Curt Freese

Curt Freese, Ph.D. "is the Director of the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Northern Great Plains Program in Bozeman, Montana. Dr. Freese received a B.S. in fish and wildlife biology from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in ecology from The Johns Hopkins University. He is the former head of Latin American Programs for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Vice President for Programs at the World Wildlife Fund-U.S. and an assistant professor at Rhodes College in Memphis. He has conducted research throughout Latin America and in Africa, Asia and the Artic. Among his recent publications is "Wild Species as Commodities: Managing Markets and Ecosystems for Sustainability," one of three books he has published on the linkage between economics and biodiversity conservation."


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