Shyam Kumar Shah
Also known as: Shyam Kumar
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of Forests and Environment, University of Twente
Research areas: Environmental Science · Ecology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
0000-0002-0893-6968
About
Shyam Kumar Shah is the senior ecologist at the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Nepal. He is currently pursuing his PhD studies at the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Nepal on ecology of Bengal Tiger. He has interests in the conservation and research of carnivores. He has been actively involved in the conservation field since early 2004.
Employment
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Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Senior Ecologist2023 - Present
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Ministry of Forests and Environment Chief Conservation Officer2004 - 2023
Education
- 2009 - 2011
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (10)
- Importance of context‐specific community perspectives in human–wildlife coexistence: Evidence from Chitwan National Park, Nepal Save
- Understanding residents’ preferences for adaptive capacity in human-wildlife coexistence: a case study from Nepal’s biodiversity hotspot Save
- First camera-trap records of Dhole <Cuon alpinus> (Pallas, 1811) (Mammalia: Canidae) and Spotted Linsang <Prionodon pardicolor> (Hodgson, 1841) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Prionodontidae) in Makalu Barun National Park, Nepal Save
- Tiger habitat use dynamics in Bardia-Banke Complex, Nepal using camera trap-based multi-season occupancy framework Save
- Turtle diversity in Bardia National Park and associated forest area in Nepal Save
- Recovery of tigers (Panthera tigris): Assessing ecological carrying capacity in Bardia-Banke Complex, Nepal Save
- First photographic record of Hoary-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus (I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1832) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae) from Banke National Park, Nepal Save
- Population status and threats to fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett, 1833) in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Eastern Nepal Save
- Opportunistic records of jungle cat (Felis chaus) and their activity pattern in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal Save
- Status of the Critically Endangered Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789) in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal Save