Charles Chester

 Charles Chester "is the author of Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World (Island Press 2006), which examines Y2Y as a globally significant example of transborder cooperation. As an Adjunct Professor, he teaches the course International Biodiversity Conservation at the Fletcher School of Tufts University, having graduated from the same institution in May 2003 (Ph.D.). He has worked as a Program Consultant for the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, as a consultant to the Union of Concerned Scientists (on global biodiversity issues), and for the World Foundation for Environment and Development (on bioprospecting). Before graduate school he worked on toxic waste site remediation and indoor air quality issues."


 * Director, Yukon Conservation Initiative