Steve Edwards Email & Phone Number

Oregon, United States

Baker City, Oregon

Baker Resources Coalition is a of like-minded institutions and individuals who are committed to:Promoting our County's natural resources as a cornerstone for economic development and the wellbeing of our citizens; and Providing a forum for people from different sectors to work together to address natural resource management issues, make more informed decisions, and achieve outcomes that will benefit more people. You can learn more about the Coalition at our website: https://www.bakerresources.com.

Baker City, Oregon

I was elected President Elect (which functions as Vice-President) but will assume the Presidency in 2014. The Cooperative was established to provide private woodland owners with a means to negotiate better prices for timber. Membership is open to woodland owners throughout the Blue Mountains of Oregon.

Baker County, Oregon

Oversee watershed Council efforts to manage and sustain water resources for the Powder Basin watershed in Baker County, Oregon.

I now serve on the CEM Steering Committee, with responsibility for supporting Ecosytem Services, Resilience, and Restoration Thematic Groups and the North America and Caribbean.

Wallowa Whitman National Forest

We support two projects at the moment: A Cooperative in Argentina to secure equitable benefits from the sale of Guanco fiber; and, Assisting fisher communities relying on resources from Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia to adopt management policies that will sustain their resource.

Beijing, China

In the past nine months the organizing committee, representing the Forum's core partners (State Forestry Administration of China, Beijing Municipality, Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation, and IUCN's Commission on Ecosystem Management) designed and convened the 1st World Forum on Ecosystem Governance. The Forum, modeled after the World Economic Forum, comprising a Future Leaders Academy and Roundtable Discussions, explored two broad themes: Governance of Ecosystems to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Governance of Ecosystems to Address Climate Change. The 150+ participants from over 50 countries concluded with a Beijing Declaration which conveys the key conclusions of the Forum, a Future Leaders Vision and a Call to Action, which summarizes the individual Roundtable Discussions. Detailed information about the programme and the Beijing Declaration may be seen on the WFEG website

Advise the County Commission on natural resource issues in Baker County, Oregon.

Over twenty two years with IUCN I held several positions: Head of Species Programme (1985 -1990), head of Sustainable Use Initiative (1991-2000), Head of Socio-Economics Programme (2001-2002), Head of Ecosystem Management Programme (2002-2003), Coordinator World Conservation Congress (2004-Jan 2007). I retired in at the end of January 2007. the following two years I assisted preparations for the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain under a contract with IUCN.Over my 22 years with IUCN I worked extensively in Central America, East and Southern Africa, and Central Asia - primarily working with local partners to promote sustainable use of renewable natural resources.I now reside in Baker County, Oregon and devote my time to local environmental issues (Natural Resource Advisory Committee, Watershed Council, and Private Woodlands Association (of which I serve as President). I formed an NGO - Sustainable Communities International (see our website

Phd, Systematics And Ecology

Masters, Parasitology

Bachelor Of Science, Zoology