Anwar Hussain is an Economist in The Wilderness Society’s Alaska regional office, and serves as an Affiliate Associate Professor at the School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University. He earned a Master’s in Economics from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, and a Master’s in Agricultural and Applied Economics as well as a Ph.D. in Forestry and Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota. His research interests include project appraisal, natural resource economics, regional economic analysis, applied econometrics and general equilibrium modeling. His current research involves the valuation of ecosystem services associated with the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska.

Prior to joining The Wilderness Society, Anwar worked as research economist at the Minnesota Department of Commerce; the Forest Policy Center (Auburn University); the Forest & Wildlife Research Center (Mississippi State University); the Institute of Development Studies (Agricultural University); and the Center for Applied Economic Studies (Peshawar University). During his service at the Auburn and Mississippi State Universities, he co-authored numerous papers that researched the southeast U.S. hunting lease market, wildlife-associated recreation economic impacts, capitalization of hunting lease income into forest land values, U.S. environmental legislation, administrative appeals of USDA Forest Service fuels reduction actions, public attitudes towards financing urban forestry programs, and economic implications of ecological problems (e.g., deer vehicle-collisions, invasive tree species).

His research in Pakistan was focused on economic appraisal and evaluation of agricultural, natural resource, and rural development projects, and he contributed to the design, economic appraisal and impact assessment of a dozen development projects. These projects were sponsored by international organizations including Afghanaid; Asianics Agro Development International; the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme; the International Fund for Agricultural Development; the United Nations’ World Food Program; the Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo, Japan); and the Swiss Agency for International Development.

Recent Publications

Joshi, O.,  D. L. Grebner, I. A. Munn, A. Hussain, and S. R. Gruchy. 2013. Understanding Landowner Preferences for Woody Biomass Harvesting: A Choice Experiment-Based Approach. Forest Science (In Press)

Hussain, A., I. A. Munn, J. Brashier, W. Daryl Jones, J.E. Henderson. 2013. Capitalization of hunting lease income into forestland values. Land Economics 89 (1): 137-153.

Munn, I.A., and A. Hussain. 2013. Hunting leases: markets and economic implications. In S. Kant and J. Alavalapati (Editors). Handbook of forest resource economics. (In Press)

Joshi, O., D.L. Grebner, A. Hussain, S.C. Grado. 2013. Landowner knowledge and willingness to supply woody biomass for wood-based bioenergy: Sample selection approach. Journal of Forest Economics 19(2): 97-109.

Hussain, A., I.A. Munn., D.W. Holland, J.B. Armstrong., and S. Spurlock. 2012. Economic Impact of Wildlife-Associated Recreation in the southeast U.S.: General Equilibrium Analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 44(1): 63-82.

Steven R. G., D.L. Grebner, I.A. Munn, O.Joshi, and A.Hussain. 2012. An Assessment of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Willingness to Harvest Woody Biomass in Support of Bioenergy Production in Mississippi: A Contingent Rating Approach. Forest Policy and Economics 15(February): 140-145.

Munn, I.A., A. Hussain, D. Hudson, and B. West. 2011. Hunter Preferences and Willingness to pay for hunting leases. Forest Science 57(3): 189-200.

Hussain, A., I.A. Munn., D. Hudson, and B. West. 2010. Attribute-Based Analysis of Mississippi Deer Hunters' Preferences. Journal of Environmental Management 91 (12) 2565-2571.

Munn, I.A., A. Hussain, S. Spurlock, and J. E. Henderson. 2010. Economic Impact of Wildlife-Associated Recreation: An input output analysis. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 15(6):433-449.

Munn, I.A. and A. Hussain. 2010. Decomposing Hunting Lease Rates in Mississippi: Insights from Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition. Land Economics 86(1): 66-78.

Sun, X., C. Sun, I.A. Munn, and A. Hussain. 2009. Knowledge of Public Assistance Programs and Application Behavior of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners: A Two Step Sample Selection Model.  Journal of Forest Economics 15:187-204.

Rhyne, J.D., I.A. Munn, and A. Hussain. 2009. Hedonic Analysis of Auctioned Hunting Leases: A Case Study of Mississippi 16th Section Lands. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 14(4):227-239.

Hussain, A., C. Sun, X. Zhou, and I.A. Munn. 2008. Ecological and Economic Determinants of Invasive Species Trees on Alabama Forestland.  Forest Science 54(3):339-348.

Hussain, A., I.A. Munn, S.C. Grado, and J. Henderson. 2008. Economic Impact of Wildlife-Associated Outfitters and their Clientele in Mississippi. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 13(4):243-251.

Laband, D., A. Hussain, and A. Gonzalez-Caban. 2008. The Impact of Forest Service Litigation Success on Administrative Appeals of Proposed Fuels Reduction Actions.  Forest Policy and Economics 10(7-8):444-449.

Sun, X., I.A. Munn, C. Sun, and A. Hussain. 2008. How Promptly Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners Regenerate their Lands after Harvest: A Duration Analysis. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38(8):2109-2117.

Hussain, A., I.A. Munn, S.C. Grado, B.C. West, W.D. Jones, and J.C. Jones. 2007.  Hedonic Analysis of Hunting Lease Revenue and Landowner Willingness to Provide Access.  Forest Science 53(4):493-506.

Hussain, A., J.B. Armstrong, D.B. Brown, and J. Hogland. 2007. Land-use Pattern, Urbanization and Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Alabama. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 1(1):89-96.

Munn, I.A., A. Hussain, B.C. West, S.C. Grado, and D. Jones. 2007. Analyzing Landowner Demand for Wildlife and Forest Management Information.  Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39(3):557-569.

Zhang, Y., A. Hussain, J. Deng, and N. Leston. 2007. Public Attitudes towards Urban Trees and Supporting Urban Tree Programs. Environment and Behavior 39(6):797-814.

Zhang, D., A. Hussain, and J.B. Armstrong. 2006. Supply of Hunting Leases from Non-industrial Private Forest Lands in Alabama.  Human Dimensions of Wildlife 11(1):1-14.

Laband, D., A. Gonzalez-Caban, and A. Hussain. 2006. Factors that Influence Administrative Appeals of Proposed USDA Forest Service Fuels Reduction Actions.  Forest Science 52(5):477-488.

Hussain, A. and D. Laband. 2005. The Tragedy of the Political Commons: Evidence from U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes on Environmental Legislation. Public Choice 124(3-4):353-364.

Hussain, A, D. Zhang, and J.B. Armstrong. 2004. Willingness to Pay for Hunting Leases in Alabama.  Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 28(1):21-27.