Daniel C. Taylor is currently President, Future Generations University (www.future.edu), having also started the global family of seven Future Generations organizations (www.future.org). Earlier, he led The Mountain Institute (www.mountain.org). He has his master’s and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. In recognition of his conservation work he was knighted Gorkha Dakshin Bau III by the King of Nepal, made Honorary Professor of Quantitative Ecology by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and decorated with the Order of the Golden Arc by Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands.