Rajesh Thapa

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Biographical Details

Dr Rajesh Thapa has a PhD that he completed in 2016 from the University of New England. His PhD research advanced our understanding of complex systems theory as applied to floodplain vegetation changes in different moisture regimes of semi-arid floodplain landscape. Not only did this research provide new models for understanding vegetation productivity in highly variable climatic regions, but it also developed a new framework with which to study these systems. Dr Thapa was awarded the Griffith Taylor Cent Prize for excellence PhD dissertation in the field of Geography and contributing to Australian Geography.

Furthermore, Dr Thapa has over 15+ years’ progressive experiences in supporting the delivery of spatial information, mapping to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, including part of Danube River basin. He has extensively used science and application of GIS and remote sensing technologies in understanding change in plant community, land use land cover change monitoring, environmental impact assessment including biodiversity, vegetation condition modelling and biomass or productivity mapping, Saving Our Species Environmental Niche Modelling and landscape and basin scale Ecological connectivity and carrying capacity modelling.

Education/Academic qualification

Honours, North-Eastern Hill University India

Masters, Tribhuvan University

Masters, University of Bergen

Doctorate

Research Interests

Species environmetal niche
Landscape connectivity modelling
Landscape capacity monitoring
Eco hydrology
Biodiversity
Floodplain/wetland
Remote Sensing
GIS analysis and modelling

Approved to Supervise

Approved PhD/HDR supervisor

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 15 Life on Land

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6 Article
1 Chapter

Future climate and its potential impact on the spatial and temporal hydrological regime in the Koshi Basin, Nepal
Bajracharya, S. R., Pradhananga, S., Shrestha, A. B. & Thapa, R., 28 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 45, p. 1-20 101316.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
23 Citations (Scopus)
General Landscape Connectivity Model (GLCM): a new way to map whole of landscape biodiversity functional connectivity for operational planning and reporting
Drielsma, M. J., Love, J., Taylor, B., Thapa, R. & Williams, K. J., 31 Dec 2022, In: Ecological Modelling. 465, p. 1-14 109858.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
19 Citations (Scopus)
Protected areas in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: A regional assessment of the status, distribution, and gaps
Chaudhary, S., Uddin, K., Chettri, N., Thapa, R. & Sharma, E., 31 Oct 2022, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 4, 10, p. 1-16 e12793.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
27 Citations (Scopus)
Do adaptive cycles of floodplain vegetation response to inundation differ among vegetation communities?
Thapa, R., Thoms, M. C., Reid, M. & Parsons, M., May 2020, In: River Research and Applications. 36, 4, p. 553-566
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
14 Citations (Scopus)
Adaptive cycles of floodplain vegetation response to flooding and drying
Thapa, R., Thoms, M., Parsons, M. & Reid, M., 2016, In: Earth Surface Dynamics. 4, p. 175-191
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
17 Citations (Scopus)

8 Finished

Koalas in the Landscape data packages V2.0
Evans, B. (UNE Lead Investigator), Thapa, R. (Co-Investigator) & Vernes, K. (Co-Investigator)
30/06/23 → 6/05/25
Project: Grant
Baselines, drivers and trends for species occupancy and distribution (led by NSW DPI, NSW DPIE)
Reid, N. (UNE Lead Investigator), Drielsma, M. (Co-Investigator), Kavanagh, R. (Co-Investigator), Law, B. (Co-Investigator) & Thapa, R. (Co-Investigator)
1/07/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research Consultancy
Analytical support for the 2nd Biodiversity Outlook Report 1.2 Funding Body
Drielsma, M. (UNE Lead Investigator), Thapa, R. (UNE Lead Investigator), Reid, N. (Co-Investigator) & Love, J. (Partner Investigator)
19/06/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Grant
Landscape connectivity under present and future climates for Saving our Species
Thapa, R. (UNE Lead Investigator) & Reid, N. (Co-Investigator)
10/06/20 → 1/07/21
Project: Grant
Analytic support for the Biodiversity Indicator Program - Gondwana Rainforests
Reid, N. (UNE Lead Investigator), Drielsma, M. (Co-Investigator), Littleboy, M. (Co-Investigator) & Thapa, R. (Co-Investigator)
19/06/19 → 30/09/20
Project: Grant