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Dr. Joel Heinen
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Studies
ECS 340, Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: (305)348-3732
Fax: (305)348-6137
Email: heinenj@fiu.edu

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Research Interests

Conservation Biology and Policy, Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology.

 

Courses Taught (*designates current teaching portfolio)

 *Ecology of Biotic Resources (Environmental Studies 4026, 3 credits)
 *Conservation Biology (Environmental Studies 4401, 3 credits)
 *Protected Area Management (Environmental Studies 5360, 3 credits, alternate  years)
 *US Endangered Species Management (Environmental Studies 5406, 3 credits,  alternate years)
 *US Environmental Policy (EVR 4352, 3 credits)
 Undergraduate Seminar (Environmental Studies 4920, 1 credit)
 Global Environmental Issues (Liberal Studies 4920, 3 credits - team taught)
 Environmental Pollution Lab (Environmental Studies 3011L, 1 credit)
 Energy Flow in Natural and Man-made Systems (Environmental Studies 3010, 3  credits - team taught)
 Graduate Seminar (Environmental Studies 6935, 1 credit) Research, Independent  Studies, etc (all are variable credit):

 *Undergraduate Independent Study,
 *Graduate Independent Study,
 *Master's Research,

 

Students

Current

Nabin Baral, Environmental Studies, 2002-present (MS). NTFP use in the Western Terai of Nepal.

Diana Ter-Ghazaryan, Environmental Studies, 2002-present (MS). Implementing conservation policy in Kyrgyzstan.

Nilesh Timilsina, Environmental Studies, 2002-present (MS). Forest degradation in lowland Nepal.

Geoff Cook, Environmental Studies, 2001-present (MS). Plan B Master's.

Laura Engleby, Environmental Studies, 2001-present (MS). The effects of swim with dolphin programs, Key West.

Kate Wilson, Environmental Studies, 2001-present (MS). Plan B Master's.

Judith Futerfas, Environmental Studies. 1999-present (MS). Manatee conservation and no-wake zone compliance.

Bob Farrell, Environmental Studies, 1998-present (MS). Plan B Master's

Completed

Jill King, Environmental Studies, 2000-2002 (MS). Effects of human interactions on overwintering manatees.

Jay P. Sah, Biology, 1995-2002 (PhD). Natural and human induced habitat change in lowland Nepal.

Rahul Shrivastava, Environmental Studies, 1998-2002 (MS). Thesis: Park-people relations in Kaziranga Park, India.

Miguel Barandiaran, Environmental Studies, 2001 (MS). Project: Trade in dendrobatid frogs.

Elisabeth Koncza, Biology, 1998 (MS). Thesis: Impact of adult sex ratio on captive management of macaques.

Edith McClintock, Environmental Studies, 2000 (MS). Thesis: Ecotourism in a conservation area in Belize.

Jeri Pollock, Environmental Studies, 2000 (MS). Thesis: Environmental values among freshmen.

 

Recent Publications (reprints on request)

Peer-reviewed Articles:

Heinen, J.T. and D. Chapagain (in press). The expansion of species protection in Nepal: Advances and pitfalls in new efforts to implement and comply with CITES. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy.

Heinen, J.T. (in press). Emerging, diverging and converging paradigms on sustainable development. In Penn, D. and I. Mysterud (eds). Evolutionary Perspectives on Environmental Problems: A Reader. Rutgers Univ. Press. (reprinted from International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology).

Heinen, J.T. and B.S. Low (in press). Human behavioral ecology and environmental conservation. In Penn, D. and I. Mysterud (eds). Evolutionary Perspectives on Environmental Problems: A Reader. Rutgers Univ. Press. (reprinted from Environmental Conservation).

Heinen, J.T. (in press). Phenotypic and behavioral characteristics used to identify wild buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) from feral backcrosses in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.

Heinen, J.T. and S. Rayamajhi. 2001. On the use of goal-oriented project planning in Nepalese protected area management. Environmental Practice 3(4): 227-236.

Heinen, J.T., E. Shukurov and C. Sadykova. 2001. Legislative and policy initiatives in biodiversity conservation in Kyrgyzstan. Post Soviet Geography and Economics 42(7): 519-543.

Heinen, J.T. and G.R. Singh. 2001. A census and some management implications for wild buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Nepal. Biological Conservation 101(3):391-394.

Mehta, J.N. and J.T. Heinen. 2001. Does community-based conservation shape favorable attitudes among locals? An empirical study from Nepal. Environmental Management 27(5):165-177.

Sah, J.P. and J.T. Heinen 2001. Resource utilization and conservation attitudes among indigenous and migrant peoples in Ghodaghodi Lake, Nepal. Environmental Conservation 28(4): 345-356.

Heinen, J.T. and R.C.D. Currey. 2000. A 22-year study on the effects of mammalian browsing on forest succession in northern lower Michigan. American Midland Naturalist 144:243-252.

Heinen, J.T. and J.N. Mehta. 2000. Emerging issues in legal and procedural aspects of buffer zone management with case studies from Nepal. Journal of Environment and Development 9(1):45-67.

Heinen, J.T. and J.N. Mehta. 1999. Conceptual and legal issues in the designation and management of conservation areas in Nepal. Environmental Conservation 26(1):21-29.

Heinen, J.T. and G. Hammond. 1997. Antipredator behaviors of newly metamorphosed green frogs and leopard frogs in encounters with eastern garter snakes. American Midland Naturalist 137:136-144.

Book Reviews:

Heinen, J.T. (in press). Making Parks Work: Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature by John Terborgh and others (eds). Natural Areas Journal.

Heinen, J.T. (in press). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A Conservation Assessment by E. Wikramanyake and others. Environmental Practice.

Heinen, J.T. 2002. Exploitation for Conservation?: Conservation of Exploited Species by G. Mace, K. Redford and J. Robinson (eds). Ecology 83(8):2355-2356.

Heinen, J.T. 2002. Large Mammal Restoration: Ecological and Sociological Challenges in the Twenty-first Century by D.S. Maehr, R.F. Noss and J.L. Larkin (eds). Environmental Practice 4(3):172-173.

Heinen, J.T. 2002. Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures by Richard Leakey and Virginia Morell. Endangered Species UPDATE 19(3): 49-50.

Heinen, J.T. 2002. Property and Value: Alternatives to Public and Private Ownership by C. Geisler and G. Daneker (eds). Natural Areas Journal 22(2):169-170.

Heinen, J.T. 2002. Conservation Biology Research Priorities for the Next Decade by M. Soule and G. Orians (eds). Ecology 83(3): 882-883.

Heinen, J.T. 2001. Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-dominated Landscapes by J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson (eds). Endangered Species UPDATE 18(6):233-234.

Heinen, J.T. 2001. The Importance of Context: National Parks and Rural Development: Practice and Policy in the United States by G.E. Machlis and D.R. Field (eds). Conservation Biology 15(4):1194-1195.

Heinen, J.T. 2001. The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy: US-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era by K. Dorsey. Natural Areas Journal 21(2): 206-207.

Heinen, J.T. 2001. Ecosystem Management for Sustainability: Principles and Practices Illustrated by a Regional Biosphere Reserve Cooperative by J. Peine (ed). Natural Areas Journal 21(1):118-119.

Heinen, J.T. 2000. Animal Underworld: Inside America's Black Market for Rare and Endangered Species by A. Green. Endangered Species UPDATE 17(6): 132.

Heinen, J.T. 2000. The Living Planet in Crisis: Biodiversity Science and Policy by J. Cracraft and F.C. Grifo (eds). Ecology 81(5):1469-1470.

Heinen, J.T. 2000. Averting Extinction: Reconstructing Endangered Species Recovery by T. Clark. Society & Natural Resources 13(1):90-92.

Other Professional and Scientific Articles and Abstracts:

Heinen, J.T. 2000. Wildlife and its management in the Nepal Himalaya. Chapter 5 In Pangtey, Y.P.S. (Ed). High Altitudes of the Himalaya - Volume II. Nainital, India: Gyanodaya Prakashan. Sah, J.P. and J.T.

Heinen. 2000. Participatory approach to the management of wetlands in Nepal: A case study from Ghodaghadi Lake System. Program and Abstracts. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event. 367 (Abstract).

Technical Reports and Documents, etc. (gray literature):

Heinen, J.T. and R. Shrivastava. 2001. Buffer Zone Management and Mammal Conservation in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. Final Report to the National Geographic Society, Washington, DC. 12 pp.

Heinen, J.T. and G.R. Singh. 2000. A Census and Translocation Recommendations for Wild Buffalo in Kosi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Report to the Dept. of Natl. Parks and Wildl. Conservation, Kathmandu. 32 pp.

Heinen, J.T. 2000. American Fulbright Senior Scholar Final Report. Report to the Council on International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, DC, and USIA, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 20 pp.

 

Outreach Activities

Memberships:

Scientific/Professional Societies: (6 memberships)

American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Ecological Society of America, National Association of Environmental Professionals, Natural Areas Association, Society for Conservation Biology, The Wildlife Society.

Other Organizations: (5 memberships)

The Audubon Society, National Peace Corps Association, National Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy, The Zoological Society of Florida.

Honors:

Faculty Fellowships and Awards: Provost's Office and Florida International University Foundation Faculty Research Award, Summer, 2001.

East-West Center Visiting Fellowship in Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation, Summer, 2000 (Honolulu, HI).

Fulbright Senior Scholar, Fall, 1999 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).

Professional Appointments:

1997 - present. Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Florida International University, Miami.

1993 - 1997. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Florida International University, Miami.

1994 - 2000. Adjunct Professor, The University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston.

1990 - 1993. Lecturer, The University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Biological Station.

Courtesy Appointments:

1999 - present. Member of the Interdisciplinary Committee, World Cultural Council (Mexico).

1996 - present. Member of the Mountain Forum, Himalayan Region.

1995 - present. Member of IUCN SSC - The World Conservation Union Species Survival Commission.

1993 - present. Graduate Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami.

 

Education:

Ph.D. December, 1992. The University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment (1988-1992). Program: Resource Ecology and Management. Dissertation: Anti-predator Strategies in Juvenile Toads.

M.S. August, 1984. Ohio State University Department of Zoology (1982-1984). Program: Behavioral and Community Ecology (non-thesis).

M.S. June, 1982. Virginia Tech School of Forestry and Wildlife Resources (1980-1982). Program: Remote Sensing. Thesis: Site- and Species-Specific Wildlife Habitat Assessment.

B.S. December, 1979. The University of Michigan School of Natural Resources. Program: Wildlife Biology (graduation with distinction).

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