Charles Bedford

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.


Charles's Posts

From China: Entrepreneurs, Conservation and the Future of the World

October 21st, 2009
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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. Who’s going to lead the way for conservation in China? Local grass-roots groups? International NGOs? The government? Here’s another thought: [...] More

Yellowstone in China?

October 5th, 2009
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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. How are U.S. perceptions of China sadly out of date? One example lies in how China’s first national park was [...] More

From China: Earth First–Mine the Other Planets Later

September 28th, 2009
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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 for Cool Green Science. Read all his posts. Everywhere I’ve been outside of the United States in the last few years has a property [...] More