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Michael Jenkins is the founding President of Forest Trends, a Washington D.C-based non-profit organization and parent organization of the Ecosystem Marketplace. Prior to founding Forest Trends with other leaders from the conservation, finance, philanthropic foundation, and forestry industries, in 1998 Michael held a joint appointment as a Senior Forestry Advisor to the World Bank. From 1989-1999 he was the Associate Director for the Global Security and Sustainability Program of the MacArthur Foundation, where his responsibilities with the Program included all grant making in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as overarching program management. Before entering the Foundation, Michael worked for three years as an agroforester in Haiti with the USAID Agroforestry Outreach Program. Previous to that he worked with a Washington, DC-based development organization, Appropriate Technology International, as a technical advisor. In the late 70s, Michael was a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay working in agriculture, apiculture and forestry projects. He has traveled and worked throughout Latin America, Asia and parts of Africa and speaks Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole and Guaraní. Michael has contributed to a number of books and articles throughout his career and with Island Press published "The Business of Sustainable Forestry, Strategies for an Industry in Transition." He holds a Master of Forest Science degree from Yale University.
Katherine Hamilton
Katherine Hamilton is the Director of the Ecosystem Marketplace. At the Ecosystem Marketplace, she has authored numerous pieces on carbon and water markets, as well as co-authored the book Voluntary Carbon Markets: A Business Guide to What They Are and How They Work, three annual ‘State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets’ reports and the first annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2009. Prior to joining Ecosystem Marketplace, Katherine held positions at the Yale Environmental Law and Policy Center in New Haven, Connecticut; the United Nations Development Program in San Jose, Costa Rica; Natural Capitalism Inc in Boulder, Colorado; and the International Council for Science in Paris, France. Katherine holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where she wrote her thesis on the voluntary carbon markets, and bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.
David Diaz
David Diaz is a Forest Carbon Associate in the Ecosystem Marketplace Carbon Program. Specializing in carbon cycling and ecosystem science, David has applied his science background to forest conservation and climate change issues since receiving his MS in Soil Science from Oregon State University in 2008. Before moving to DC, David worked at Portland-based Ecotrust in forest carbon offset project development including forest modeling. He has also worked for the USDA Forest Service where he published a guide synthesizing scientific research concerning carbon-oriented forest and range management in the US West and introduced the history and emerging opportunities for landowners to access carbon markets. He received his BA in Environmental History from Harvard University in 2006.
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Michael Richards
Michael Richards is a natural resources economist with over 30 years research and development experience in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Currently based in the UK, he is working primarily in support of the Katoomba Group work in West and East Africa, and on the development of social impact assessment methods for multiple-benefit carbon projects. Previous experience includes 8 years as a Research Fellow with the UK Overseas Development Institute, and long-term assignments in Ghana, Honduras, Malawi, Mexico and Sri Lanka working in smallholder agriculture, forestry and rural development. He has worked extensively on policy, institutional and methodology issues around payments for ecoystem services, participatory forest management and economic incentives for sustainable forestry management (SFM). He holds a PhD from the University of Glamorgan in Wales, an MSc in Agricultural Economics from University of London, and a BA in Land Economy from University of Cambridge.
