan Cooke. 1999. Minimising conflict in joint forest management. In Daniel Buckles (ed.) "Cultivating Peace: Conflict and Collaboration in Natural Resource Management." IDRC, Ottawa and World Bank Institute, Washington, D.C. pp. 81-100.

 

7.3 Papers in Refereed Journals:

Kant, S., and R. Berry. 2000. A theoretical model of optimal forest regimes in developing economies. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. (In Press)

 

Kant, S., and M. Chiu. 2000. Bamboo sector reforms and the local economy of Linan County, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. Forest Policy and Economics. (In Press).

 

Greene Sarah M., A. L. Hammett., and Shashi Kant. 2000. Non-timber forest products marketing systems and market players in Southwest Virginia: crafts, medicinal and herbal, and speciality wood products. The Journal of Sustainable Forestry.  (In Press).

 

Pande, H., D. N. Roy., and Shashi Kant. 2000. Tear and tensile properties of soda pulps from Kenaf bast fibers. TAPPI. (In Press).

 

Kant, S. 2000. A dynamic approach to forest regimes in developing economies. Ecological Economics. 32(2000): 287-3000.

 

Kant, S. 1999. Endogenous rate of time preference, traditional communities, and sustainable forest management. Journal of Social and Economic Development. 2(1):65-87.

 

Kant, S. 1999. Sustainable management of uneven-aged private forests: a case study from Ontario, Canada. Ecological Economics. 30(1999):131-146.

 

Maria C. Spinazze and Shashi Kant. 1999. Market potential for certified forest (wood) products in Ontario, Canada. The Forestry Chronicle. 75(1):39-48.

 

Kant, S. 1997. Integration of biodiversity conservation in tropical forest and economic development of local communities. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 4(1/2)1997:33-61.

 

Kant, S. and Anke Redantz. 1997. An econometric model of tropical deforestation. Journal of Forest Economics. 3(1):1-36.

 

Kant, S. and J. C. Nautiyal. 1997. Production structure, factor substitution, technical change, and total factor productivity in the Canadian logging industry. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 27(5): 701-710.

 

Gustavo, R. Braier., J. C. Nautiyal, and S. Kant. 1997. Identification of the economically efficient sources of wood for a large pulp mill in  Argentina. INFOR. 35(1): 15-36.

 

Kant, S., W. Al-ameen., and J. C. Nautiyal. 1996. The Canadian forest product sector: a sectoral econometric model. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. 26:1122-36.

Kant, S., J. C. Nautiyal., and R. A. Berry. 1996. Forest and economic welfare. Journal of Economic Studies. 23(2):31-43.

 

Nautiyal, J. C., S. Kant and J. S. Williams. 1995.  A mechanism for tracking the value of standing timber in an imperfect market. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. 25(4): 638-648.

 

Nautiyal, J. C., S. Kant and J. S. Williams. 1995.  A transaction evidence based estimate of the stumpage value of some southern Ontario forest species. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. 25(4): 649-658.

 

Kant, S., and J. C. Nautiyal. 1994. Sustainable joint forest management through bargaining: a bilateral monopoly gaming approach. Forest Ecology and Management. 65:251-264.

 

Kant, S., and N.G. Mehta. 1993. Forest based tribal economy: a case study of Motisingloti village. Forests, Trees and People. 20:34-38.

 

Kant, S. 1992. Digital mapping of vegetation cover using Landsat data. Journal of Tropical Forestry. 8(1):51-54.

 

                7.4 Submissions to Refereed Journals:

 

Kant, S. 2000. Forest economics beyond neo-classical (Faustmann's) paradigm. Journal of Forest Economics (In review).

 

Kant, S. 2000. The marginal cost curves of structural diversity of mixed uneven-aged stand of hard Maple forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research ( In review).

 

Kant, S. 2000. Natural capital, discounting, and market. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (In Review).

 

Kant, S., and R. Berry. 2000. Path dependence and adaptive efficiency: two guiding factors to design forest regimes. Journal of Development Studies. (In review).

 

7.5 Papers in the Refereed Proceedings of Conferences:

 

Kant, S. 1999. Socio-economic factors and dynamics of forest regimes in developing economies. Proceedings of the Symposium on "Institutional Aspects of Managerial Economics and Accounting in Forestry" Ostia/Rome. (In Press).

 

                7.6 Papers in the Proceedings of Conferences:

 

 Kant, S. 1999. Evolution of forest tenures and its impact on local economy. In Timberland Investments: Improving the Odds. Proceedings of the 1999 Southern Forest Economics Association Workshop held at Biloxi, MS, USA, 18-20 April, 1999.

 

Kant, S. and J. C. Nautiyal. 1993. Does inclusion of non-timber values affect the importance of forests in economic development? In 'Proceedings of the 1st            Panamerican Forestry Congress/ 7th Brazilian Forestry Congress'. Vol. 3:108-114. (Invited Paper).

 

Kant, S., and R. Saxena. 1993. Tree growers' co-operatives: an overview. in 'Tree Growers' Cooperatives'. ISO/Swedforest, New Delhi. pp. 1-9.

 

Kant, S. 1993. The other half of resource management: institutions. in 'Managing the Village Commons'. Edited by R.V.Singh. IIFM Bhopal, India. pp. 37-45.

 

Kant, S. 1992. Privatisation of CPRs: tree patta scheme in U.P. in 'The Price of Forests'. Edited by Anil Agrawal. Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. pp. 219-221.

 

Kant, S., N. M. Singh., and K. Singh. 1991. A comparative analysis of community based forest management systems. in 'Peoples Participation in Forest Resource Management'. Edited by P.K.Biswas. ISO/Swedforest, New Delhi. pp.11-16.

 

                Kant, S. 1987.  Rural Development through Usar afforestation with reference to central

region of U.P. In Proceedings of National Seminar on Wasteland Development. Society for Promotion of Wasteland Development, New Delhi, 1987.

 

7.7 Papers Presented in the International (refereed) Conferences:

 

Kant, S. and Roshan Cooke. 1998. Complementarity of institutions: A prerequisite for the success of joint forest management (A case study from four villages of India). Presented in the International Workshop on Community Based Natural Resource Management Systems organised by the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, IDRC, Ford Foundation, and Rockfeller Brothers Fund. Washington DC, May 10-14 1998.

 

Organisers received 380 papers and only 20 papers were selected for presentation. Our paper was one of those 20 papers. Organisers paid all expenses of both authors.

 

                7.8 Papers Presented in the International and National Conferences:

 

Kant, S. 2000. A Theory of dynamics of forest resource regimes in developing economies. Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), June 1-4, 2000, at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA.

 

Kant, S. 1999. Forest economics beyond Faustmann's (Neo-classical) paradigm. in "150 years of the Faustmann Formula: The Consequences for Forestry and Economics in the Past, Present, and Future", October 3-6, 1999, Darmstadt, Germany.

 

Kant, S. 1999. Derived supply curve of structural diversity of Maple Forests. in the Nature, Wealth and the Human Economy in the Next Millennium, August 27-29, 1999, University of Regina, Saskatchewan.