About Me:
My research interests:
Key words: Ecosystem based forest management; Sustainable use of forests; Forest based livelihood strategy; Species diversity and regeneration; Tropical deforestation; Community forestry and governance; Payments for environment services (PES); Reducing emission from deforestation and degradation (REDD)
Academic Background:
PhD in Forest Management (2005-2009) from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden:
Professional Experience:
Publications:
Sapkota IP (2011). The Insider- Cancun conference on climate change and its implication at national level. The Kathmandu Post (a daily English Newspaper) on 9th January, 2011.
Sapkota IP, Tigabu M, Oden PC (2010). Changes in tree diversity and dominance across a disturbance gradient in Nepalese Sal forests. Journal of Forestry Research 21: 25-32.
Sapkota IP (2010). Donor support and the policy for forestry sector. Published in www.nepalnews.com. http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/-guestcolumn/8411-donor-support-...
Sapkota IP (2010). Why community forests in Nepal are not functioning well? Published in www.nepalnews.com. http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/-guestcolumn/7416-why-community-...
Sapkota IP (2010) Community, REDD and law enforcement: All in line. Published in The Himalayan Times (a daily English Newspaper) on 29th of June, 2010.
Sapkota IP (2009). Species Diversity, Regeneration and Early Growth of Sal forests in Nepal: Responses to Inherent Disturbance Regimes. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. ISBN 978-91-576-7438-8 .
Sapkota IP , Tigabu M, Oden PC (2009). Spatial distribution, advanced regeneration and stand structure of Nepalese Sal (Shorea robusta) Forests subject to disturbances of different intensities. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 1966-1975.
Sapkota IP , Oden PC (2009). Gap attributes and their impact on dominance, regeneration and early growth of woody species. Journal of Plant Ecology 2: 21-29.
Sapkota IP, Tigabu M, Oden PC (2009). Species diversity and regeneration of old-growth seasonally dry Shorea robusta forests following gap formation. Journal of Forestry Research 20: 7−14.
Sapkota IP, Oden PC (2008). Household characteristics and forest dependency on community forests in Terai of Nepal. International Journal of Social Forestry 1: 123-144.
Sapkota IP (2007). What does a Rhino need (In Nepali)? Kantipur Daily (the leading Nepalese daily newspaper), 24 January, 2007.
Sapkota IP , Tigabu M, Oden PC (2009). Tree diversity and regeneration of community-managed Bhabar Lowland and Hill Sal forests in the central region of Nepal. Bois et forêts des TROPIQUES (Tropical Wood and Forest) 300: 57-68.
Sapkota IP , Tigabu M, Oden PC (2010). Changes in tree diversity and dominance across a disturbance gradient in Nepalese Sal forests. Journal of Forestry Research 21: 25-32.
Sapkota IP, Oden PC (manuscript). The Edge effects in tree diversity and regeneration of Shorea robusta forest in Nepal.
Sapkota IP , Oden PC (in preparation). Shade effects in species diversity and regeneration in Dipterocarp forests of Nepal.
Sapkota IP (2003). An assessment of inter-group benefit sharing of forest produces in the Terai region of Nepal. M.Sc. Thesis, Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
Sapkota IP (1994). Problems and prospects of community forestry in Terai region of Nepal. B.Sc. Project paper, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Nepal.
Major Oral / Poster Presentations:
Sapkota IP (2010). Forest Tenure Reform in Nepal: What Made Us to Re-think? Right and Resources Initiatives, Beijing, China.
Sapkota IP , Oden PC (2008). Gap characteristics and their effects on regeneration, dominance and early growth of woody species. German Forestry Alumni Network, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Sapkota IP , Tigabu M, Oden PC (2008). Changes in tree species diversity, species' spatial patterns and regeneration across a disturbance gradient in Dipterocarp forests. Ninth National Conference on Science, Policy and Environment, Washington DC, USA.
Sapkota IP , Tigabu M, Oden PC (2008). Regeneration and diversity across the disturbance gradient in Shorea robusta forests of Nepal. Agricultural University of Iceland, Iceland.
Sapkota IP , Tigabu M, Oden PC (2007). Disturbance and diversity in low-country forests of Nepal. Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Sapkota IP , Tigabu M, Oden PC (2006). Tree diversity and regeneration of community-managed Bhabar Lowland and Hill Sal forests in the central region of Nepal. Third International Conference on Plant Dynamics: from Molecules to Ecosystems, European Plant Science Organization, Visegrád, Hungary.
Sapkota IP (2002). Inter-group benefit sharing of forest produces in Terai region of Nepal: a case study from Rupandehi district of Nepal. TU Dresden, Germany.
Core academic courses / trainings:
Climate change adaptation, Swedish Uni of Ag Science, Umea (2009), Multivariate Statistics, CreaScience, San Francisco, USA (2009), Soil Degradation and Ecosystem Restoration, Ag Uni of Iceland , Reykjavik (2008), Environmental and Biological Constraints to Forest Production, Swedish Uni of Ag Sciences, Umea (2008), Tropical Ecology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (2007), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation , Nepal (2007), Remote Sensing and GIS, Swedish Uni of Ag Sciences, Umea (2006); International Forest Policy, Uni of Helsinki, Finland (2006), Applied Statistics, Umea University, Sweden (2006); How to Write and Publish Scientific Papers, Swedish Uni of Ag Sciences, Umea (2006), Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance, Swedish Uni of Ag Sciences, Umea (2006), Forest Growth and Yield Modeling, Swedish Uni of Ag Sciences, Umea (2005); Society, Market and Forestry, University of Freiburg, Germany (2005), Tropical Forest Restoration, Swedish Uni of Ag Sciences, Umea (2004), Information Retrieval, Swedish Uni of Ag Sciences, Umea (2004), Project Planning, GTZ, Germany (2003), Team Building, Eastern Regional Forestry Training Center, Nepal (2000), Training for Trainers, Department of Forests, Nepal (1998), Conflict Resolution, Department of Forests, Nepal (1997), Report Writing, the British Council, Nepal (1997), Community Forestry, Nepal Australia Community Forestry Project, Kabhre, Nepal (1994), Community Forestry, Terai Forestry Project, Hetauda, Nepal (1990)