Charles Bedford is the Regional Managing Director for The Nature Conservancy’s
Asia Pacific Region. Before moving to Beijing, Charles was director of the Conservancy
Colorado’s program, managing 70 employees as well as an annual operating budget of $8M and an annual capital budget of $8-40M. Charles led efforts for the creation of the Great Sand Dunes National Park — the newest national park in the U.S.
Before joining the Conservancy, Charles was Director of the Colorado State Land Board, where he led management of three million acres of state lands; Legal Counsel and Environmental Policy advisor to Colorado Governor Roy Romer; campaign manager for a U.S. Senate candidate; and attorney with the law firm of Kutak Rock in Denver.
Charles grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado. He attended college at Georgetown University and holds a juris doctor from the University of Colorado School of Law.
Find out 5 reasons why the Conservancy had a great Year of the Rabbit and why the Year of the Dragon could be even better for conservation in China. More
Charles Bedford looks at how we're planning on advancing conservation in China with an ambitious new initiative called Conservation Beyond Borders. More
Roughly 400 million people live along the Yangtze. A massive dam was one factor leading to major fish die off, but now the dam's operators are taking steps to benefit nature. More
A rare sighting of a giant panda leaves our deputy director in China breathless. More
To tackle the unique conservation challenges in China we needed to create a new model, something we're calling a “Land Trust Reserve.” Find out how it works. More
What's it like to raft down a gorgeous river canyon that's about to disappear? The Conservancy's Charles Bedford finds out on China's Upper Yangtze River. More
Land conservation in China can be challenging -- because it's hard to figure out who really controls a parcel of land. But if you can show an idea works, says Charles Bedford, you've got a good chance of success. More
(Editor’s note: Charles Bedford, the state director for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado, is living and working in China for the next year and will be writing about conservation issues there. Read all his posts.) A couple posts back I noted the similarities between Potatso (Pudacuo) National Park in Diqing, Yunnan and Rocky Mountain National [...] More
Small agricultural city in the middle of the country, big river running through the middle, homegrown international business figure who emphasizes the long-term and a values-laden corporate culture, a global network of followers who hang on every word and pronouncement. Sound familiar? Warren Buffett, right? Nope, I’m talking about Jack Ma, 10 years ago an [...] More
Bogdkhan Uul, just south of Ulanbator, Mongolia, is the oldest national park in the world. That’s right — it predates Yellowstone by over 100 years. Established by the Mongolian government in 1778, it was originally chartered by Ming Dynasty officials in the 1500s as an area to be kept off limits to extractive uses, protected [...] More
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