Peter Wood

Peter Wood is terrestrial campaigns director at the B.C. chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Previously, he worked for Global Witness, a UK-based NGO that investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource-related conflict and corruption, and associated environmental and human rights abuses. Peter holds a PhD in Forestry from the University of Toronto, and his dissertation examined the impact of forest certification on forest management and policy in Canada. He completed his BA in Environmental Studies at the University of British Columbia, and wrote his undergraduate thesis on the creation of the Muskwa Kechika Management Area.

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