Researcher
Forestry, Remote Sensing & GIS
subash@forestaction.org
Subash Kushwaha is a forestry professional and researcher with an M.Sc. in Forestry from Tribhuvan University. His expertise includes forest management, GIS and remote sensing, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, land-use planning, and forest data analysis. He has experience in research, community-based forest management, GIS training, and environmental projects, and is particularly interested in applying geospatial technologies and data-driven approaches to sustainable forest and natural resource management.
Publications:
1. Kushwaha, S., Maharjan, M., Joshi, R., Yadav, V. K., Yadav, Y., Zhang, H., Maraseni, T., Singh, B., & Deepali, D. (2026). Random Forest Outperforms SVM and SGB in Estimating Shorea robusta Biomass Using Sentinel-2 Indices in the Terai Region of Nepal. Journal of Sensors, 2026, Article 3315456. DOI: 10.1155/js/3315456. ResearchGate article
2. Katuwal, H., Kushwaha, S., & Quan, R.-C. (2019). Indian flying fox Pteropus giganteus is declining in lowland Nepal: Need of conservation actions. Barbastella, 12, 60–63. https://doi.org/10.14709/BarbJ.12.1.2019.08
Interpretation and data collection:
1. Acharya, R. P., Maraseni, T. N., & Cockfield, G. (2020). An ecosystem services valuation research framework for policy integration in developing countries: A case study from Nepal. Sustainability, 12, 8218. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198250.