Peter Dauvergne

Who is Peter Dauvergne?

Peter Dauvergne is an author, environmentalist, and professor of international relations at the University of British Columbia. His 13 books and more than 50 journal articles and book chapters have been translated into Arabic, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, among other languages. His 1997 book, Shadows in the Forest, has been described as the first to "describe in intricate and devastating detail" the role of Japanese corporations and trade in the politics of deforestation in Southeast Asia. The book went on to win the International Studies Association's 1998 Sprout Award for the best book in international environmental affairs. Dauvergne's 2001 book, Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific, extended his fieldwork to include Melanesia, most notably uncovering evidence of corruption in the Solomon Islands.

Dauvergne went on to research the consequences of consumption for global environmental change, as in his 2005 book with Jennifer Clapp, Paths to a Green World. He followed this with The Shadows of Consumption, which won the 2009 Gerald L. Young Book Award in Human Ecology.