Dr. Christopher Golden an ecologist and epidemiologist
interested in the interface of ecosystem service provisioning and human health
has been named a 2014 National Geographic Emerging Explorer. For more than a
decade he has been conducting groundbreaking research on ecology and public
health in Madagascar. The prestigious award recognizes and supports uniquely
gifted and inspiring adventurers, scientists and innovators who are at the
forefront of discovery, exploration and global problem-solving while still
early in their careers.
Dr Golden received an A.B. in Environmental
Conservation (Special Concentrations) from Harvard College in 2005. In 2010, he
received an MPH in Epidemiology and in 2011 his Ph.D. in Environmental Science,
Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Golden joined Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS) in January as the organization’s Health & Ecosystems: Analysis of
Linkages (HEAL) Program Director. He also has a research appointment with the
Harvard School of Public Health, with which he has been conducting ecological
and epidemiological research in Madagascar since 2011.
In his most recent published study that appeared in
the journal Conservation Biology, Chris and his co-authors looked at the
consumption of protected wildlife in northeastern Madagascar and found that
diminished access to wildlife, resulting from unsustainable hunting and/or the
enforcement of conservation policies, may disproportionately impact the area’s
rural poor who depend on this resource. The study demonstrated the importance
of developing approaches for offsetting these negative impacts on local
communities while simultaneously securing a future for one of the world’s most
biodiverse places.
Posted with inputs from WCS
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