Peer Reviewed Publications:
Wilburn, S. Matthew et al.; “Sea Grant in Latin America: Adapting the U.S. Sea Grant Model of Linked Applied Research, Extension, and Education to a Latin American Context – is there a fit?” Marine Policy Journal, May 2007, Volume 31 (3) Elsevier Publishing.
Accepted Chapter: Wilburn, S. Matthew; “Actor-Network Approaches and the Analysis of Discourse in Environmental Conflict” for an edited volume: German, L; Ramisch, J; Verma, R: “Beyond the Biophysical: Knowledge, Culture, and Politics in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management”; World Bank’s Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
Accepted Chapter: Wilburn, S. Matthew; “Natural Resource Management in Post-Conflict Central America 1990 - 1996” for an edited volume: Environmental Law Institute, World Conservation Union (IUCN), University of Tokyo and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
Accepted Article: Wilburn, S. Matthew; “Diseño Institucional para la Gerencia de Conflictos Medio Ambientales,” Guaraguao, Revista de Cultura Latinoamericana, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Latinoamerica. España
Technical Documents and Conference Reports:
Wilburn, S. Matthew; Tobey, J; Hepp, J.; Olsen, S.B.; Costa-Pierce, B.; “Sea Grant International: Final Report to the Department of State, Oceans Environmental and International Scientific Affairs Initiative Grant IAA#S-OES-03-IAA-001”. United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Office of International Activities in Collaboration with the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center. July, 2004.
Wilburn, S. Matthew; Tobey, J; Hepp, J.; Olsen, S.B.; Costa-Pierce, B.; “A Network of Centers for the Governance of Coastal Ecosystems: The Establishment of Long-Term University-Based Marine and Coastal Resource Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Government White Paper: United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Office of International Activities in Collaboration with the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center. March, 2004.
Wilburn, S. Matthew; Tobey, J; Hepp, J.; Olsen, S.B.; Costa-Pierce, B.; “An Assessment of the Sea Grant Program Model of Extension, Education, and Applied Research in the Marine and Coastal Environment, A Revision of International Experience and Opportunities”: Background Paper #1 Government White Paper: United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Office of International Activities in Collaboration with the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center. March, 2004.
Wilburn, S. Matthew; Tobey, J; Hepp, J.; Olsen, S.B.; Costa-Pierce, B.; “Integrating Education, Applied Research, and Extension; A Justification for Pilot Projects in the Gulf of Fonseca and Coastal Ecuador”: Background Paper #2 Government White Paper: United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, Office of International Activities in Collaboration with the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center. March, 2004.
Wilburn, S. Matthew (2003). Watershed Management. Civil-Security Forces Environmental Cooperation in Central America and the Caribbean Conference Report; pp. 20-23, Belize City, Belize, Center for Strategic Leadership, United States Army War College, Carlyle, Pennsylvania.
Other Writings:
Environmental Conflict in Southern Honduras 1973 - 2006.pdf
Evolution of Credit Union Philosophy.pdf
Addressing Corruption in Development.pdf
NOAA Magazine Dec 2005.pdf
Professional Presentations/Conferences/Media:
Discourses of Sustainable Development by invitation from the Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, November 7, 2008
Analyzing Environmental Conflicts by invitation from the University of Denver, Department of Geography, October 23, 2008 Denver, Colorado
Institution Building for Environmental Security, Environmental Security Dialogues by invitation from the United States Southern Command and the United States Army War College, July 23, 2008 Miami, Florida
Art and the Natural World: Exploring Andy Goldsworthy, Presentation Invitation from the Board of Directors of the Capital Hill Arts Workshop, 21 June 2008 Washington D.C.
Who Ate the Tropical Forests: the “yumminess of discontent”, Presentation by Invitation from the Center for the Study of Globalization, The George Washington University, Globalization Week Guest Lecturer, 25 March 2008 Washington D.C.
Contested Neoliberal Economic Futures: southern Honduras 1973 – 2006, Presentation by Invitation from The George Washington University, Department of Geography, November 28, 2007 Washington DC
The Price of Prawns, Joint Presentation and showing of the documentary with BBC Senior Producer for the Natural History Unit, Jeremy Bristow, by Invitation from the University of Cambridge, Ivory Tower Society, February 8, 2007 Pembroke College’s Old Library, Cambridge, England
The Blue Revolution 1970 – Present, Presentation by Invitation from the University of Cambridge, Ivory Tower Society, November 13, 2006 Cambridge, England
Session Convener and Chairman: Geographies of Environmental Conflict, Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, August 31, 2006 London, England.
Knowledge, Power, and Politics in Environmental Conflict, southern Honduras 1973 – Present, Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, August 31, 2006 London, England.
ABC Affiliate 97.7 Radio Program Interview on Carlisle This Week: Good Morning Guatemala, Public Diplomacy invitation from the United States Embassy Guatemala and the United States Agency for International Development, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant International Efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, August 11, 2006, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Part I 2-01 S. Matthew Wilburn's interview on Carlisle's Show.m4a Part II 01 S. Matthew Wilburn's Interview on Carlisle's Show Part II.m4a
Emergence and Evolution of Environmental Conflict in the Gulf of Fonseca, southern Honduras 1973 - Present, Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, March 11, 2006 Chicago, IL USA.
Changing the Narrative: Environmental Ethics in Contemporary Society, Guest Speaker and Workshop Coordinator and Instructor by Invitation from the Washington Ethical Society, March 28, 2004, Washington D.C., USA.
Political Ecology of Mangroves in the Gulf of Fonseca, southern Honduras, Royal Geographical Society Postgraduate Forum Conference, February 21, 2004 London, England.
Defense of Coastal and Marine Resources: Watershed Management, Environmental Security Conference by invitation from the United States Southern Command and the United States Army War College in cooperation with the Central American Commission for Environment and Development, Belize City, Belize July, 2003.
Sea Grant International: Gulf of Fonseca and Coastal Ecuador, National Sea Grant College Program: Sea Grant Week, May 2003, Galveston, TX.
U.S. Delegate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Central American System for Regional Integration-Central American Commission for Environment and Development (SICA-CCAD), Regional Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development, Belize City, Belize; March 2002.
Systems Thinking and Ecological Literacy, Guest Lecturer by invitation from Shepherd University’s Institute for Environmental Studies (Special Topics: Communication Strategies for Environmental Studies) February 29, 2000.