The Global Institute's Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch Series provides opportunities to hear from leaders in forest management, conservation, or policy in an informal setting.
Speakers come from a wide range of organizations and perspectives, including government, NGOs and business, working at scales from local to international.
Lunches take place Thursdays
at noon, in Marsh Hall, 360 Prospect St.
Food and beverages provided.
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YALE FOREST FORUM LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
Lunch Series -- Spring 2008 |
Thursdays at 12:00 noon
Marsh Hall Rotunda, 360 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Lunch Provided -- Free and open to the public
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April 17, 2008
James McWillaims
Assistant Professor of History, Texas State University
"The Pen and the Plow: the Agrarian Origins of Economic Entomology"
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May 1, 2008
Ying Zhang
Fulbright Scholar in Forest Economics, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
"The State of Green GDP Accounting for Forest and Green Policies in China"
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Jan. 24, 2008
Eric Larson, Chris Bolick and David Garinger
Marsh Botanical Garden
"Marsh Garden, Past, Present and Future"
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Jan. 31, 2008
Ross Nelson
Earth Resources Research Scientist, The Biospheric Sciences Branch at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
"Sampling and Mapping Forest Resources Using Airborne Lasers"
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Feb. 7, 2008
Phil Rigdon, MF '02
Deputy Director, Yakama Nation Department of Natural Resources
John Vitello
Sr. Forester, Bureau of Indian Affairs
"Forest and Timber Management on Western Native American Lands "
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Feb. 14, 2008
Bill Bentley
Salmon Brook Associates
"Indian and American Forestry: Common History, Different Problems, New Complementarities"
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Feb. 21, 2008
Kirsten Valentine Cadieux
Visiting Fellow, Yale Program in Agrarian Studies
"Conspicuous Production: Working landscape, sustainability, and the aesthetics of farm and forest work"
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Feb. 28, 2008
Marie Therese Ndiaye
Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
"Senegal Forest Decentralization Experiences"
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TUESDAY Mar. 4, 2008
P.K. Joshi
Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources, TERI University
"Biodiversity Characterization at the Landscape Level using Remote Sensing & GIS - an Indian Perspective"
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Mar. 6, 2008
The Forests Dialogue Steering Committee
"Forest and Climate Challenges and Opportunities from a Leader's Perspective"
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Mar. 27, 2008
Tamara Stark
Forest Campaign Manager, Greenpeace, China
"Changing China: The Challenges of Tightening its Timber Imports and Trade"
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April 3, 2008
Firooza Pavri
Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Southern Maine
"Vulnerability and Resource Dependency in India's Western Ghats"
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WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2008
Robert Glennon
Manager, Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
"Forest Protection, Restoration, and Management in USDA Easement Programs"
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April 10, 2008
"An inside look at a forestry non-profit: The New England Forestry Foundation"
Lynn Lyford
Executive Director
Si Balch
Director of Community Forest Stewardship
New England Forestry Foundation
"An Inside Look at a Forestry Non-profit: The New England Forestry Foundation"
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TUESDAY, April 15, 2008 (moved from April 22)
Varghese Paul
Fellow, Forestry and Biodiversity Group, TERI University
"India's Biodiesel Program: Promises and Challenges"
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