She also reviewed papers of other students with subsequent discussion as well as presenting and defending a rural development project. From the field excursion, she jointly developed a presentation and co-produced a video on improving rural ecotourism in Lower Austria titled “Path of the Senses”.
This Summer School is an international cooperation organised by the Departments of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), the Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague (CULS) and the Faculty of Agricultural Economics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, SGGW on behalf of the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) in cooperation with University of Copenhagen, University of Hohenheim, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Wageningen University.
Sony Baral is currently pursuing her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Harald Vacik, at Institute of Silviculture, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences - BOKU, Vienna. Her research focuses on how the sustainable management of the forest resources in Nepal is contributing towards realisation of the green economy objectives, particularly economic well-being, social equity and environmental sustainability. She holds double master degrees in Mountain Forestry from BOKU and Social Science from Tribhuwan University in Nepal. She has over 10 years of work experience in planning, implementing and monitoring of projects and programmes in forestry, climate change, disaster risk reduction, forest based enterprise development, economic valuation, sustainable financing and mainstreaming conservation and climate change related issues in national policy and strategy.