Steven Sanderson received his doctorate in political science from Stanford University in 1978. During the 1980s, he received a fellowship in international relations from the Rockefeller Foundation and a fellowship in international affairs from the Council on Foreign Relations, to name just a few. He is also a program officer for the Ford Foundation in Brazil. Later, he was named dean of Emory College and held a professorship at the University of Florida. From 2001 to 2010, he led the Wildlife Conservation Society as president and CEO.
Steven Sanderson has written and lectured extensively on Latin America, rural poverty, biodiversity conservation, and the effects of global climate change on wildlife, including on the correlation between deforestation and climate change, conservation and poverty, and conservation in regions experiencing violent political conflict.
Sanderson delivered the Beatty Lecture on April 22, 2004, entitled “Global Poverty Reduction and Wilderness Depletion”.
Image: Wildlife Conservation Society
