Pyi Soe Aung

Dr. Pyi Soe Aung

Myanmar

CURRICULUM VITAE

Current Position:

2015 - 2019

Ph.D Student,
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Thesis Title: Analysis of social-ecological relationship between protected area and local communities as a framework for adaptive protected area management: A case study in Natma Taung National Park, Myanmar
Supervisor - Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pretzsch

Work Experience:

2008 - present	Range Officer — Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar
2007 - 2008	Range Officer — Bago Yoma Greening Project, Lewe Township Forest Department, Ministry of Environmental conservation and Forestry, Myanmar

Previous Education:

2010 - 2012	M.Sc (Tropical Forestry and Management) Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2001 - 2006	B.Sc (Forestry) University of Forestry, Yezin, Myanmar

Publications:

Aung, P. S.; Pretzsch, J.; von Oheimb, G. (2019) Conservation, livelihood, and rural migration: The role of forest income in mitigating poverty and inequality in Natma Taung National Park, Myanmar. Contribution in: Conference Environmental Non-Migration: Framework, Methods and Cases. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 19-21 June 2019.

Aung, P. S.;Pretzsch, J. (2018). Traditional Knowledge Change and Its Implications for Conservation: A case of three indigenous communities in southern Chin State, Myanmar. Forest and Livelihood Research Assessment and Engagement (FLARE) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 17-20, 2018.

Aung, P. S.; Pretzsch, J. (2017) Changes in Local Land Tenure System in Response to Swidden Transformation in Southern Chin State, Myanmar. In Tropentag 2017, Bonn, Germany September 20-22, 2017. Permanent link at http://www.tropentag.de/abstracts/full/457.pdf

Pyi Soe Aung, Yahia Omar Adam, Jürgen Pretzsch & Ronny Peters (2015) Distribution of forest income among rural households: a case study from Natma Taung national park, Myanmar, Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 24:3, 190-201, DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2014.976597

Pyi Soe Aung (2012) Understanding Forest Dependency and Resource Extraction of Local Community living around the Protected Area in Myanmar: A Case Study in Natma Taung National Park, Myanmar. Master Thesis at the Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Tharandt, Germany

Scholarship Awards :

2015 - present	Ph.D Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst-DAAD, Germany
2010 - 2012	M.Sc Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst-DAAD, Germany
2003 - 2006	B.Sc Scholarship, Nagao Environmental Foundation (NEF), Japan