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Research

Our experts publish on the methods we use in practice, from sub-watershed prioritisation to habitat modelling. 15 journal articles and 2 conference papers are listed below.

Watersheds and catchment planning

  1. 2026
    Identifying optimal subwatershed delineation thresholds using variance-based segmentation in the Central Himalaya

    Shravan Kumar Ghimire, Yafeng Lu, Yukuan Wang, Zhengyang Li, Qinwen Li, Nabaraj Dhakal

    Journal of Mountain Science (Springer)

  2. 2026
    How Many Subwatersheds Are Enough? An Objective Framework for Catchment Subdivision in the Himalaya

    Shravan Kumar Ghimire, Yukuan Wang

    Japan Geoscience Union - American Geophysical Union (JpGU-AGU) Joint Meeting 2026, Chiba, Japan · conference

  3. 2025
  4. 2025
    Integrated Framework for Catchment Management, Erosion Control, and Ecosystem Preservation in the Nepal Himalaya

    Shravan Kumar Ghimire, Yafeng Lu, Yukuan Wang

    American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2025, New Orleans, USA · conference

Climate, snow and glacial lakes

  1. 2022
    Rapidly Expanding Glacial Lakes in Nepal Himalaya

    Khadka N., Ghimire S.K., Sharma S., Hamal K.

    Jalawaayu 2(1): 45-55

  2. 2022
    Interannual variability of spring fire in Southern Nepal

    Kalpana Hamal, Shravan Kumar Ghimire, Arbindra Khadka, Binod Dawadi, Shankar Sharma

    Atmospheric Science Letters (Royal Meteorological Society)

  3. 2021
    Elevation Dependency of Precipitation over Southern Slope of Central Himalaya

    Sharma S., Khadka N., Nepal B., Ghimire S.K., Luintel N., Hamal K.

    Jalawaayu 1(1): 1-14

  4. 2020
    Dynamics of Maximum Snow Cover Area and Snow Line Altitude Across Nepal (2003-2018) Using Improved MODIS Data

    Khadka N., Ghimire S.K., Chen X., Thakuri S., Hamal K., Shrestha D., Sharma S.

    Journal of Institute of Science and Technology 25(2): 17-24

  5. 2020
    Evaluation of the TRMM Product for Spatio-temporal Characteristics of Precipitation over Nepal (1998-2018)

    Hamal K., Khadka N., Rai S., Joshi B.B., Dotel J., Khadka L., Bag N., Ghimire S.K., Shrestha D.

    Journal of Institute of Science and Technology 25(2): 39-48

  6. 2017
    Perceptions of agro-pastoralists towards the change in temperature and precipitation in the trans-Himalayan regions of Nepal

    Aryal S., Ghimire S.K., Dhakal Y.R., Gaire N.P., Bhandari S.

    Banko Janakari 27(1)

Biodiversity and human–wildlife coexistence

  1. 2023
    Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) attack occurrence on humans in Nepal

    Shashank Poudel, Joshua P. Twining, Richard C. Stedman, Shravan Kumar Ghimire, Angela K. Fuller

    People and Nature (British Ecological Society)

  2. 2019
    Identification of suitable habitat for Swamp Deer Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

    Ghimire S.K., Dhamala M.K., Lamichhane B.R., Ranabhat R., KC K.B., Poudel S.

    Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(6): 13644-13653

  3. 2019
    Factors influencing the presence of the endangered Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus in Rukum, Nepal

    KC K.B., Koju N.P., Bhusal K.P., Low M., Ghimire S.K., Ranabhat R., Panthi S.

    Global Ecology and Conservation 20: e00727

Hazards, resilience and low-carbon development

  1. 2025
    Disparate perceived resilience of rural households at different altitude belts: An empirical study from the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area, China

    Tian CS, Guo BY, Li M, Yao Y, Ghimire SK, Zhang L, Zhang C, Wei L, Jiang Y, Li X

    Journal of Mountain Science 22(4)

  2. 2024
    Socio-scientific quantification of the comprehensive benefits of debris flow mitigation measures for villages in western Sichuan, China

    Ting Deng, Pei Xu, Ming Li, Yafeng Lu, Yukuan Wang, Zhengyang Li, Shravan Kumar Ghimire

    Journal of Mountain Science 21, 1598-1612

  3. 2023
  4. 2018
    A Review of Green Roofs to Mitigate Urban Heat Island and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal

    Baniya B., Techato K.A., Ghimire S.K., Chhipi-Shrestha G.

    Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences 6(4): 137-152