Suraj Upadhaya

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Title
Assistant Professor
Department
College of Agriculture, Communities and the Sciences
Institution
Kentucky State University

Education

  • PhD in Integrative Conservation and Forestry

Research Interests

Agricultural Landscapes   Rural Landowners   Food Water Energy Nexus  

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Biography

I am an assistant professor of sustainable systems at the School of Agriculture, Communities and the Environment, Kentucky State University. I conduct research and teach in the areas of socio-ecological sustainable systems and human dimensions of natural resource management. My academic and professional goals are to explore the dynamic relationship between natural resources and people, ensure the sustainability of natural resources in developed and developing countries, and channel my research to benefit the underprivileged population. I believe that emerging challenges associated with environmental change on multiple scales span disciplinary boundaries and necessitate interdisciplinary approaches to better our understanding of social-ecological dimensions. My expertise lies in ecosystem services, natural resource management and policy, land-use change modeling, water resource conservation and management, and social-ecological system (SES) coupled with experience in human dimensions and sustainability of natural resources. My academic research has trained me to integrate theories from social and natural sciences and use intensive fieldwork with complex modeling approaches to produce comprehensive research on social-ecological sustainability. “The most exciting change I see is land-use combined with community and conservation-friendly solutions that allow us to be productive and rejuvenate areas where we see bounties of biodiversity.”

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Contact Information

  400 East Main St Frankfort KY 40601

  502-597-6146

Research
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List of Publications (51)
In 2024
51

Community perspectives on the effectiveness of watershed management institutions in the Himalayas. N Silwal, N Dhungana, R Subedi, S Upadhaya, CH Lee Journal of Mountain Science 21 (4), 1119-1139, 2024.

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50

Inclusion starts with 'I'. A Janke, C Campbell, A Chung, M Curzon, T Montgomery, M Rentz, ... The Wildlife Professional 18 (4), 48-52, 2024.

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49

What factors drive wildlife-vehicle collisions on highways? A case study from Western Nepal. K Bhandari, S Upadhaya, NK Yadav, P Poudel, BP Heyojoo, YP Timilsina, ... Journal for Nature Conservation 81, 126678, 2024.

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In 2023
48

Improving Discipline-Specific DEIB Engagement Through a Weekly Newsletter and Common Read Initiative. A Janke, T Anderson, C Campbell, M Curzon, M Rentz, S Upadhaya Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity 24 (1), 2023.

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47

Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in watershed areas in mid-hills of Nepal. S Ranabhat, S Acharya, S Upadhaya, B Adhikari, R Thapa, S Ranabhat, ... Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 13 (2), 240-252, 2023.

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46

Farmer typologies integrating latent and observed characteristics: Insights for soil and water conservation outreach. S Upadhaya, JG Arbuckle, LA Schulte Land Use Policy 134, 106889, 2023.

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45

Individual-and county-level factors associated with farmers' use of 4R Plus nutrient management practices. S Upadhaya, JG Arbuckle, LA Schulte Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 78 (5), 412-429, 2023.

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44

Understanding the Impacts of Forest Management in Sal (Shorea robusta) Dominant Forest Stands in the Western Lowlands of Nepal. K Belbase, SG Chhetri, S Upadhaya, AS Poudel Small-scale Forestry 22 (3), 401-413, 2023.

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In 2022
43

Assessment of urban heat islands (UHIs) using satellitederived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and land surface temperature (LST) in three metropolitan cities of .... S Kandel, B Gyawali, J Sandifer, S Shrestha, S Upadhaya Banko Janakari 32 (2), 37-51, 2022.

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42

Local people's perception of the impacts and importance of ecotourism in Central Nepal. S Upadhaya, S Tiwari, B Poudyal, S Godar Chhetri, N Dhungana PloS one 17 (5), e0268637, 2022.

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41

Diverging viewpoints on cordyceps harvesting and its ecological impacts: A Q-method study and survey of cordyceps harvesters in the Himalayas. S Upadhaya Himalayan Studies Conference, 41, 2022.

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40

Genes and Memes in Cultural Landscape Conservation: Biocultural, Ecocultural, or Just Plain Cultural?. P Bridgewater, S Upadhaya The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific ..., 2022.

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39

Agricultural practice adoption. S Upadhaya, J Arbuckle, J Jordhal, L Nowatzke, L Schulte Moore Carbon Science for Carbon Markets: Emerging Opportunities in Iowa, 178-192, 2022.

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38

Carbon markets, past and present. A Plastina, J Arbuckle, J Crespi, S Upadhaya Carbon science for carbon markets emerging opportunities in Iowa, 23-55, 2022.

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In 2021
37

Assessing socio-economic factors affecting the implementation of payment for ecosystem services (PES) mechanism. B Poudyal, S Upadhaya, S Acharya, BB Khanal Chhetri World 2 (1), 81-91, 2021.

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36

Examining factors associated with farmers' climate-adaptive and maladaptive actions in the US Midwest. S Upadhaya, JG Arbuckle Frontiers in Climate 3, 677548, 2021.

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35

Distribution and habitat preferences of the Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla (Mammalia: Manidae) in the mid-hills of Nepal. S Acharya, HP Sharma, R Bhattarai, B Poudyal, S Sharma, S Upadhaya Journal of Threatened Taxa 13 (8), 18959-18966, 2021.

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34

Population status and distribution of the Critically Endangered Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis in the grassland of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. R Prasai, H Kafley, S Upadhaya, S Thapa, P Shrestha, A Dudley, ... Journal of Threatened Taxa 13 (9), 19293-19301, 2021.

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33

Developing farmer typologies to inform conservation outreach in agricultural landscapes. S Upadhaya, JG Arbuckle, LA Schulte Land use policy 101, 105157, 2021.

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32

Understanding factors influencing farmers' engagement in watershed management activities. S Upadhaya, JG Arbuckle Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5, 265, 2021.

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In 2020
31

Watershed communities' livelihood vulnerability to climate change in the Himalayas. S Adhikari, N Dhungana, S Upadhaya Climatic Change 162 (3), 1307-1321, 2020.

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30

Rural coping and adaptation strategies for climate change by Himalayan communities in Nepal. N Dhungana, N Silwal, S Upadhaya, C Khadka, SK Regmi, D Joshi, ... Journal of Mountain Science 17 (6), 1462-1474, 2020.

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29

Species in peril: assessing the status of the trade in pangolins in Nepal. P Ghimire, N Raut, P Khanal, S Acharya, S Upadhaya Journal of Threatened Taxa 12 (8), 15776-15783, 2020.

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28

Assessing Governance Status: Learning from Community Forest User Groups, Nepal. S Raut, S Upadhaya, SG Chhetri, MR Joshi Journal of Forest and Natural Resource Management 2 (1), 1-18, 2020.

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27

Parnassia nubicola Wall. ex Royle. Celastraceae. A Paudel, R Parajuli, S Upadhaya, RM Kunwar, RW Bussmann, ... Ethnobotany of the Himalayas, 1-8, 2020.

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26

Nigella sativa L. Ranunculaceae. P Bridgewater, S Upadhaya, B Poudyal, RM Kunwar, RW Bussmann, ... Ethnobotany of the Himalayas, Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, 1-10, 2020.

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25

Developing farmer typologies to inform conservation outreach in agricultural landscapes. JG Arbuckle, L Schulte, L Schulte-Moore .

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In 2019
24

Conversion of forestlands to blueberries: Assessing implications for habitat quality in Alabaha river watershed in Southeastern Georgia, United States. S Upadhaya, P Dwivedi Land Use Policy 89, 104229, 2019.

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23

The role and potential of blueberry in increasing deforestation in southern Georgia, United States. S Upadhaya, P Dwivedi Agricultural systems 173, 39-48, 2019.

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22

Perceived climate change impacts and adaptation strategy of indigenous community (Chepangs) in rural mid-hills of Nepal. P Khanal, BH Wagle, S Upadhaya, P Ghimire, S Acharya Forestry: Journal of Institute of Forestry, Nepal 16, 48-61, 2019.

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21

Impacts of climate change on water availability and reservoir based hydropower, a case stduy from Kulekhani hydropower reservoir, Nepal. S Ghimire, N Dhungana, S Upadhaya Journal of forest and natural resource management 1 (1), 52-68, 2019.

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20

Blue over green? Defining typologies of rural landowners growing blueberry in place of forests in Georgia, United States. S Upadhaya, P Dwivedi Human Ecology 47 (5), 693-703, 2019.

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19

Local people perception towards the impact of ecotourism on their livelihood (A study from Chitwan National Park, Nepal). S Tiwari, S Upadhaya International (SAARC) Youth Scientific Conference (IYSC) 2019, Conference ..., 2019.

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18

Keep it green or make it blue: understanding the dynamics of land use changes and its impacts on ecosystem services in the context of deforestation due to blueberry expansion .... S Upadhaya University of Georgia, 2019.

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In 2018
17

Post-wildfire recovery of an upland oak pine forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky, USA. DE Black, ZW Poynter, CA Cotton, S Upadhaya, DD Taylor, ... Fire Ecology 14, 1-12, 2018.

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16

Local people's perception and awareness of climate change: a case study from community forests in Lamjung District, Western Nepal. N Dhungana, N Silwal, S Upadhaya, SK Regmi, S Adhikari Banko Janakari 28 (2), 60-71, 2018.

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15

Anthropogenic Threats to Survival of the Critically Endangered Chinese Pangolins (Manis pentadactyla) and their Habitat in Kavrepalanchowk Nepal. S Acharya, S Rayamajhi, S Sharma, S Upadhaya, S Joshi, S Lamichhane Journal of Biodiversity & Endangered Species 6 (3), 2018.

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In 2017
14

Ecotourism in protected areas of Nepal: An application of individual travel cost method. S Tiwari, S Nepali C, J Paudel, S Upadhaya Research Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences 5 (1), 1-6, 2017.

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13

A final report on human-snow leopard (Panthera uncia) conflict in northern Nepal-Dolpa. S Upadhaya, SL Network Snow Leopard Conservation Grant Program, Snow Leopard Network, 2017.

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In 2016
12

Linking attitudes, policy, and forest cover change in buffer zone communities of Chitwan National Park, Nepal. JR Stapp, RJ Lilieholm, J Leahy, S Upadhaya Environmental Management 57, 1292-1303, 2016.

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11

Land use change at sub-watershed level. S Adhikari, SM Shrestha, R Singh, S Upadhaya, JR Stapp Hydrol Current Res 7 (256), 2, 2016.

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10

Assessment of Profitability of Competing Land Use Systems: Blueberry Production vs. Loblolly Pine Plantation in Southern Georgia. S Upadhaya, P Dwivedi Forest Economics and Policy in a Changing Environment: How Market, Policy ..., 2016.

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In 2015
9

Evaluating the impacts of forest management policies and community-level institutions in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, Nepal. JR Stapp, RJ Lilieholm, S Upadhaya, T Johnson Journal of Sustainable Forestry 34 (5), 445-464, 2015.

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8

Use of Landsat Data to Characterize Burn Severity, Forest Structure and Invasion by Paulownia (Paulownia Tomentosa) in an Eastern Deciduous Forest, Kentucky. S Upadhaya .

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In 2013
7

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in Nepal: A review. B Gauli, S Upadhyay The Initiation 5, 75-83, 2013.

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In 2011
6

Model Forest and its prospect in Nepal. P Bridgewater, S Upadhaya The Initiation 4, 120-124, 2011.

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5

Spatial interaction between Snow Leopard's prey: Blue sheep and livestock, a case study of Shey Phoksundo National Park, Nepal. S Upadhaya Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2011.

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In 2009
4

High altitude Ramsar sites of Nepal. S Upadhaya, L Chalise, RP Paudel The Initiation 3, 135-148, 2009.

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3

Herbal resources of Dolpa. S Upadhaya The Nature: The Journal for Green Revolution 1 (1), 71-73, 2009.

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In 2008
2

Energy crisis and Nepal's Potentiality. S Upadhaya The Initiation 2 (1), 130-135, 2008.

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In 2004
1

Characterization and productivity evaluation of promising maize genotypes. K Adhikari, RT Chaudhary, D Sharma, SR Upadhaya, RK Mahato, ... Evaluation of promising maize production system for Nepal. Proceedings of ..., 2004.

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