Dr. Eugene Simonov ’93 M.E.S.
Sharing Dragon Rivers, Eagle
Grasslands and Tiger Forests:
Conservation News from
Russia–China–Mongolia Crossroads
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Sage Hall, Bowers Auditorium
205 Prospect Street
Introduction by Senior Lecturer Fred Strebeigh
Immediately following the talk, Eugene will be available to discuss nature
conservation from the Urals to Japan until 1:45 p.m.
BRIEF BACKGROUND: Degrees from Moscow State University, Yale F&ES, and China’s
Northeast Forestry University. Past 20 years: busy bridging transboundary gaps in
conservation work between Russia and the United State, Europe, China, Mongolia, and East
Asia. Long history of cooperation with the Biodiversity Conservation Center, Socio-ecological
Union, World Bank, Global Environmental Facility (GEF), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Pacific
Environment, UNECE, Russian, Mongolian, and Chinese bureaucracies and local communities.
Since 2004: focus on transboundary issues on the Amur River Basin, a highly complex
watershed of northeastern China, the Russian Far East, and eastern Mongolia. May 2013
recipient of the Whitley Conservation Award “Keeping rivers wild and free;” October 2014
recipient of the prestigious “Misha Jones Award” awarded by Sosnovka Coalition of
Environmental and Indigenous groups of Asian Russia; 1993 recipient of an Echoing Green
Global Fellowship.
Sponsored by the F&ES Office of Development and Alumni Services Please direct
questions to Peter Otis (peter.otis@yale.edu)