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Rick Zenn, World Forestry Center, rzenn@worldforestry.org (Presenter)
Kelly Stanley, Port Blakely Tree Farms, kstanley@portblakely.com
Richard Powell, , dick@starkerforests.com

The World Forestry Center International Educators Institute (IEI) is an innovative 7-day professional development program and forest study tour for some of the most active educators and natural resource managers working in the field today. Combining content rich, hands-on experiences in the field with a multicultural exchange of best practices in education and natural resource management, IEI seeks to significantly advance effective teaching and learning about the interrelated social, economic and environmental challenges facing the world's forests today.