Gary Martin, Ph.D., is an ethno-ecologist who focuses on the inextricable links between biological and cultural diversity and the role of communities in maintaining socio-ecological resilience. He has a doctorate in anthropology from UC Berkeley and is a Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, Germany. Since 2000 he has been the Director of the Global Diversity Foundation (GDF), a non-profit organization that helps indigenous peoples and local communities maintain their agricultural, biological and cultural heritage through long-term projects encompassing advocacy, capacity building and research. He leads the annual Global Environments Summer Academy, and is the creator of the incipient Global Environments Network. global-diversity.org, globalenvironments.org
