Nate Maynard MAIEP OCRM ’14 Working for a Sustainable Taiwan

Nate Maynard worked for a time as a Fulbright Research Fellow at the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan, and completed a study valuing Taiwan’s first national marine park at $129 million. The study found that the reefs could be better protected by favoring sustainable tourism over fishing. Several news outlets covered this story including the Taipei Times, the China Times, and Apple Daily. His internship with the Ocean Recovery Alliance (ORA) enabled him to go to Columbia and work with the World Bank and led to a side consulting job with ORA. Nate is working as a Consultant at the Center for the Green Economy, Chuna-Hua Institution for Economic Research, in Taipei, Taiwan. “At the Center for the Green Economy I am continuing my Fulbright research on coral reef economics as well as helping to promote and research Taiwan’s green product market,” Nate wrote in a recent email. We are very proud of the leadership Nate is providing for a sustainable Taiwan!  Most recently, Nate is shifting focus to the circular economy and waste management.