Dr Jagdish Kishwan, Indian Forest Service (Retd) is Head, Policy and Programme Implementation at Wildlife Trust of India. He previously worked as Additional Director General of Forests (Wildlife) in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, where he was instrumental in getting the Manas National Park out of the list of UNESCO World Natural Heritage Sites in danger, and also successfully steered the serial nomination of 39 sites of Western Ghats to be listed as World Natural Heritage Sites of UNESCO. He was awarded ‘Uttarakhand Ratna’ in 2007 for distinguished service to the people at large. He has authored/presented more than 2 dozen papers on various aspects of climate change related to forests, forestry, and agroforestry.
