**EESG** 9/30 – Trends in Conservation and International Development
Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, September 30, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Bronwyn Llewellyn is a Foreign Service Officer focused on the Environment with the United States Agency for International Development. A Conservation Ecologist by training, but an International Development practitioner by career choice, Bronwyn will address current and future trends in the often-conflicting fields of conservation and development. Using case studies from her work in Tanzania, Bronwyn will discuss how development projects can till under pristine forest for agriculture fields with no consideration for the water, pollinators and other critical ecosystem services these can provide, while Conservation projects sharply separate people from the natural resources they depend on.
So how can an ecologist work within a development agency without pulling her hair out? Luckily, Bronwyn has encountered some great success stories to keep her going during her work in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and the US. Immediately before joining USAID she worked as the Monitoring and Evaluation officer for the WWF Coastal East Africa Initiative based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She has a Masters of Environmental Management at Duke University and a B.S. in Biology from Mount Holyoke College.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!
Best,
Your EESG Team
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The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
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