Saleem Ali

Dr. Saleem Ali, Ph.D. is a professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Natural Resources. He holds an adjunct faculty appointment at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies and is a senior fellow United Nations mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica, and he has been named a 2010 National Geographic Emerging Explorer.

Dr. Ali is a leading scholar on Transboundary conservation zones or “peace parks,” causes and consequences of environmental conflicts, and the environmental and social impact of gemstone mining. Among many professional endeavors, Dr. Ali works as a professional mediator, promotes environmental education in madrassahs (Islamic religious schools) in Pakistan, contributes regularly to Pakistan’s Daily Times, and is a member of the expert advisory group at the United Nations Environment Programme. In 2007 he was chosen by Seed magazine as one of 8 “Revolutionary Minds in the World” in recognition of his work using environmental factors as a means of conflict resolution.

To learn more about Saleem Ali, please visit http://www.uvm.edu/~shali/

 

Read "Energizing Peace," a recent article by Saleem Ali in Foreign Policy.

Published work

Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and A Sustainable Future (Yale University Press, October 2009); Islam and Education: Conflict and Conformity in Pakistan (Oxford University Press, July 2009);Earth Matters: Indigenous Peoples, the Extractive Industries, and Corporate Responsibility; (Green Leaf Publishing, November 2008); Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution (MIT Press, September 2007); Mining: The Environment and Indigenous Development Conflicts (Arizona University Press, 2003)