Ruchi Badola

Ruchi Badola is an Indian-born professor and scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun in the Department of Eco-development Planning and Participatory Management.[5] She obtained her master’s from Garhwal University and joined the Wildlife Institute of India in 1988 as a research scholar and pursued her PhD on Economic Assessment of People Forest Interactions in the Elephant Forest Corridor Linking the Rajaji and Corbett National Park.Other conservation programme, she has made critical contributions are "Biodiversity Conservation and Ganga Rejuvenation" project to aquatic life in the Ganga,;[11][12] ENVIS Centre on Wildlife & Protected Areas;[13] World Commission on Protected Areas [14] and REDD+ in India.[15] She has published widely in peer reviewed journals and has authored chapters in seven books.[16] Most recently, she was of the lead author in International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) assessment report on Hindu Kush Himalayas,[17][18] and has contributed chapter on "Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the Hindu Kush Himalaya.
ProfessorscientistWildlife Institute of IndiaDehradunGarhwal UniversityconservationbiodiversitySustainable tourismecosystem servicesRajajiCorbett National ParkNational Mission for Clean Ganga visionENVIS Centre on Wildlife & Protected AreasInternational Center for Integrated Mountain Development