Education

Degree Program: Doctor of Philosophy; Expected Completion Date: 07/10 M.S. 2005, Florida International University, USA M.Sc. 1999, Tribhuvan University, Nepal B.Sc. 1996, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Research Project Title & Description

Exploring Institutional Resilience of Community-based Conservation to the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal

Scientific Activities/Published Papers

Tamang, B. and N. Baral (2008). Livestock depredation by large cats in Bardia National Park, Nepal: implications for improving park-people relations. The International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management 4(1): 44–53. Baral, N., M.J. Stern, and R. Bhattarai (2008). Contingent valuation of ecotourism in Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal: Implications for sustainable park finance and local development. Ecological Economics. 66(2-3): 218 – 227. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.02.004. Baral, N., M.J. Stern and J.T. Heinen (2007). Integrated conservation and development project life cycles in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal: Is development overpowering conservation? Biodiversity and Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10531-006-9143-5. Baral, N. and J.T. Heinen (2007). Decentralization and people's participation in conservation: a comparative study from the Western Terai Landscape of Nepal. The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. 14(5): 520-531. Baral, N., R. Gautam, N. Timilsina and M.G. Bhat (2007). A contingent valuation of critically endangered White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis in South Asia. The International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management. 3(3): 145-156. Baral, N. and J.T. Heinen (2007). Resources use, conservation attitudes, management intervention and park-people relations in the Western Terai Landscape of Nepal. Environmental Conservation 34(1): 1-9. Baral, N. and J. T. Heinen (2006). The Maoists people’s war and conservation in Nepal. Politics and the Life Sciences 24 (1-2): 2-11. Baral, N. and R. Gautam (2007). Socioeconomic perspectives on the conservation of critically endangered vultures in South Asia: an empirical study from Nepal. Bird Conservation International 17(2): 131–139. Baral, N., R. Gautam and B. Tamang (2005). Population status and breeding ecology of White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis in Rampur Valley, Nepal. Forktail 21: 87-91. Baral, N., N. Timilsina and B. Tamang (2003). Status of Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis in Nepal. Forktail 19: 51-55. Timilsina, N., N. Baral and B. Tamang (2003). Status and conservation of Gangetic dolphin Platanista gangetica in the Karnali River, Nepal. Tiger Paper 30(1): 8-10. Baral, N., B. Tamang and N. Timilsina (2002). Status of Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis in Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 99(3): 413-417.

Memberships

Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, USA. Member of The Wildlife Society, USA. Member of the Society for Conservation Biology, USA. Honorary Member of the Oriental Bird Club (OBC), UK. Member of the International Society for Ecological Economics, USA. Life Member of the Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN), Kathmandu, Nepal. Member of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, India. Member of Chiroptera Conservation and Information Network of South Asia (CCINAS), India.

Awards

2007 John F. Hosner Graduate Fellowship, Virginia Tech 2007 The Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi – The Scientific Research Society 2006 Outstanding Academic Achievement in Environmental Studies (M.S.), Florida International University 2002-2005 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Florida International University 2003 The Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research 2003 The Fu Foundation Scholarship awarded by the FIU Institute of Asian Studies 2000 Conferred GOLD MEDAL for securing the first class first position in the Masters Degree of Zoology from Tribhuvan University 1998 Merit based research grant from Nepal Academy of Science & Technology

Service Activities

Vice-President – The Nepali Student Association at VT