Author: James Lassoie

Pu Wang is a doctoral student in the department of natural resources at Cornell University. He just completed a three-year project on large dams in Yunnan, China with Dr. Dong and Dr. Lassoie. Dong Shikui is currently an India China Institute (ICI) Fellow at the New School in New York. He is a Professor at the School of Environment, Beijing Normal University. He was recently appointed an adjunct professor at Cornell University’s Natural Resource Department (2007-2012). He also serves as an “Invited Scientist” for the Environment Impact Assessment Center of China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection. Through the ICI Fellowship, he is interested in exploring ecological and social variables related to decision making in environmental management and best practices for sustainable, integrated ecosystems and environmental management. Dr. James Lassoie is particularly interested in examining coupled human and natural systems involving the management of parks, protected areas, and otherwise fragile landscapes in developing countries as well as the United States. Lassoie pursues these interests often by working with graduate students, many from the countries under investigation. His primary focus for the next five years will be to examine coupled systems in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas, while further developing an Internet-based platform connecting conservation practitioners to academic research and teaching institutions (www.Conservation Bridge.org).