Dr. Him Lal Shrestha
Dr. Shrestha is working as UNIGIS Programme Coordinator at Kathmandu Forestry College, Kathmandu Nepal. He has done his PhD in Environment Science in 2015 from Kathmandu University, Nepal. His areas of doctorate is quantification of land use change, forest carbon and soil organic carbon and its relation to the climate change and livelihood of the people. He has also expertise on forestry practices and application of geospatial technologies in the natural resource management. He has wide experience working on the GIS and Remote sensing applications in forestry sector. He has published number of journal articles related to his competency on the GIScience and Forestry Science and their application in different fields. He has also exposure on the teaching learning, research and mentoring to the graduate and under graduate students. He is also competent on training and facilitation specifically on GIS/RS and its application in forestry sector. His areas of interest is GIS, Remote Sensing, MRV for REDD+, Biomass estimation, valuation and mapping of ecosystem services, climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategy, soil and forest carbon quantification.