Basanta Paudel is a Geographer with PhD in Physical Geography and Post-doctorate in Environmental Ecology; and interested in geographical research i,e., land change science, ecosystem services, socio-ecological systems, policy research and climate change adaptation with the application of social survey and advanced geographical tools: GIS, Remote Sensing, UAV, MATLAB, and SPSS.
Dr. Paudel published over 50 research articles in different international journals, and 5 book chapters. “Geography of Nepal Himalaya” is his recently published book. Dr. Paudel was awarded from different prestigious awards including Nepal Bidhya Bhusan “Ka” in 2017, Excellent PhD Graduate Award in 2017 from UCAS, Director Excellent Graduates Award in 2017 from IGSNRR-CAS, Jagat Bahadur Singh Budhathoki Gold Medal in 2014, and Nepal Bidhya Bhusan “Kha” in 2012.
Dr. Paudel is now engaged as a Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China under CAS – President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI). His ongoing research projects and selected publications are listed herein:
Ongoing Research Projects:
[1] Research grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under “Research Fund for International Young Scientists (RFIS-I)” for research on “Assessing Impact of Climate Change and Farmland Abandonment on Farmer’s Livelihood in Three Major River Basins of Nepal Himalaya”, Granted by NSFC on September 2022 for two years (January-2023 to December 2024) (Involvement: PI).
[2] Research grant from Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) for research on “Assessing Households’ Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in the Diverse Socio-Cultural and Geographical Landscape of South Asia, Granted by ANSO on January 2021 (January-2021 to December 2024) (Involvement: Co-I).
Selected Publications:
Paudel B, Chapagain PS, Shrestha S, Zhang Y, Liu L, Yan J, Rai SC, Islam MN, Banskota TR, Poudel KR, Dhakal KR (2022). Perception and Understanding of Climate Change and Its Impact in Gandaki River Basin, Central Himalaya, Nepal. Atmosphere, 13(12), 2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13122069
Paudel B, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Rai MK, Paul PK (2021). Climate Change and Its Impacts on Farmer’s Livelihood in Different Physiographic Regions of the Trans-Boundary Koshi River Basin, Central Himalayas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(13):7142. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/13/7142
Paudel B, Wu X, Zhang Y, Rai R, Liu L, Zhang B, Khanal NR, Koirala HL, Nepal P (2020). Farmland abandonment and its determinants in the different ecological villages of the Koshi River Basin, Central Himalayas: Synergy of high-resolution remote sensing and social surveys. Environmental Research. 188: 109711. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109711
Paudel B, Zhang Y, Yan J, Rai R, Li L, Wu X, Chapagain PS, Khanal NR (2020). Farmers’ understanding of climate change in Nepal Himalayas: important determinants and implications for developing adaptation strategies. Climatic Change. 158: 485–502. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02607-2
Paudel B, Zhang Y, Yan J, Rai R, Li L (2019). Farmers’ perceptions of agricultural land use changes in Nepal and their major drivers. Journal of Environmental Management. 235: 432–441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.091
Paudel B, Zhang Y, Li S, Liu L (2018). Spatiotemporal changes in agricultural land cover in Nepal over the last 100 years. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 28(10): 1519–1537. doi.org/10.1007/s11442-018-1559-9
Paudel B, Zhang Y, Li S, Wu X (2017). Spatiotemporal reconstruction of agricultural land cover in Nepal from 1970 to 2010. Regional Environmental Change, 17(8): 2349–2357. doi 10.1007/s10113-017-1164-y
Paudel B, Zhang Y, Li S, Liu L, Wu X, Khanal NR (2016). Review of studies on land use and land cover change in Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science, 13(4): 643–660. doi:10.1007/s11629-015-3604-9
Paudel B, Gao J, Zhang Y, Wu X, Li S, Yan J (2016). Changes in cropland status and their driving factors in the Koshi River Basin of the central Himalayas, Nepal. Sustainability, 8(9), 933; doi:10.3390/su8090933
Paudel B (2021). Geography of Nepal Himalaya. Nepal Mountain Academy, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal. ISBN: 978-9937-9478-2-4.
Paudel B, Sharma TPP, Zhang Y (2023). Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Resource Management in Nepal. In: Rai S.C., Mishra P. K (eds) Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Resource Management in Asia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16840-6_8
Paudel B, Panday D, Dhakal K (2021). Climate. In: Ojha R.B., Panday D. (eds) The Soils of Nepal. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80999-7_3
Paudel B, Adhikari BR(2021). Land Use and Land Cover. In: Ojha R.B., Panday D. (eds) The Soils of Nepal. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80999-7_5
