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International Fire Management Assessment & Training Consultant/Senior Scientist  with a unique background identifying and addressing conservation and ecosystem restoration issues around the world that emphasize the integration of the social, ecological, political and technical aspect of fire-related threats affecting biodiversity conservation, climate change, and people's livelihoods. Particular expertise in Latin America, the Caribbean, and southeastern USA, but has also worked on projects in South Africa, Indonesia, China and Mongolia.  (see profile on linkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldlmyersphd).  Currenty administator of the online group Caras del Fuego / Faces of Fire at http://www.wiserearth.org/group/carasdelfuego.

• Created and coordinated The Nature Conservancy's Latin America & Caribbean Fire Learning Network—a multi-country network that brought together scientists, high-level government decision-makers, fire management experts, and on-the-ground conservation managers to accelerate learning to address issues related to the impact of wildfires and agricultural burning on biodiversity conservation and climate change throughout the region.
• Conducted regional conservation assessments in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Trinidad, China and Mongolia.
• Designed and implemented conservation and fire management training courses in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, South Africa, and Indonesia.
• Develped The Nature Conservancy's fire management program--the only international conservation organization that has a program addressing fire-related issues.
• Ecological expertise in ecosystem restoration, wetland ecology, invasive species, tropical ecology, and climate change.
• Former Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras.
• Former smokejumper with the USDA Forest Service.
• Fluent in Spanish; strong cultural understanding throughout Latin America.