Joel T Heinen

Joel T. Heinen received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment in 1992 and has been on the faculty of Florida International University’s Department of Environmental Studies, now the Department of Earth and Environment, since 1993.  He served as an American Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal from 1984 to 1988 and Fulbright Senior Scholar in Kyrgyzstan in the 1999-2000 academic year.  His main research focus is in biodiversity conservation policy studies in developing countries of Asia and Latin America and he has published well over 100 academic to date, I addition to numerous other works including reports, book reviews, chapters, abstracts, etc.  He lives and works in Miami, FL USA.