Dr. Kaspar Hurni

2024

Hurni, Hans; Gämperli, Ursula; Hurni, Kaspar; Krauer, Jürg (2024). Simien Mountains, Ethiopia, 1:100,000, World Heritage Site [Map]. In: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern.

2023

Wang, Yunxia; Hollingsworth, Peter M; Zhai, Deli; West, Christopher D; Green, Jonathan M H; Chen, Huafang; Hurni, Kaspar; Su, Yufang; Warren-Thomas, Eleanor; Xu, Jianchu; Ahrends, Antje (2023). High-resolution maps show that rubber causes substantial deforestation. Nature, 623(7986), pp. 340-346. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41586-023-06642-z

Oberlack, Christoph; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Kearney, Norman Michael; Hurni, Kaspar (June 2023). Community-based collective action and sustainable development around infrastructure mega-projects (Unpublished). In: IASC Global Conference. Nairobi, Kenya. 17-22 June 2023.

Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Kearney, Norman; Hurni, Kaspar; Oberlack, Christoph (March 2023). Mega-infrastructure projects: Engaging with the giant – (im)possible? (Unpublished). In: IfL research workshop #8: Spatially related research practice in challenging environments: Authoritarianism, conflicts and war. Leipzig. March 23–24.

Haller, Tobias; Joniak-Lüthi, Agnieszka; Oberlack, Christoph; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara M.; Hurni, Kaspar; Weissman, Samuel (2023). The new global connect: Mega-infrastructure projects and their local impacts (Swiss Academies Factsheets 18 (1)). Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT)

2022

Pase, Andrea; Hofman, Irna; Kronenburg García, Angela; Haller, Tobias; Cirillo, Davide; Giger, Markus; Abebe, Manuel; Hurni, Kaspar; Bertoncin, Marina (2022). Large-scale agricultural investments in drylands: Facing some blind spots in the grabbing debate. In: Kronenburg García, Angela; Haller, Tobias; van Dijk, Han; Samimi, Cyrus; Warner, Jeroen (eds.) Drylands Facing Change. Interventions, Investments and Identities. Routledge

2021

Chhetri, Ram; Yokying, Phanwin; Smith, Alexander; Van Den Hoek, Jamon; Hurni, Kaspar; Saksena, Sumeet; Fox, Jefferson (2021). Forest, agriculture, and migration: contemplating the future of forestry and agriculture in the middle-hills of Nepal. The journal of peasant studies, 50(1), pp. 411-433. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2021.1978983

Kiteme, Boniface; Breu, Thomas; Bastide, Joan; Eckert, Sandra; Fischer, Markus; González-Rojí, Santos J.; Hergarten, Christian; Hurni, Kaspar; Messmer, Martina; Raible, Christoph C.; Snethlage, Mark; Stocker, Thomas F.; Torre-Marin Rando, Amor; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2021). Towards sustainable futures for nature and people. An appraisal report for the Mt. Kenya– Ewaso Ng’iro North landscape, Kenya (Wyss Academy Report 2). Bern: Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern

Breu, Thomas; Bieri, Sabin; Bouasavanh, Somephone; Eckert, Sandra; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Epprecht, Michael; Eshoo, Paul; Fischer, Markus; González-Rojí, Santos J.; Hergarten, Christian; Hett, Cornelia; Hurni, Kaspar; Messmer, Martina; Nguyen, Anh-Thu; O'Kelly, Hannah; Phayvanh, Thong Eth; Phonvisay, Aloun; Raible, Christoph C.; Snethlage, Mark; Stocker, Thomas F.; ... (2021). Towards sustainable futures for nature and people. An appraisal report for Laos in the stewardship hub of Southeast Asia (Wyss Academy Report 3). Bern: Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern

Torre-Marin Rando, Amor; González-Rojí, Santos J.; Hurni, Kaspar; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Messmer, Martina; Raible, Christoph C.; Snethlage, Mark; Stocker, Thomas F.; Fischer, Markus (2021). Towards sustainable futures for nature and people. An appraisal report for Madre de Dios, Peru (Wyss Academy Report 1). Bern: Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern

Van Den Hoek, Jamon; Smith, Alexander C.; Hurni, Kaspar; Saksena, Sumeet; Fox, Jefferson (2021). Shedding New Light on Mountainous Forest Growth: A Cross-Scale Evaluation of the Effects of Topographic Illumination Correction on 25 Years of Forest Cover Change across Nepal. Remote sensing, 13(11), p. 2131. MDPI 10.3390/rs13112131

2019

Fox, Jefferson; Saksena, Sumeet; Hurni, Kaspar; Van Den Hoek, Jamon; Smith, Alexander Cuthbert; Chhetri, Ram; Sharma, Pitamber (2019). Mapping and Understanding Changes in Tree Cover in Nepal: 1992 to 2016. Journal of forest and livelihood, 18(1) ForestAction Nepal

Hurni, Kaspar; Hodel, Elias; Krauer, Jürg; Gaemperli, Ulla (2019). Ethiopia - Travel Time to Regional Centres (Overview Map Series) Scales: 1:1,000,000/1:1,500,000 [Dataset]. In: Ethiopia - Travel Time to Regional Centres (Overview Map Series) Scales: 1:1,000,000/1:1,500,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Krauer, Jürg; Gämperli, Ursula; Hurni, Kaspar; Fries, Matthias; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Yohannes, Aragie (2019). WLRC Land Cover Map 2016 (Overview Map Series) Scale: 1:500,000 [Map]. In: Thematic Standard Map Series 1:500,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Krauer, Jürg; Gämperli, Ursula; Hurni, Kaspar; Fries, Matthias; Würsch, Lukas; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Aragie, Yohannes (2019). Ethiopia Geographic Base Map: WLRC Land Use/Land Cover 2016 (Overview Map Series) Scale: 1:250,000 [Map]. In: Thematic Reference Map Series 1:250,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Hurni, Kaspar; Hodel, Elias; Krauer, Jürg; Gämperli, Ursula; Fries, Matthias; Würsch, Lukas; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Aragie, Yohannes (2019). Ethiopia Geographic Base Map: Population Distribution 2016 [Map]. In: Thematic Overview Map Series 1:1,000,000 / 1:1,500,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Hurni, Kaspar; Hodel, Elias; Krauer, Jürg; Gämperli, Ursula; Fries, Matthias; Würsch, Lukas; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Aragie, Yohannes (2019). Ethiopia Geographic Base Map: Annual Precipitation 2017 [Map]. In: Thematic Overview Map Series 1:1,000,000 / 1:1,500,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Hurni, Kaspar; Van Den Hoek, Jamon; Fox, Jefferson (2019). Assessing the spatial, spectral, and temporal consistency of topographically corrected Landsat time series composites across the mountainous forests of Nepal. Remote sensing of environment, 231, p. 111225. Elsevier 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111225

Jaquet, Stéphanie; Ebneter, Laura; Eugster, Andreas; Hurni, Kaspar (2019). Ewaso Ng’iro North basin Connecting upstream and downstream communities: Shaping sustainable futures for nature and people. In: Storymap. Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Wyss Academy for Nature, University of Bern

Jaquet, Stéphanie; Eugster, Andreas; Ebneter, Laura; Hurni, Kaspar; Allheilig, Gaby (2019). Madre de Dios A biodiversity hotspot under threat: Shaping sustainable futures for nature and people. In: Storymap. Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Wyss Academy for Nature, University of Bern

2018

Fox, Jefferson; Nghiem, Tuyen; Kimkong, Ham; Hurni, Kaspar; Baird, Ian G. (2018). Large-scale land concessions, migration, and land use: The paradox of industrial estates in the Red River Delta of Vietnam and rubber plantations of Northeast Cambodia. Land, 7(2), p. 77. MDPI 10.3390/land7020077

Kassawmar Nigussie, Tibebu; Eckert, Sandra; Hurni, Kaspar; Zeleke, Gete; Hurni, Hans (2018). Reducing landscape heterogeneity for improved land use and land cover (LULC) classification across the large and complex Ethiopian Highlands. Geocarto international, 33(1), pp. 53-69. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/10106049.2016.1222637

Hurni, Kaspar; Fox, Jefferson (2018). The expansion of tree-based boom crops in mainland Southeast Asia: 2001 to 2014. Journal of land use science, 13(1-2), pp. 198-219. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/1747423X.2018.1499830

2017

Mekuriaw, Asnake; Heinimann, Andreas; Hurni, Hans; Hurni, Kaspar (2017). An automated method for mapping physical soil and water conservation structures on cultivated land using GIS and remote sensing techniques. Journal of geographical sciences, 27(1), pp. 79-94. Springer 10.1007/s11442-017-1365-9

Hurni, Kaspar; Schneider, Annemarie; Heinimann, Andreas; Nong, Duong; Fox, Jefferson (2017). Mapping the Expansion of Boom Crops in Mainland Southeast Asia Using Dense Time Stacks of Landsat Data. Remote sensing, 9(4), p. 320. MDPI 10.3390/rs9040320

Heinimann, Andreas; Mertz, Ole; Frolking, Steve; Egelund Christensen, Andreas; Hurni, Kaspar; Sedano, Fernando; Parsons Chini, Louise; Sahajpal, Ritvik; Hansen, Matthew; Hurtt, George (2017). A global view of shifting cultivation: Recent, current, and future extent. PLoS ONE, 12(9), e0184479. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0184479

Subhatu, Alemtsehay Teklay; Lemann, Tatenda; Hurni, Kaspar; Portner, Brigitte; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Zeleke, Gete; Hurni, Hans (2017). Deposition of eroded soil on terraced croplands in Minchet catchment, Ethiopian Highlands. International soil and water conservation research, 5(3), pp. 212-220. Elsevier 10.1016/j.iswcr.2017.05.008

2015

Hurni, Kaspar; Zeleke, Gete; Kassie, Menale; Tegegne, Berhan; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Teferi, Ermias; Moges, Aderajew; Tadesse, Deme; Ahmed, Mohamed; Degu, Yohannes; Kebebew, Zeleke; Hodel, Elias; Amdihun, Ahmed; Mekuriaw, Asnake; Debele, Berhanu; Deichert, Georg; Hurni, Hans (eds.) (2015). Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Ethiopia Case Study: Soil degradation and sustainable land management in the rainfed agricultural areas of Ethiopia: An assessment of the economic implications. Bonn, Deutschland: Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC); Centre for Development and Environment (CDE); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

2013

Hurni, Kaspar; Hett, Corelia; Epprecht, Michael; Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas (2013). A Texture-based land cover classification for the delineation of a shifting cultivation landscape in the Lao PDR using landscape metrics. Remote sensing, 5(7), pp. 3377-3396. MDPI 10.3390/rs5073377

Hurni, Kaspar; Hett, Cornelia; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter; Wiesmann, Urs (2013). Dynamics of Shifting Cultivation Landscapes in Northern Lao PDR Between 2000 and 2009 Based on an Analysis of MODIS Time Series and Landsat Images. Human ecology, 41(1), pp. 21-36. New-York, NY: Springer 10.1007/s10745-012-9551-y

Heinimann, Andreas; Hett, Cornelia; Hurni, Kaspar; Messerli, Peter; Epprecht, Michael; Jørgensen, Lars; Breu, Thomas Michael (2013). Socio-Economic Perspectives on Shifting Cultivation Landscapes in Northern Laos. Human ecology, 41(1), pp. 51-62. Springer 10.1007/s10745-013-9564-1

2012

Heinimann, Andreas; Hurni, Kaspar; Hett, Cornelia; Epprecht, Michael; Schönweger, Oliver (2012). Multiple claims to land resources in the Lao PDR: Issues of lacking cross-sectoral spatial planning. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD). Research for Global Transformation. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Hurni, Kaspar (2012). Detecting landscapes dominated by shifting cultivation at different scales in the Lao PDR. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD). Research for Global Transformation. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Assfaw, Woldie; Heinimann, Andreas; Hurni, Kaspar; Hurni, Hans; Debele, Berhanu (2012). The changing environment: Spatiotemporal analysis of landscape transformation along major development axes in Ethiopia. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD). Research for Global Transformation. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Hett, Cornelia; Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael; Messerli, Peter; Hurni, Kaspar (2012). Carbon pools and poverty peaks in Lao PDR. Mountain Research and Development, 32(4), pp. 390-399. Boulder, Colo.: International Mountain Society 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00065.1

2010

Hett, Cornelia; Hurni, Kaspar; Heinimann, Andreas; Mueller, Daniel (2010). Assessing landscape changes in Laos using MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index (Unpublished). In: Integrated Training and Capitalising on Experience (ITC). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 01.09.-12.09.2010.

2009

Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael; Hurni, Kaspar (2009). The poverty-environment nexus in the Lao PDR: spatial patterns of development contexts from a meso-scale perspective. In: Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia: The Global Land Project Workshop of IHDP. Beijing, China. 15.06.-17.06.2009.