Sonam Wangyel Wang

Position: Graduate student, Cornell University, NY, USA

Park Manager: Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Bhutan

I work as the park manager for Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in Bhutan. I received my BSc. (Hons) from University of Wales, Bangor, UK and my MS from Cornell University, NY, USA. My research interests include wildlife biology and behavioral ecology or large carnivores. I am enrolled as PhD student at Cornell University, in collaboration with Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University. I am conducting research to understand carnivore-prey and people relations Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in Bhutan.

sonam.wang@zoo.ox.ac.uk

Publications

Wang, S.W., Curtis, P.D. and Lassoie, J.P. 2006. Farmer perceptions of crop damage in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Bhutan. Wildlife Society Bulletin (in press)

Wang, S.W., Lassoie, J.P. and Curtis, P.D. 2006. Farmer attitudes towards conservation in Jimge Singye Wangchuck National Park, Bhutan. Environmental Conservation (in press)

Wang, S.W. and Macdonald, D.W. 2006. Livestock predation by large carnivores in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Parl, Bhutan. Biological Conservation, 129:558-565

Macdonald, D.W., Sillero-Zubiri, C., Wang, S.W., and Wilson, D.C. 2006b. Lions and conflict: lessons from a wider context. In: Loveridge, A.J, Lynam, T., and Macdonald, D.W., editor. Lion Conservation Research Workshops 3 and4: From conflict to Socioecology. p 1-16.
 
Wang, S.W. 2001. Conservation Management plan for the Black Mountains National Park, Bhutan. Royal Government of Bhutan, Ministry of Agriculture.

Seminar papers and thesis

Tree-soil nutrient interactions in a silvo-pastoral agroforestry system in North Wales, UK. BS thesis. University of Wales, Bangor, UK.

Impacts of crop damage and conservation policy on the attitudes of farmers in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Bhutan. MS thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Charcoal production in the Kingdom of Bhutan, annual forestry conference Bhutan (2000).   

Reduced Impact Logging, Department of Forests, Bhutan (2000).

Justification for conservation of biodiversity in the kingdom of Bhutan, UNESCO-RASIT Conference, Tunisia (1998)