Contributors
Seth Cook
Senior Advisor
China for a Global Shift Initiative
WWF China Program Office |
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Seth Cook is currently Senior
Advisor to WWF’s China for a Global Shift
Initiative, which aims to address China’s
ecological footprint both domestically and
internationally. He previously served as
China Program Coordinator for the
International Union for the Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) based in Beijing, where he is
responsible for the overall development of
IUCN's work in China. Prior to IUCN, Seth
worked for the environmental consulting firm
Environomics (ERM) in Beijing and for the
National Wildlife Federation in Washington,
D.C. Seth Cook obtained his Ph.D. in 2004
from the Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, focusing on social
ecology and natural resource management. His
dissertation fieldwork concerned a
small-scale rainwater catchment and storage
system currently being employed in northwest
China to alleviate land degradation and meet
the water needs of villagers in remote,
impoverished areas. In addition to its
empirical aspects, the dissertation examined
the discourses of development and modernity
surrounding the project, as well as its
implication for the role of the state, civil
society and the market in development. He
also holds an M.A. in international
relations from Yale University, and a B.A.
from Amherst College in Asian Studies. |
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