Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Education

• PhD. Forest Science : November 1996
  Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
  Thesis title: Water relations, gas exchange, and growth responses of 2-year-old Douglas-fir seedlings to stresses associated with transplanting.
  Minor: Botany and Soil science
• MS. Entomology : December 1989
  Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
  Thesis title: Host Suitability Studies of White Alder and Douglas Fir to the Gypsy moth.
  Minor: Forestry and Statistics
• BS. Agriculture: October 1986
  University of Agriculture Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  Major: Entomology

Research Interests

ATREE has provided an unimaginable institutional space to think, talk, write and act on various issues related to the conservation and management of India's natural resources. It has been a challenging and exciting journey to move from studying the basic interactions between trees and insects in the USA to work on practical conservation-linked problems in biodiversity-rich areas of the Western Ghats. My current interests are in integrating research with action in building models for environmental stewardship. I most enjoy the synergy of working with different people towards common goals. I am fascinated by a Systems approach to natural resource management that integrates both social and natural sciences. I am keenly interested in restoring landscapes and strengthening the pertinent institutions at various scales. I have been particularly interested in human-dominated forest fringe areas of the Western Ghats. Conservation of biodiversity and ecological services would form a core component of restoration in human-dominated landscapes.

I am specifically interested in studying traditional systems of agriculture and land-based livelihood strategies. I believe that strengthening and diversifying farming systems using agro-ecological principles will increase the resilience to vagaries of climate, markets, and wildlife damage. For small and marginal farmers linking such diverse farms to value-addition technology and markets may improve livelihoods more than other top-down models of farming. I am interested in the interdisciplinary science and practice of biodiversity-rich farming that is socially and ecologically relevant to the farmer.

Experience

• Dec 2006 - Current
  Senior Fellow, ATREE. Contributing to and strengthening the conservation and livelihood program with a particular emphasis on land stewardship in the areas of agroecology and agroforestry. Also interested in appropriate institutions and technology to promote livelihood-linked sustainable biodiversity use.
• May 2000 - Nov 2006
  Director, Ashoka Trust for Research on Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore. Institutionalized a decentralized model of management at ATREE that builds individual ownership and initiative. Lead a team of 120 staff including 25 professionals with advanced degrees. Coordinated the institutional research and outreach programs from drafting proposals to management of projects. Projects varied from scientific research in natural resource management and conservation science, to agroforestry interventions and hands-on educational outreach in rural and urban areas. Strengths are in planning and implementing innovative models of land stewardship and conservation linked to improving rural livelihoods. Provided inputs to projects on good governance, capacity building and institutional linkages for long-term sustainable change on the ground. Lead and co-lead several consulting assignments for the institution.
• Sept 1999 - April 2000
  Senior Research Associate (CSIR) and Post-graduate Instructor, Department of Crop Physiology. Taught a post-graduate course on Tree Physiology. Working on ecophysiological research on native Tree species.
• July 1997 - July 1999
  Research Associate - Post doctoral, Department of Forest Science, OSU
  Principal Investigator on a grant, "The influence of ethanol concentrations and acoustic emissions on Douglas-fir beetle host log selection". Continued research exploring mechanistic links between disease, insects and host trees. Several papers were published during this period.
• April 1994 - June 1997
  Faculty Research Assistant, Department of Forest Science, OSU
  Pacific Northwest Research Station, United States Forest Service, Helped design and execute several experiments; assisted in the analysis and preparation of several manuscripts on host physiology and susceptibility to insects and diseases. Primarily, provided expertise in entomology, tree physiology and statistical analysis.

Grants / Awards / Honors

• Graduate school fellowship for high GPA 1987-88, Oregon State University.
• University Gold medal 1986. First in the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, India
• Gold Medal in Pathology and Entomology 1986, UAS, Bangalore, India
• First in the I.C.A.R Junior Fellowship exam in Entomology (1986).

Complete Publications

Major Publications

• 2007: Kamal Bawa, Gladwin Joseph, Siddappa Setty. 2007. Poverty, Biodiversity and Institutions in Forest-Agriculture Ecotones in the Western Ghats and Eastern Himalaya Ranges of India. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 121: 287-295.
• 2005: Sonali Saha, Hormoz BassiriRad, and Gladwin Joseph. 2005. Phenology and water relations of tree sprouts and seedlings in a tropical deciduous forest of South India. Trees 19:322-325.
• 2005: Gladwin Joseph and Stephanie Mansourian. 2005. Restoring landscapes for traditional cultural values. In Mansourian, S., Vallauri, D., and Dudley, N. (in cooperation with WWF International). 2005. Forest Restoration in Landscapes: Beyond Planting Trees, Springer, New York.
• 2004: Gladwin Joseph and Rick G. Kelsey. 2003. Ethanol synthesis and aerobic respiration in the laboratory by leader segments of Douglas-fir seedlings from winter and spring. J. Expt. Botany. J. Exp. Bot. 55:1095-1103.
• 2003: R.G. Kelsey, and G. Joseph. 2003. Ethanol in ponderosa pine as an indicator of physiological injury from fire and its relationship to secondary beetles. Can. J. For. Res. 33: 870-884.
• 2003: Ankila Hiremath, Gladwin Joseph, R.Uma Shaanker. Policies, Management,utilization and conservation of Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in the South Asia Region. Proceedings, April 28-30, 2003, Bangalore, India. (Book)
• 2001: G. Joseph, R.G. Kelsey, Robert W. Peck, and Chris G. Niwa. 2001. Response of some scolytids and their predators to ethanol and 4-allylanisole in pine forests of central Oregon. J. Chem. Ecol. 27: 697-715.

  R.G. Kelsey, and G. Joseph. 2001. Attraction of Scolytus unispinosus to ethanol in water-stressed branches of Douglas-fir. For. Ecol. Manage. 144:229-238.

• 2000: G. Joseph, and R.G. Kelsey. 2000. The effect of exogenously applied ethanol on the growth and physiology of Douglas-fir seedlings. Plant Science. 150: 191-199.
• 1999: R. G. Kelsey, and G. Joseph. 1999. Ethanol and water in Pseudotsuga menziesii and Pinus ponderosa stumps. J. Chem. Ecol. 25:2779-91

  R.G. Kelsey, and G. Joseph. 1999. Ethanol and ambrosia beetles in Douglas-fir logs exposed and protected from rain. J. Chem. Ecol. 25:2793-2809.

  Joseph, G., and R.G. Kelsey. 1999. Growth of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine seedlings with foliar applications of ethanol and methanol. W. J. Appl. For. XX:00-00 (In press).

• 1998: Kelsey, R.G., G. Joseph, and E.A. Gerson. 1998. Ethanol synthesis, nitrogen, carbohydrates, and growth in tissues from nitrogen fertilized Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco and Pinus ponderosa Dougl. Ex Laws. seedlings. Trees 13: 133-111.

  Kelsey, R.G., G. Joseph, and W.G. Thies. 1998. Sapwood and crown symptoms in ponderosa pine infected with black-stain and annosum root disease. For. Ecol. & Manage. 111:181-191.

  Joseph, G., R.G. Kelsey, and Thies, W.G. 1998. Hydraulic conductivity in roots of ponderosa pine infected with black-stain (Leptographium wageneri) or annosus (Heterobasidion annosum) root disease. Tree Physiol. 18:333-339.

  Kelsey, R.G., and G. Joseph. 1998. Ethanol in Douglas-fir with Black-stain root disease (Leptographium wageneri). Can. J. For. Res. 28: 1207-1211.

• 1997: Joseph, G., and R.G. Kelsey. 1997. Ethanol synthesis and water relations of flooded Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (Douglas-fir) seedlings under controlled conditions. Int. J. Plant Sc. 158:844-850.

  Kelsey, R.G., and G. Joseph. 1997. Ambrosia beetle host selection among logs of Douglas-fir western hemlock, and western red cedar differing in ethanol and??-pinene concentrations. J. Chem. Ecol. 23:1035-1051.

• 1996: Joseph. G. 1996. Water relations, gas exchange, and growth responses of 2-year-old Douglas-fir seedlings to stresses associated with transplanting. Ph.D dessertation, Oregon State University, 211 pp.

  Thies, W.G., C.G.Niwa, R.G. Kelsey, M.Loewen, and G. Joseph. 1996. Decline of Ponderosa pine near Burns Oregon: An interim report. Western International Forest Disease Work Conference September 17-18, 1996.

• 1994: Joseph, G., and R.G. Kelsey. 1994. Acceptability and Suitability of Douglas-fir as a secondary host to the Gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Environ. Entomol. 23(2):396-405.
• 1993: Joseph, G., R.G. Kelsey, A.F. Moldenke, J.C. Miller, R.E. Berry, and J.G. Wernz. 1992. Effect of nitrogen and Douglas-fir allelochemicals on development of the gypsy moth. J. Chem. Ecol. 19:1243-61.
• 1991: Joseph, G., J.C. Miller, R.E. Berry, J.G. Wernz, A.F. Moldenke, and R.G. Kelsey. 1991. White Alder and Douglas-Fir Foliage Quality and Interegg-Mass Influences on Larval Development of Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar. J. Chem. Ecol. 17:1783-99.
• 1989: Joseph, G. 1989. Host Suitability Studies of the Gypsy Moth to White Alder and Douglas-fir. Master's Thesis, Oregon State University, 103 pp.

Minor Publications

• G. Joseph. 1992. Transplanting and establishment: Effect of lift dates on the responses of 2-0 Douglas-fir seedlings to different root stresses. Nursery Technology Cooperative, Annual Report 1991-92.
• G. Joseph. 1991. Preliminary results of ongoing studies in transplanting shock of 2-0 Douglas-fir seedlings. Nursery Technology Cooperative, Annual Report 1990-91. 42 pp.

Meetings / Conferences / Symposiums / Workshops

Presentations (as main author or one of the authors)

• 2003: Conservation by substitution: Utilizing lantana as a substitute to bamboo. By Ramesh Kannan*. H., Uma Shaanker R., Gladwin Joseph and presented at " National Seminar on Ecorestoration Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development. on June 3 - 5, 2003 at Visakapatnam.
• 2003: Potential to Improve Seedling Quality in Restoration Efforts Using Newer Techniques By Raghunandan K L , G. Joseph at the National Seminar on Ecorestoration Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development. on June 3 - 5, 2003 at Visakapatnam.
• 2003: Greening rural schools: Environmental education Kanakapura, Bangalore rural district, Karnataka by A.Kavitha, G.Joseph at the National Seminar on Ecorestoration Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development. on June 3 - 5, 2003 at Visakapatnam.
• 2002: Ethanol production in fire damaged ponderosa pine and its potential influence on beetle host selection. Ecological Society of America 87th Annual Meeting, August 4-9, Tucson, Arizona. Abstracts p. 372-373.

  Ethanol production in fire damaged ponderosa pine and its potential influence on beetle host selection. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Western Forest Insect Work Conference, held in Whitefish, Montana in April 23-25, 2002;

  Ethanol production in fire damaged ponderosa pine and its potential influence on beetle host selection. IUFRO Tree Resistance to Insects Working Party Meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona, June 10-14, 2002 and

• 2000: Seedling quality and Reforestation: More than meets the eye. International Symposium on "Tropical Forestry Research: Challenges in the new Millennium" held at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from 2-4 August 2000.

  Understanding seedling physiology from nursery to field for the successful establishment of transplanted perennials in the Tropics: Transferable principles from the Temperate ecosystems. Invited Lecture. National Seminar in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod, 5-7 February 2000.

• 1998: Preplanting desiccation and the time of transplanting on the physiology and growth of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings. Frontiers of Forest Biology: Joint meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and Western Forest Genetics Association. Victoria, Canada, 21-26 June 1998.

  Effect of flooding Douglas-fir seedlings on ethanol accumulation and water relations. Frontiers of Forest Biology: Joint meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and Western Forest Genetics Association. Victoria, Canada, 21-26 June 1998.

  Hydraulic conductivity in roots of ponderosa pine infected with black-stain (Leptographium wageneri) or annosus (Heterobasidion annosum) root disease. Frontiers of Forest Biology: Joint meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and Western Forest Genetics Association. Victoria, Canada, 21-26 June 1998.

  Ethanol in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine trees with black-stain root disease (Leptographium wageneri). Frontiers of Forest Biology: Joint meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and Western Forest Genetics Association. Victoria, Canada, 21-26 June 1998.

  Crown morphology and headspace volatiles from stem sapwood of ponderosa pine infected with black-stain and annosus root disease. Frontiers of Forest Biology: Joint meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and Western Forest Genetics Association. Victoria, Canada, 21-26 June 1998.

• 1997: Hydraulic conductivity in diseased roots of ponderosa pine. Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. Prince George, British Columbia, 15-19 September 1997.

  Ethanol in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine trees with black-stain root disease. Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. Prince George, British Columbia, 15-19 September 1997.

  Effect of flooding Douglas-fir seedlings on ethanol accumulation and water relations". Joint annual meetings of the American Society of Plant Physiologists and the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists, Plant Biology '97 Vancouver, BC, Canada. Aug 2 - 6, 1997.

  Ethanol synthesis in conifers: species variation and effects of nitrogen fertilization". Joint annual meetings of the American Society of Plant Physiologists and the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists, Plant Biology '97 Vancouver, BC, Canada. Aug 2 - 6, 1997.

  Hydraulic conductivity in diseased roots of ponderosa pine". Seventy-eighth Annual meeting of the Pacific Division, AAAS. Proceedings of the Pacific Division, American Association for the advancement of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. June 22-26, 1997.

  Ethanol in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine with Black-stain root disease". Seventy-eighth Annual meeting of the Pacific Division, AAAS. Proceedings of the Pacific Division, American Association for the advancement of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. June 22-26, 1997.

• 1994: Water relations, gas exchange and growth responses of 2-year-old Douglas-fir seedlings to stresses associated with transplanting." Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, July 1994
• 1989: Host Suitability Studies of the Gypsy Moth to White Alder and Douglas-fir." Entomology Department, Oregon State University, August 1989.

  Host plants alter insecticide susceptibility in gypsy moth. Thirty-seventh Annual Western International Forest Disease Work Conference and the Fortieth Annual Western Forest Insect Work Conference. Bend, Oregon. September 11-15, 1989.

  Development and Detoxification in gypsy moth: Influence of host plant". Gordon Research Conference on Plant-Herbivore Interactions. Oxnard, California January 30 - February 3, 1989.

  Development of gypsy moth on Douglas-fir and White Alder". Protecting the Health of Pacific Northwest Forests through Integrated Pest Management: A symposium for Forest Managers. Lasells Stewart Center, Corvallis, Oregon January 17-19, 1989.

• 1988: Dietary influence on gypsy moth development: Host species and nitrogen levels. Ecological Society of America, National Conference, December 4-8, 1988, Galt House, Louisville, Kentucky.

Others

Camping, Fishing, Reading, Socratic Style Discussions, Wildlife and Insects!

Contact

Email: gladwin@atree.org, gladwin@vsnl.com