John O. (John-O) Niles has published several books and articles on climate change and tropical forests. He has consulted for conservation groups that include The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense, and Conservation International. He has also been an invited advisor to members of the Executive Office of the President (under the Clinton administration), the US Council of Economic Advisors, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy, the State Department, the World Bank, the Food and Agricultural Organization and others.
John-O was the volunteer director of TFG from its inception in early 2006 until August, 2007. John-O is the Chief Science and Policy Officer for Carbon Conservation Pty, a company working to save threatened forests in tropical countries. Prior, John-O advised the Coalition for Rainforest Nations on science and technical matters and managed the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance. Earlier, he managed a primate conservation program in Nigeria and was a staff scientist at Stanford University’s Center for Conservation Biology.
Mr. Niles holds a BS in resource economics (University of Vermont) and a MS in biological sciences (Stanford University).
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