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Saleem H. Ali

Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Natural Resources

153 S. Prospect Street Burlington, VT 05401 UNITED STATES Phone: 802-656-0173 Fax: 802-656-8015 saleem@alum.mit.edu

Saleem H. Ali is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Natural Resources, and on the adjunct faculty of Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. For the 2007–2008 academic year, he also served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of environmental conflicts and how ecological factors can promote peace. His latest book is Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future (Yale University Press, 2009).

Prof. Ali is also on the visiting faculty for the United Nations–mandated University for Peace (Costa Rica), where he teaches a course on Indigenous Environment and Development Conflicts. Much of his empirical research has focused on environmental conflicts in the mineral sector and he is the author of Mining, the Environment and Indigenous Development Conflicts (University of Arizona Press, 2003). His most recent edited volume is Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution (MIT Press, September 2007), with cover endorsements from E. O. Wilson, George Schaller, and Achim Steiner and a foreword by Julia Marton-Lefevre. His book Islam and Education: Conflict and Conformity in Pakistan's Madrassas was published by Oxford University Press (Pakistan) in January 2009.

Dr. Ali is also a member of the expert advisory group on environmental conflicts for the United Nations Environment Programme with a specific interest in transboundary conservation zones. As part of this effort, he is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas and the IUCN Taskforce on Transboundary Conservation. National Geographic selected him as an Emerging Explorer in 2010.

Previously, Dr. Ali was an environmental health and safety professional at General Electric and a consultant for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Health Canada as an Associate at the Boston-based consulting firm Industrial Economics Inc. Dr. Ali's research appointments include a Public Policy Fellowship at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, a Baker Foundation Research Fellowship at Harvard Business School, and a parliamentary internship at the U.K. House of Commons.

Focus: Business, Conservation, Development, Diplomacy, Education, Environment, Health, Peace, Security, Sustainability, Australia, Costa Rica, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States, Americas, Asia, Europe, Global

Link: http://www.uvm.edu/~shali/

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Last Updated: Jun 04, 2010