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Conservation & Climate Security International |
About C2Si
- C2Si is a private for-profit corporation and accompanying non-profit NGO that seeks to use conservation science and technology to help countries meet development goals and achieve security by dealing with existing environmental threats, adapting to impending threats, and capitalizing on global environmental markets through sustainable investments in conservation and climate adaptation.
- C2Si integrates the fields of science, technology, law, and economics and applies these disciplines to field-based solutions to regional and global conservation problems.
- C2Si is an organization that links local and national conservation efforts to international businesses to generate revenue through carbon trading markets, monetizing ecosystem services, and providing auditing & policing functions for existing carbon and ecosystem products.
- C2Si provides governments, international organizations, and businesses with tools, counsel, intelligence, and capacity to map, assess, and reduce environmental security risks in order to safeguard essential conditions for development, economic stability, and security.
- C2Si promotes international diplomacy and regional cooperation through science and conservation with the goal of promoting stability and development.
- C2Si is committed to carbon neutrality in its activities.
C2Si is a team of dedicated professionals, made up of world-class scientists, economists, and technicians with expertise in the developing world and an ability to navigate complex political and cultural environments. The C2Si team possesses:
- Substantial leadership in federal and international environmental protection.
- Decades of experience in environmental management and regulation.
- Tremendous technical expertise in natural resource management, wildlife biology, wetlands ecology, wetlands regulation and restoration, watershed management, range management, ecosystem services, climate change impacts, environmental security, climate security, endangered species protection, sustainable development and climate change adaptation.
- A reputation for accomplished scientific research and dissemination that includes countless peer-reviewed articles and popular writing, presentation in international forums, and coverage in national and international media.
- Consummate experience in environmental assessment and review of fish and wildlife values, water quality values, and on environmental benefits, and negative impacts associated with project implementation.
- Myriad awards from state, federal, and international organizations for leadership, management, environmental protection, and accomplishments.
The C2Si team has years of experience providing scientific expertise and implementing real-world solutions to pressing environmental concerns. These are just a few of our many accomplishments:
- Led the creation of national parks in Afghanistan, Madagascar, and Russia.
- Assisted in the development of environmental law in Russia and Afghanistan and ensured the effective implementation of the rule of law in those countries.
- Served as senior environmental policy and management advisor to the newly established Afghan National Environmental Protection Agency.
- Official delegates to international environmental conventions.
- Developed and implemented effective training in illegal wildlife trade for foreign customs agents as well as military and international aid mission personnel.
- Rebuilt the science sector in Iraq.
- Analyzed and planned a national strategy for responding to climate change in natural resource protection.
- Planned and implemented significant environmental clean-up projects in multiple desert environments using local expertise and training.
- Wrote and implemented national regulations and policy.
- Founded an major academic center dedicated to producing applied solutions to the impacts of climate change.
- Environmental advisors to the US Department of State.
- Expert advisors to multiple U.S. government agencies in natural resource protection, environmental protection, climate change strategic planning, and international scientific diplomacy.