School of Forest Resources, University of Washington

School of Forest Resources
Distinguished Alumni Seminar

University of Washington, Seattle
May 6, 2011

"If I Could Change the World:
Forestry and Environmental Issues in South Sudan, Africa; Asia; and South America."

Jeannette Gurung ('85) Jeannette Gurung ('85) is a forester and gender and development expert who has focused on leading organizational change for gender equality within agriculture and natural resource management organizations in Asia and Africa. She is founder and executive director of WOCAN, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management.
kamoji Wachiira ('69) Kamoji Wachiira ('69) has over 25 years of experience in international development in Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean as a senior specialist for the Canadian International Development Agency and a consultant on environmental and natural resource management.
Mark Wishnie ('98) Mark Wishnie ('98) is a founding partner and managing director of Equator, LLC, an integrated environmental commodity and timberland management company based in New York City and São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Program moderated by Affiliate Professor Mack Hogans ('76).

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Welcome to the School of Forest Resources Distinguished Alumni Seminar (2:54)
Tom Hinckley - Interim Director - UW School of Forest Resources
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School of Forest Resources Distinguished Alumni Seminar - Introductions (13:04)
Mack Hogans - Program Moderated and Affiliate Professor, UW School of Forest Resources
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Conflict and Conservation - Forestry and Environmental Issues in South Sudan (25:31)
Kamoji Wachiira - Distinguished SFR Alum
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Women’s Exclusion in Forestry and Why it Matters (32:34)
Jeannette D. Gurung - Distinguished SFR Alum
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Open Land - Planting trees in the deforested Neotropics (30:44)
Mark Wishnie - Distinguished SFR Alum
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Discussion Questions for the SFR Distinguished Alumni Panel (30:29)
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