Title

Lecturer in Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Expertise

International Environmental Policy

Profile

Charles C. Chester teaches at Brandeis University and the Fletcher School at Tufts University with a focus on global environmental politics. He is currently editing a volume on climate change and landscape-scale biodiversity conservation, and is working with The Nature Conservancy to integrate two online resources on climate change and conservation (TNC’s Knowledge Base for Climate Adaptation and the Conservation & Climate Change Clearinghouse). Chester has consulted for the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, and has served on the boards of Bat Conservation International and Root Capital. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Board of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and the author of Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World (Island Press 2006), which focuses on case studies of transborder conservation in North America.