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Milind Bunyan is a forest ecologist with research interests in invasive alien species, landscape ecology and restoration ecology. Milind uses RS-GIS to characterise ecosystems and communities and develop tools for restoring landscapes. His previous work ranges from building species distribution models for cryptic birds in the Mojave Desert (with the US Geological Survey) to assessing vegetation productivity trends across the semi-arid regions of Africa and India as part of the CARIAA-ASSAR initiative. His current work explores top-down (e.g. RS data) and bottom-up (e.g. citizen science) approaches to prioritise sites for restoration or conservation action. This work spans diverse sites, including tropical montane grasslands in the Western Ghats and semi-arid savannas in peninsular India. Through his research, Milind promotes using open-source and open-access platforms and data, citizen science and applied research that addresses societal challenges. Milind also serves as the Interim Lead ATREE’s Ecoinformatics Lab.
