Paul R. Ehrlich.
Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University as well
as Chairman of the Board of the Center for Conservation Biology
at Stanford. Cofounder (with Peter H. Raven) of the field of coevolution,
he has done field research on every continent. Author of hundreds
of scientific papers and more than three dozen books…
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Gloria Flora. For her
courageous stewardship of public lands, she received the Murie
Award from the Wilderness Society, the Environmental Quality Award
from the Natural Resources Council of America & the Environmental
Hero Award from Sunset Magazine. She was selected as one
of the nation's top environmentalists by Vanity Fair…
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| Adam Davis. Co-founder of Ecosystem Investment Partners, he is expert
on using markets to restore and protect ecosystems. He has been editor of Ecosystem Marketplace, co-authored a chapter of Endangered Species Act
at Thirty, was featured in The New Economy of Nature by Gretchen Daily, and
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Pete McCloskey.
A fifteen-year veteran of the U.S. Congress, he was one of the
lead authors of the Endangered Species Act. He was a Co-Chairman
of the first Earth Day in 1970, served six years as Congressional
Delegate to the International Whaling Conference, and was Congressional
Advisor to the Law of the Sea Treaty Delegation… More
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Reese Halter. As founder
and president of Global Forest Science, he leads a team that encompasses
more than 100 scientists from 29 universities in eight countries.
Global Forest Science has become a world leader in preserving
temperate forests, avoiding ecological disasters, protecting fragile
ecosystems, and saving endangered species…
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Larry Lansburgh. An award-winning documentary filmmaker and veteran of 60 film and video projects, he is the producer, director and writer of Dream People of the Amazon, a video about how a group of indigenous people, the Achuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon, came up against the money and power of multinational oil companies – and won… More >>
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Tim Foresman. He was Executive Science Advisor for the U.N. Environment Programme, launched the U.N.’s Global Marine Monitoring Initiative, worked at NASA to create projections of the regional impacts of global change, and developed groundbreaking digital systems to map the resources and sensitivities of diverse ecosystems… More >> |
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David Helvarg. War correspondent turned oceans advocate, he is the founder and president of the Blue Frontier Campaign. The Campaign supports and amplifies the voices of groups working on ocean conservation and produces the The Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide . His work has been honored with the Herman Melville Award… More >> |
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Rick Johnson. In
a decade as executive director of the Idaho Conservation League,
he has helped grow its size, impact, and credibility. He is a
recognized leader in conservation strategy and organizational
development, and he serves on the boards of the Campaign for America's
Wilderness and the American Wilderness Coalition…
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Jim Bowyer. Chairman
of the Tropical Forest Foundation, Scientific Advisor to the Temperate
Forest Foundation, and Vice-President of the Consortium for Research
on Renewable Industrial Materials. He is expert in forest policy
and environmental life cycle analysis, has authored 190 articles
and a best-selling textbook… More
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Marielle Anzelone. As an urban ecologist, she manages projects to preserve botanical diversity in New York City's 12,000 acres of forests, meadows, and wetlands. Her work demonstrates that even the densest city can protect endangered species through a combination of habitat preservation and landscaping centered on native plants… More >> |
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Alfredo Quarto. As Executive Director and co-founder of the Mangrove Action Project, he focuses on the protection of these critical wetland ecosystems. He has consulted on the Biodiversity Exhibit at The American Museum of Natural History, written for Science and Biodiversity Journal, and spoken at the Global Biodiversity Forum… More >> |
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Tim Herd. Writer, producer
and host of Nature Newswatch, a daily feature news presentation
from North America's wild outdoors. The founder and Director Emeritus
of The Roving Nature Center, America's first fully mobile environmental
education center, he developed its award winning environmental
and human ecology education programs… More
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John Seed. A pioneer
in establishing and spread- ing the concepts of deep ecology,
he coauthored (with Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming, and Arne Naess)
Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings .
This classic has now been translated into ten languages. In 1979,
he founded the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia…
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Jerry Meral. He served
as Deputy Director of the California Department of Water Resources,
as Western Water Resources Director of Environmental Defense,
and as Executive Director of the Planning and Conservation League.
He won the National River Conservation Award as well as awards
from the Sierra Club and many others…More
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