Michaela Foster
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Academic Year:
2017-18
Direction:
From Yale
Exchange Partners:
Freie University
Research Interest:
Can Foreign Aid Ameliorate the Deforestation Crisis? Assessing the Influence of USAID and GIZ in Zambia
Michaela Foster is a third year PhD candidate at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. In her dissertation, she is assessing the impacts of internationally-funded forest management interventions on deforestation and rural livelihoods in Zambia. She holds a Master of Science degree in Natural Resources from North Carolina State University and a BA in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Duke University.