Dr. Ranjini Murali
Curriculum Vitae
About me
I am interested in understanding human-wildlife interactions and working closely with local communities to develop programmes that can support coexistence. I am also interested in the science-policy interface and have worked closely with the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Programme (GSLEP), an intergovernmental alliance of the snow leopard range country governments and organizations working on snow leopard conservation, and the Inter Governmental Science Policy Platform on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (IPBES).
For my PhD, I worked on understanding how local communities used, valued, and managed ecosystem services in snow leopard landscapes, with a focus on Spiti Valley and Ladakh in India, South Gobi, Mongolia, and the Tien Shan in the Kyrgyz Republic.
My current research focuses on understating the impacts of institutional change on the abundance and distribution of big cats, specifically the snow leopard.
Selected Publications
2022
Mundoli, S., Jacob, J., Murali, R.*, and Nagendra, H. (2022). Climate change: The missing discourse in the Indian parliament. Environmental Research: Climate
Alexander, J*., Bijoor, A., Gurmet, K., Murali, R., Mishra, C., and Suryawanshi, K. (2022). Engaging women in the protection of biodiversity: evidence from snow leopard landscapes. Environmental Conservation. Pp 1-7.
Filyushkina, A*., Ryu, H., Kadykalo, A., Murali, R., Washbourne, C., Saidi, N., Peter, S., Pisa, P., Sarzynski, T., Sylvie, C., Ávila-Flores, G., Amiar, T. (2022) Engaging at the science-policy interface as an early-career researcher: experiences and perceptions in the field of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services, 18(1): 397-409.
Murali, R*., Bijoor, A., Thinley, T., Gurmet, K., Chunit, K., Togbe. R., Thuktan, T., Suryawanshi. K., Nagendra.H., Mishra, C. (2022) Indigenous governance structures for maintaining an ecosystem service in an agro-pastoral community in the Indian trans-Himalaya. Ecosystem Services (18(1): 303 – 314.
2021
Young, J.C.*, Alexander, J.S., Bijoor, A., Sharma, D., Dutta, A., Agvaantseren, B., Mijiddorj, T.N., Jumabay, K., Amankul, V., Kabaeva, B., Nawaz, A., Khan, S., Ali, H., Rullman.J.S., Sharma, K., Murali, R., and Mishra, C. (2021). Community-based conservation for the sustainable management of conservation conflicts: Learning from practitioners. Sustainability 13(14):7557.
Murali, R*., Kuwar, A., and Nagendra, H. (2021). Who’s responsible for climate change? Untangling threads of media discussions in India, Nigeria, Australia, and the USA. Climatic Change 164(3):1-20.
Murali, R*., Bijoor, A. and Mishra, C. (2021). Gender and the Commons: Water management in trans-Himalayan Spiti valley, India. Ecology, Economy and Society-the INSEE Journal 4:113-122.
Somesh, D., Rao, R., Murali, R*., and Nagendra, H. (2021). Patterns of urban foraging in Bengaluru city. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 57:126940.
2020
Murali, R.*, Ikhagvajav, P., Amankul, V., Jumabay, K., Sharma, K., Bhatnagar, Y.V., Suryawanshi, K., and Mishra, C. (2020). Ecosystem service dependence in livestock and crop-based production systems in Asia's high mountains. Journal of Arid Environments 180:104204.
2019
Murali, R.*, Suryawanshi, K., Redpath, S., Nagendra, H., and Mishra, C. (2019). Changing use of ecosystem services along a rural-urban continuum in the Indian Trans-Himalaya. Ecosystem Services 40:101030.
2017
Murali, R.*, Redpath, S., and Mishra, C. (2017). The value of ecosystem services in the High Altitude Spiti Valley, Indian Trans-Himalaya. Ecosystem Services 28:115-123.
2016
Mishra, C.*, Bhatnagar, Y.V., Trivedi, P., Timbadia, R., Bijoor, A., Murali, R., Namgail, T., and Prins, H.H.T. (2016). The role of village reserves in revitalising the natural prey base of the snow leopard. In Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes (eds T. McCarthy & D. Mallon), pp. 184–195. Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mohammad, G., Mostafawi, S.N., Dadul, J., Rosen, T., Mishra, C., Bhatnagar, Y.V., Trivedi, P., Timbadia, R., Bijoor, A., Murali, R., and Sonam, K. (2016). Livestock husbandry and snow leopard conservation. In Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes (eds T. McCarthy & D. Mallon), pp. 179-195. Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2012
Murali, R.*, and Raman, T.S. (2012). Streamside amphibian communities in plantations and a rainforest fragment in the Anamalai hills, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(9): 2849- 2856.