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Appendix C: Biographies of Speakers
Pages 57-72

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... Described by the Almanac of American Politics as one of America's most original governors, his advocacy led to passage of a nationally acclaimed state water management code in 1980, and in 1986 of a water quality act described by the Los Angeles Times as perhaps "the nation's toughest law to protect underground water." Mr. Babbitt received a master's degree in geophysics from the University of Newcastle in England, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar.
From page 58...
... His book on international environmental agreements, Environment and Statecraft: The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making, was published in 2003. Professor Barrett has advised international organizations, including different agencies of the United Nations, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Commission, the Independent World Commission on the Oceans, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Commission on Environmental Law, and the International Task Force on Global Public Goods.
From page 59...
... Award for Cheese and Cultured Products Research, the Utah State University Leone Leadership Award, the Honored Alumnus Award from the College of Biology and Agriculture at Brigham Young University, and was the G Malcolm Trout Visiting Scholar in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University.
From page 60...
... She is involved in multidisciplinary projects linking natural and social aspects of environmental vulnerability and sustainability. In recent years, Professor Díaz has been actively involved in international initiatives related to global change, such as the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Core Project of International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
From page 61...
... Before that, she was the assistant administrator for the NOAA's Office of Program Planning and Integration. From 1999 until 2002, she served as the deputy assistant administrator for the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service of NOAA.
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... He has worked on salmon in Alaska and New Zealand, guppies in Trinidad, stickleback fishes in British Columbia, lemon sharks in the Bahamas, and Darwin's finches in the Galapagos. Taken as a whole, his work has shown that populations experiencing environmental change can show rapid evolutionary responses that may improve the ability of those populations to persist.
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... Mark Lonsdale is the chief of entomology at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Canberra, Australia. His research interests include biological invasions, ecological implications of genetically modified organisms, environmental risk assessment, biological control of weeds, and plant population ecology.
From page 64...
... His research interests include ecosystem services, natural capital, biodiversity conservation, endangered species policy, integrating ecological and economic analysis, renewable energy, environmental regulation, and common property resources. His papers have been published in Biological Conservation, Ecological Applications, Journal of Economics Perspectives, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, International Economic Review, Land Economics, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, and other journals.
From page 65...
... Dr. Power's past activities include serving on the NCEAS Science Advisory Board, the NRC Committee on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment in the Humid Tropics, the Executive Committee of the Organization for Tropical Studies, the Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Panel on Transgenic Bt Crops, the Sustainable Biosphere Initiative Steering Committee of the Ecological Society of America, and the Technical Committee of the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Collaborative Research Support Program, of the U.S.
From page 66...
... In 2003, Mr. Revkin became the first Times reporter to file stories from the North Pole area, and in 2008 he became the first science reporter to win a John Chancellor Award from Columbia University.
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... Known for his work in the ecology of the Andean cloud forests, conservation biology, and environmental policy, Dr. Samper sits on the boards of directors for the American Association of Museums, the Center for International Forestry Research, and the Nature Conservancy.
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... He was the founding chair of the nonprofit Partnership Project, established to help build a more unified and potent national environmental movement. He also serves on the advisory committees of the Earth Communications Organization and the Environmental Media Association.
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... and an expert on environmental matters. His professional track record in the fields of sustainable development policy and environmental management; his first-hand knowledge of civil society, governmental, and international organizations; and his global experience spanning five continents make him an excellent choice to lead UNEP.
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... Dr. Tilman has received the Ecological Society of America's Cooper Award and its MacArthur Award, the Botanical Society of America's Centennial Award, and the Princeton Environmental Prize, and he was named a Guggenheim fellow.
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... Dr. Worm also has an active interest in marine conservation and ecosystem management, particularly in the conservation of large marine predators.


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