Citizen of Nepal, Mr. Uprety is in UQAT after getting his Master degree in Human Ecology (2008) from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Back in Belgium, his study was sponsored by University Development Cooperation (VLIR) of Belgium Government. He did his PhD under the supervision of Hugo Asselin and Yves Bergeron. His research interests where multifaceted that cover issues from Human Ecology to Forest Ecology. Mostly, he was interested in linking man and environment relationships for sustainable future.
Projet de recherche : White pine (Pinus strobus L.) dynamics at the species northern distribution limit and management and restoration options in an aboriginal context.
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) is an economically valuable timber species in northeastern North America, in addition to being of high cultural and ecological importance. It was overharvested from the 17th to the 19th centuries, most notably for ship and house construction. Specific regeneration requirements, slow initial growth rate, and susceptibility to damage from white pine blister rust and white pine weevil make white pine management challenging. Its decline in Quebec is a major concern for the Kitcisakik Algonquin community, who has been calling for restoration of the species on its ancestral territory. Hence, it became crucial to find out the past and present dynamics, including community ecology and reproductive biology, and the importance of the species for local people before implementing restoration and sustainable management strategies. Thus, the proposed study will generate important information from the field and the laboratory, coupled with traditional ecological knowledge documented by interviews, in order to understand the dynamics of white pine at its northern distribution limit and propose culturally adapted management and restoration strategies for the return of this valuable species on Kitcisakik's ancestral lands. The long term contribution of the study is embodied in the sustainable forest management notion: to maintain and increase forest ecosystem health over the long term while ensuring environmental, social, economic and cultural values for current and future generations.
Yadav Uprety, Hugo Asselin. (2023). Biocultural importance of the chiuri tree [Diploknema butyracea (Roxb.) H. J. Lam] for the Chepang communities of Central Nepal. Forests. 14(3):479. 10.3390/f14030479 lien
Nakul Chettri, Maheshwar Dhakal, Ramesh Chand, Ram Prasad Chaudhary, Yadav Uprety, Hugo Asselin. (2021). Illegal wildlife trade is threatening conservation in the transboundary landscape of Western Himalaya. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 59:125952. 10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125952 lien
Yves Bergeron, Yadav Uprety, Hugo Asselin. (2017). Preserving Ecosystem Services on Indigenous Territory through Restoration and Management of a Cultural Keystone Species. Forests. 8(6):194. 10.3390/f8060194 lien
Uttam Babu Shrestha, Sujata Shrestha, Ram Prasad Chaudhary, Ajaya Thakali, Geoff Cockfield, Hugo Asselin, Yadav Uprety. (2017). Perceptions of climate change by highland communities in the Nepal Himalaya. Climate and Development. 649-661. 10.1080/17565529.2017.1304886 lien
Anaïs Lacasse, Hugo Asselin, Yadav Uprety. (2016). Traditional Uses of Medicinal Plants from the Canadian Boreal Forest for the Management of Chronic Pain Syndromes. PAIN Practice. 16(4):459-466. 10.1111/papr.12284 lien
Anaïs Lacasse, Yadav Uprety, Hugo Asselin. (2015). Traditional Uses of Medicinal Plants from the Canadian Boreal Forest for the Management of Chronic Pain Syndromes. PAIN Practice. . 10.1111/papr.12284 lien
Yves Bergeron, Yadav Uprety, Hugo Asselin, Marc Mazerolle. (2014). White pine (Pinus strobus L.) regeneration dynamics at the species’ northern limit of continuous distribution. New Forests. 45(1):131-147. 10.1007/s11056-013-9396-2 lien
Maan B. Rokayaa, Binu Timsinab, Ram C. Poudel, Zuzana Münzbergová, Hugo Asselin, Achyut Tiwaric, Krishna K. Shrestha, Shalik R. Sigdeli, Yadav Uprety. (2014). Traditional uses of medicinal plants in gastrointestinal disorders in Nepal. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 158, Part A:221 - 229. 10.1016/j.jep.2014.10.014 lien
Yves Bergeron, Yadav Uprety, Hugo Asselin. (2013). Cultural importance of white pine (Pinus strobus L.) to the Kitcisakik Algonquin community of western Quebec, Canada. Can. J. For. Res.. 43:544-551. 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0514 lien
Yves Bergeron, Yadav Uprety, Jean-François Boucher, Frédérick Doyon, Hugo Asselin. (2012). Contribution of traditional knowledge to ecological restoration: Practices and applications. Ecoscience. 19(3):225-237. 10.2980/19-3-3530
Archana Dhakal, Nancy Julien, Hugo Asselin, Yadav Uprety. (2012). Traditional use of medicinal plants in the boreal forest of Canada: review and perspectives Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 8:7. 10.1186/1746-4269-8-7 lien
Krishna K. Shrestha, Ram C. Poudel, Achyut Tiwaric, N.N. Tiwari, Uttam Babu Shrestha, Hugo Asselin, Yadav Uprety. (2012). Diversity of use and local knowledge of wild edible plant resources in Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 8:16.
Ram C. Poudel, Emmanuel K. Boon, Krishna K. Shrestha, Hugo Asselin, Yadav Uprety. (2011). Stakeholder perspectives on use, trade, and conservation of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa district of Central Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science. 8:75-86. 10.1007/s11629-011-1035-6
Yadav Uprety, Emmanuel K. Boon, Saroj Yadav, Krishna K. Shrestha, Hugo Asselin. (2010). Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central Nepal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 6:3. 10.1186/1746-4269-6-3 lien
Yadav Uprety, Ram C. Poudel, Emmanuel K. Boon, Hugo Asselin. (2010). Plant biodiversity and ethnobotany inside the projected impact area of the Upper Seti Hydropower Project, Western Nepal. Environment, Development and Sustainability.. . 10.1007/s10668-010-9271-7 lien