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[Part II]: SPEAKER BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Pages 233-242

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From page 233...
... His research interests are broad and concern managing populations under environmental change; with much of the specific work concerning the theory of population dynamics and the practice of managing biodiversity in agricultural settings. The population dynamical work includes development of theory informed by empirical understanding derived from a laboratory model organism, a soil mite.
From page 234...
... At WSU, her program focuses on quantifying the environmental impact of dairy and beef production systems, identifying the factors that contribute to mitigating resource use and greenhouse gas emissions and communicating the results to producers, consumer and policy-makers. Current projects include comparisons of the historical and modern US beef industry; evaluation of the effect of dairy breed on the environmental impact of cheese production; and quantifying the impact of performance-enhancing technologies on resource use and greenhouse gas emissions from beef production.
From page 235...
... and the World Bank in Washington, DC. As a Deputy Manager of the Sustainable Development Department of the IDB, he had responsibility for regional sector policy and technical support to the Bank's country departments.
From page 236...
... BRIAN GREENBERG is the Director of Sustainable Development at InterAction, an alliance of US NGOs engaged in international development and humanitarian assistance. His experience in rural development extends from sustainable agriculture and natural resource management to capacity building for NGOs and communities.
From page 237...
... Kimble served as a state department foreign service officer, attaining the rank of minister-counselor. She served in policy-level positions in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, overseeing multilateral development issues and debt policy; in the Bureau of Oceans, International Environment and Scientific Affairs (OES)
From page 238...
... As co-leader of IFPRI's global change program, he is responsible for developing IFPRI's research in climate change modeling and spatially explicit assessments of potential adaptation and mitigation programs and policies. His previous professional activities includes leading the drivers of ecosystem services efforts of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, undertaking research that combines biophysical and socioeconomic data in quantitative, spatially-explicit modeling of the
From page 239...
... Previously he was a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC where he led the institute's Science and Technology Policy Program, and prior to 1994 at the International Service for National Agricultural Research in The Hague, Netherlands. He is a graduate of the University of Adelaide, Australia, and obtained a doctoral degree in agricultural and applied economics from the University of Minnesota.
From page 240...
... MAXIMO TORERO is the Division Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute, leader of the Global Research Program on Institutions and Infrastructure for Market Development and Director for Latin America. He has fifteen years of experience in applied research and in operational activities.
From page 241...
... , a Soil Scientist, is Professor and Director of the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn, a federally funded multidisciplinary research and teaching institute concerning sustainable development issues. Prior to accepting this post, he was a Professor and Director at the Institute of Agronomy in the Tropics at Georg-August University in Goettingen.


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