Kathmandu University

Bed Mani Dahal

Professor,

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Science

POBbox 6250 Kathmandu University Kathmandu NEPAL

011415100

bedmani@ku.edu.np

Bio

Honors and Awards

Research

Other Position

Publication

Biography

Dr. Bed Mani Dahal is a Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal since 1997. He has received MSc. degree in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University, the Netherlands and PhD degree in Environment and Development Studies from Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway. His researches and research interest are mainly in interdisciplinary research on environment and development; agricultural intensification effects on livelihood, food security, soil and water resources; and water issues (quality, pollution, waste/water treatment, & conservation).

Honors and Awards

Leadership roles, Awards and other experiences

Senate member as teacher's representative of Kathmandu University Senate, supreme body of the university for policy making and implementation from 2016-2018.

President of Kathmandu University Professors' Association from 2016-2020.

Life member of Forum of Natural Resource Managers (FONAREM) since 2012. General Secretary of the FONAREM for the year 2012-2014.

Member of Nepali Society in Aas (NEPSA), Norway from 2004-2009 and secretary of NEPSA for the year 2005.

Founder member of National Institute for Conservation of Environment (NICE) since 1997.

Active member of Human Rights Organizations of Nepal (HURON) since 2003.

Life member of Netherlands Alumni Association of Nepal (NAAN) since 2002.

Advisory Member of Nature and Social Concern Society (NSCS), Kathmandu University since 2001.

Life member of Natural History Society of Nepal (NAHSON) since 1998.

Awards

Post-doctoral research award: NORHED, Norway funded project SUNREM-Himalaya, 2016-2018.

Nepal Vidhya Bhusan Ka, Government of Nepal, 2012.

PhD scholarship award: NORAD, Norway funded Project No. Norad: NPL 2032, 2004-2010.

Research

Interdisciplinary development research on environment and development
Agricultural intensification effects on livelihood, food security, soil and water resources.
Water issues (quality, pollution, waste/water treatment, & conservation).
Research interests on natural resources, climate change and agricultural calendar shifts

Other Position

Guest Editor: A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050), an international journal of MDPI, Switzerland.

Editorial Board member and Manuscript reviewer for the journals:

Earth Systems and Environment; Sustainable Agriculture Research; International journal of agricultural sustainability; Journal of hydrology; Asian journal of water, environment and pollution; African journal of agricultural research.

Publication

Raut, N., Shakya, A., Gurung, S and Dahal, B.M. (2021). Adoption of a multiple use water system (MUWS) to ensure water security for Nepalese Hill farmers. Water Policy, 23: 239-254.
Gurung, S., Raut, N., Niraula, A., Kattel, J., Dahal, B.M., Koirala, P., Khatri, K. and Jha, B. R. (2021). Irrigation water quality of Surkhet Valley. In Sustainable Natural Resources in Himalayan Region Livelihood and Climate Change. R.M. Bajracharya, B. K. Sitaula, S. Gurung and N. Raut (Eds). Nova Science Publishers, USA.
Regmi, S., Johnson, B., and Dahal, B.M. (2019). Analysing the Environmental Values and Attitudes of Rural Nepalese Children by Validating the 2-MEV Model. Sustainability, 12:164
Gurung, S., Sitaula, B.K., Bajracharya, R.M. Raut, N. and Dahal, B.M. (Eds.) (2019). Natural Resources, Agriculture and Society in Changing Climate (NRACC) 2019. Proceedings of the International Conference
Dahal, B.M., Raut, N., Smriti Gurung, Chhatra Mani Sharma, Rabindra Kayastha, Ahuti Shrestha, Bibhu Gautam (2018). Changing Trends in Cultivation Practices and Adoption of Climate Adaptive Farming in Eastern Nepal. Sustainable Agriculture Research, 7 (3): 52-62.
Dahal, B.M., Raut, N., Gurung, S., Sharma, C.M., Kayastha, R., Shrestha, A. and Gautam, B. (2016). Agricultural Calendar Shift due to Climatic Conditions in Three Ecological Regions of Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal.. In Building Knowledge for Climate Resilience in Nepal - Research Briefs. Bhuju, D.R., McLaughlin, K., Sijapati, J., Devkota, B.D., Shrestha, N., Ghimire, G.P., and Neupane, P.K. (Eds.). Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Kathmandu.
Kafle, B.K., Pokhrel, B., Shrestha, S., Raut, R. and Dahal, B. M. (2015). Determination of pesticide residues in water and soil samples from Ansikhola watershed, Kavre, Nepal. International Journal of Geology, Earth & Environmental Sciences, 5 (2): 119-127
Bajracharya, R. M., Sherchan, D. P., Dahal, B. M., Raut N. (2014). Soil Management for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in the Himalayan Region.. Soil Management of Smallholder Agriculture. Lal, R. and Stewart, B.A. (Eds.). CRC Press, NW, USA.
Dahal, B. M., Nyborg, I., Sitaula, B. K. and Bajracharya, R. M. (2009). Agricultural intensification: food insecurity to income security in a mid-hill watershed of Nepal. International journal of agricultural sustainability, 7 (4): 249-260.
Dahal, B. M., Sitaula, B. K., and Bajracharya, R. M. (2008). Sustainable agricultural intensification for livelihood and food security in Nepal. Asian journal of water, environment and pollution, 5 (2): 1-12
Dahal, B. M.,Sitaula, B. K., Sharma, S., and Bajracharya, R. M. (2007). Effects of agricultural intensification on the quality of rivers in rural watersheds of Nepal. Journal of food, agriculture and environment, 5 (1): 341-347