Basanta Paudel is a Geographer with PhD in Physical Geography and Post-doctorate in Environmental Ecology; and interested in geographical researches i, e., land change science, ecosystem services, socio-ecological systems, policy research and climate change adaptation with the application of social survey and advance geographical tools: GIS, Remote Sensing, UAV, MATLAB, and SPSS.
Dr. Paudel published over 60 research articles in different international journals, and 5 book chapters. “Geography of Nepal Himalaya” is his recently published book. Dr. Paudel 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 also associated as the Editorial Board Member of different international journals including “Geography and Sustainability”, “Scientific Reports”, and “Journal of Mountain Science”. Dr. Paudel now engaged as the Research Fellow in Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS). His selected publications are listed herein:
Selected Publications:
Paudel B, Zhang Y, Rai MK, Liu L, Nepal P, Khanal NR, Wang Z, Zhang B, Gong D, Wei B, Gu C (2025). Farmland Abandonment—Migration—Wildlife Encroachment Nexus: Insights of Smallholders of the Karnali Basin, Nepal. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2025.100625
Paudel B, Sharma TPP, Zhang Y, Liu L, Rai MK, Nepal P (2024). Protected and Eco-sensitive Areas of Nepal Himalaya and Their Importance. In: Rai S.C., Mishra P. K (eds) Sacred Landscapes, Indigenous Knowledge, and Ethno-culture in Natural Resource Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4206-6_21
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, 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
