Dr. Lawrence D. Harris, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation,
Faculties of African Studies Center,
College of Natural Resources and Environment, and
Affiliate Curator in Ecology, Florida Museum of Natural History.

 

Larry D. Harris is Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida. He began his professional career as a conservationist trained in the Midwest and then east Africa. After finishing his Ph.D. in systems ecology, he worked in the systems modeling group for the grassland biome project of the international biological program (USIBP). He has spent the last 27 years developing biodiversity conservation programming at the University of Florida, as well as being a globally active consultant on this subject. His work that has received the most attention and award recognition concerns the role and importance of forests to the perpetuation of biodiversity on earth: in Florida as well as globally.
     Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation