Behind The Key
Dr. Russell Mittermeier (ΦBK, Dartmouth University) is the Chief Conservation Officer at Global Wildlife Conservation and a world leader in the field of biodiversity and tropical forest conservation. Trained as a primatologist and herpetologist, he has traveled widely on seven continents, and has conducted field work in more than 30 countries, focusing particularly on Amazonia (especially Brazil and Suriname), the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil, and Madagascar.