The Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry

YALE FOREST FORUM LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
Speaker Biographies -- Fall 2008

Lunch Provided -- Free and open to the public

Oct. 30 , 2008

Kevin Flesher

Kevin Flesher has spent the past ten years conducting research and conservation work in the Atlantic forests of Brazil. Currently, less than 10 percent of the forest from colonial times remains. His research has focused on the survival of mammals, particularly tapirs, in human-impacted forests. Flesher holds a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources from Rutgers University.

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