Name: Binod Prasad Heyojoo

Position: Professor

Unit: Department of Forest Products & Engineering, Pokhara Campus, Institute of Forestry

Email: bpheyojoo@iofpc.edu.np

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Research Impact (Google Scholar)

h-index: 6

Total citations: 271

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Research Interest/Expertise

Geospatial Tools & Technology; Forest Fire; Climate Change Adaptation; Watershed Management; Natural Resource Management

Teaching

Forest Surveying, Forest Engineering, Watershed Engineering, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Key Awards/Honors/Recognitions

• World Forest Institute International Fellowship Program 2017 scholarship to attend 6 months fellowship program at World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon, USA

• Himalayan University Consortium (HUC)/ICIMOD Faculty, Staff and Student Mobility 2015 Grant to visit Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) & Institute of Mountain Environment Hazards and Environment (IMHE), China

• ERASMUS MUNDUS funded Expert Sustain Consortium Grant 2014 for one month Academic Staff Exchange to Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, Finland

• Master's Degree: School of Construction Management and Engineering, Reading University, UK, 2001
• Bachelor's Degree: Civil Engineering, Pulchwok Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1993

Professional Affiliations

• Nepal Engineer's Association

• Rotary Club of Pokhara Midtown, RI District 3292 Nepal-Bhutan

• Tribhuvan University Teacher Association

Selected Recent Research Projects

1. Serving as a GIS/Civil Engineering Expert on the project "Quantifying Hydrological Processes in Two Contrasting Forest Types in Nepal's Mid-Mountain and Churia Regions for Improved Prediction of Water Yields under Climate Change." The project is being implemented at the Institute of Forestry (IOF) with funding support from the University Grants Commission (UGC), Nepal.
2. January 2025 - Till now Worked as a senior researcher ( GIS/Engineer) on "Spring Assessment and Revival Project (SARP)"awarded by WWF Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
3. April 2018-July 2019 Worked as team member leading on theme of Watershed/ river training Land use survey and mapping on "Impact Evaluation of the President Chure-Tarai Madhesh Conservation Development program (PCTMCDP)" awarded from PCTMCDP, Kathmandu, Nepal.
4. April - July 2019 Worked as Project Coordinator on Small grant program on "Geo spatial Modelling for Fire Hazard Mapping and Management" under SERVIR HIMALAYA SGP Program supported by USAID, NASA and implemented by ICIMOD, Kathmandu.
5. August 2014- July 2015  Worked as Principle Investigator on Small research grant on "Assessments of climate change indicators & disaster vulnerable groups and their adaptation priorities due to impact of Climate Change (A Case Study of Seti Khola Sub-watershed of Kaski District)" under Sustainable natural resource management for climate change adaptation in the Himalayan region (NORHED SUNREM-Himalaya Project) implemented by IOF, Pokhara.
6. 2014-2015. Worked as GIS Activity Coordinator on Enhancing livelihoods and food security from agroforestry and community forestry in Nepal EnLiFT Project funded by ACIAR (Australia), The project is collaboratively implemented in Lamjung and Kavre district of Nepal by UoA & UoNSW from Australia, ICRAF from Indonesia and IUCN, DOF, IOF, FAN, NFA, Search Nepal, FECOFUN from Nepal.

Selected Recent Publications

1. Bhandari, K., Upadhaya, S., Yadav, N.K., Poudel, P., Heyojoo, B.P., Timilsina, Y.P., Koirala, P., 2024, What factors drive wildlife-vehicle collisions on highways? A case study from Western Nepal, Journal for Nature Conservation, Volume 81, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126678 .
2. Raymajhi, S., Pokharel, R.K., Tiwari, K.R., Heyojoo, B.P. Chhetri, B.B. and Kandel, P.N. ,2019, An Assessment of the President Chure-Tarai Madhesh Conservation Development Program, Forestry, Journal of Institute of Forestry, Vol 16, November 2019, pp 101-110. http:// doi.org/10.3126/forestry.v16i0.28362. DOI: 10.3126/forestry.v16i0.28362
3. Heyojoo, B.P. Yadav, N. and Subedi, R.,2017, Assessments of Climate Change Indicators, Climate Induced Disasters and Community Adaptation Strategies: A Case from High Mountain of Nepal, Book chapter-9 on Land cover change and its eco-environmental responses in Nepal, Springer Geography, 2017, pp 203-221. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-2890-8_9 .
4. Ojha, H., Shrestha, K.K, Subedi Y.R., Shah R., Nuberg I. K., Heyojoo B. P, Cedamon E., Tamang S., Paudel, K.P., Rigg, J., Malla Y, McManus, P., 2017, Agricultural land underutilization in the hills of Nepal: Investigating socio-environmental pathways of change. Journal of Rural Studies, Vol 53, July 2017, pp 156-172. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.05.003 .
5. Pandey, D., Heyojoo, B.P. and Shahi H.,2014, Drivers and Dynamics of Land Use Land Cover in Ambung VDC, Tehrathum District, Nepal, Banko Jankari, May 2014, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 90-96. DOI: 10.3126/banko.v26i1.15508
6. Heyojoo, B.P. and Takhachhe P., 2014. An Assessment of Lake Area Shrinkage through Geospatial Approach: Case study of Phewa Lake of Kaski District, Nepal. International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, July/August 2014, Vol.1, pp. 725-728. DOI: 10.14741/Ijmcr/v.2.4.25 .
7. Heyojoo, B.P. and Nandy S., 2014. Estimation of above ground phytomass and carbon in tree resources outside the forest (TROF): A geo-spatial approach. Banko Jankari, May 2014, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 34-40. DOI: 10.3126/banko.v24i1.10982
8. Heyojoo, B.P. and Sharma, R.P., 2013, Rural road-induced sedimentation: Severity and local perception in the Phewa Watershed, Kaski District, western Nepal, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, June 2013, Vol. 46, pp. 171-178. DOI: 10.3126/jngs.v46i0.11593 .
9. Bhatt, B.P., Awasthi, K.D., Heyojoo, B.P., Silwal, T. and Kafle, G. 2013. Using Geographic Information System and Analytical Hierarchy Process in Landslide Hazard Zonation. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2013, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.14-22. DOI: 10.12691/aees-1-2-1 .