Stanley Asah
DR. STANLEY ASAH
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
“STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLACE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT AND POLICY”
Stanley T. Asah is Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management, with a focus on Conservation Psychology, at the University of Washington, Seattle. Stanley conducts research in the following major human dimensions of natural resource management themes: forest ecosystem services, forest fires and smoke, renewable energy, wildlife, persuasive communication and other strategies to promote pro-environmental behaviors. His current research include, the understanding how biodiversity and ecosystem values influence forest stewardship behaviors, community perspectives on the feasibility and impact assessment of sustainable wood-based bioenergy system for the pacific northwest, the occupational and organizational psychology of natural resource management, the influence of nature based activities on pro-environmental citizenship and commitment to nature-based activities. Professor Asah has also examined and published work on how to promote high cost pro-environmental behaviors such as volunteerism, and the social-psychological attributes of community-agency interactions in forest fire management. Most pertinently, he has published journal articles on the management and policy implications of understanding place-specific social constructions of ecosystem services. Professor Asah is a member of the IUCN Commission of Education and Communication, and a contributing author of the conceptual framework for the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). He is also a member of the Expert Working Group for Deliverable 3d of IPBES, and a contributing author of the IPBES technical report on the values of biodiversity and ecosystem services. He recently served a two year term on the Advisory Council to the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, and serves various expert roles to the IUCN CEC, the Convention on Biodiversity, and UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development.