Steven Stone is the chief of the United Nation Environment Program or UNEP’s Geneva-based Economics and Trade Branch. Dr. Stone holds a PhD in Resource Economics from Cornell University and has more than 15 years of professional experience in environmental and natural resource management. Prior to his position with UNEP, Dr. Stone worked for the Inter-American Development Bank in Ecuador as a Senior Environmental Specialist, and in Honduras as IADBs Country Representative. Dr. Stone has also worked in Jamaica and Brazil on large scale capacity building, technical assistance and investment projects in areas related to natural resources management.