Dorjee Sun

Dorjee Sun with The Burning Season poster.

Dorjee Sun (born 1977,^[1] Sydney, Australia), a social entrepreneur, is the CEO of Carbon Conservation. His work for Carbon Conservation was a subject of the international feature documentary The Burning Season in 2008.

Dorjee Sun was the son of a Chinese father and a Tibetan mother from Darjeeling.^[2] He grew up in northern Sydney and attended North Sydney Boys High School. He graduated from a combined Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Law and Dip. Asian Studies (Mandarin) in 2001 from the University of New South Wales. During his degree he spent two years on scholarship in Beijing, China studying Chinese language and law at Peking University.^[3] He has served as a University of Melbourne Asialink Asia Australia Leader, Youth Chair of the Ethnic Communities Council at both national and state levels, University Law Society President and as a member of the Education Technology Advisory Board.^[4] He is currently based in Singapore.

The Burning Season film looks at the problems of deforestation in Indonesia, the farmer's perspective, the plight of the orangutans and Dorjee Sun as he looks to find a business solution. It follows him as he tries to convince potential investors from eBay, Starbucks and Merrill Lynch to invest in a carbon trading solution that will help avoid deforestation in Indonesia and provide for the locals at the same time.^[5]

In 2009 the African Rainforest Conservancy named a newly discovered species of blue spotted chameleon from the rainforests of Tanzania after Sun. The species has been called Kinyongia dorjeesuni.^[6] This name, however, is considered a nomen nudum as it fails to conform by Article 13 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, which requires a formal species description stating those characters that are purported to differentiate the taxon.^[7]

Time Magazine recognised Sun as a Heroes of the Environment (2009) for his work as a carbon-trade broker.^[8]

References

1. ^ Catalogue search (Science of student success), National Library of Australia
2. ^ Dorjee Sun: Rockin' for REDD!, Cameron Walker, Ecosystem Marketplace, retrieved 7 November 2010
3. ^ http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/our_work/leaders/participants/alumni_2002/2002_melbourne_participants/dorjee_sun
4. ^ http://www.carbonpool.com/people.html
5. ^ http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937946.html?categoryid=31&cs=1
6. ^ http://www.africarainforest.org/benefit/Press%20Release%2009.pdf
7. ^ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/index.jsp?nfv=true&article=13
8. ^ http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1924149_1924155_1924438,00.html

External links

• Carbon Conservation
• Bali's Business Bonanza, The Age
• Indonesian Proposal: Pay Us Not to Chop Down Our Trees, The Wall Street Journal

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