Eastern Asia Representative

National Wildlife Federation

1400 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

TEL: (202) 797-6691
FAX: (202) 797-5486
HOME: (301) 270-1627
E-MAIL: raforrest@aol.com

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
  business and environment; environment and development
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  environmental policy; non-governmental organization (NGO) activities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Translator, Nihon Jitsumu Honyaku Gakuin/Tecrite Institute, 1988-89; Researcher, Japan Tropical Forest Action Network (JATAN)/Friends of the Earth, 1988; Interpreter, Mazda Motor Manufacturing Corporation, 1987-88.

IN JAPAN: 1988-89 - research; 1983-84 - study; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"Japanese Economic Assistance and the Environment: The Need for Reform," (National Wildlife Federation, Nov., 1989); "Japan's ODA and Tropical Forests," (with Harago) (World Wide Fund for Nature Discussion Paper, Oct, 1990).