He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and was a visiting associate professor in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. He has held positions at the Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden; and the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi in Brazil. His interests are ecological, cultural, and historical anthropology, and South American Indians. Dr. Balee is the author of Footprints of the Forest: Ka'apor Ethnobotany and co-editor of Resource Management in Amazonia. He was invested as an Officer in the Order of the Golden Ark for special services rendered to the conservation of flora and fauna by His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. Conversant in several languages, Dr. Balee is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Margaret Bayer