Ali Yachkaschi
Ali Yachkaschi ( Persian علی یخکشی English Ali Yakhkeshi ; * 1939 in Behschahr , Iran ) is an Iranian professor of environmental science , environmental activist and author. After graduating from high school, he left Iran to study at the Georg-August University in Göttingen in Germany. Finally, he earned a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science and a PhD in Natural Resource Management / Environmental Policy from that university.
In Iran, due to his extraordinary efforts and achievements to draw the country's attention to environmental protection - including co-founding an independent research field in environmental sciences at the University of Tehran in 1974 - he is simply known as the "father of environmental sciences in Iran". In the course of his career at the universities of Tehran and Mazandaran, he initiated and carried out numerous exchange programs between Iranian and German forest and environmental institutes, thereby contributing to improving mutual cultural and scientific understanding.
Life
Ali Yachkaschi was born in the village of Yachkasch, a mountain village located in the wooded areas in the south of Behschahr, the province of Māzandarān , in northern Iran. After completing elementary and secondary school and graduating from high school in Behshahr, he left for Germany to continue his education at the Georg-August University in Göttingen. Until his return to Iran in 1967 he helped found the independent research field of environmental sciences and that faculty at the University of Tehran.
His work has been rewarded with numerous prizes and his achievements in education and research in environmental sciences have been recognized several times.
Yachkaschi received numerous awards, for example in 2000 as regular professor at Mazandaran University (2001), the national environmental award (2002) and the golden statue of the Iranian Association of Environmental Researchers / Scientists in 2004.
Experiences and honors
- Habilitation in the research branch of management of natural resources / environmental policy at the Georg-August University in Göttingen in 1974
- Academic member of the University of Tehran, Iran from 1968 to 1980
- Academic member of the University of Göttingen, Germany from 1980 to 2000
- Research branch spokesman for the Georg August University in Göttingen, Germany
- Representative of the Asian-African countries and member of the board of directors of the International Union of Forest Research Institute IUFRO
- Member of the board of directors of the Global Society of Asian-African Researchers
- Establishment of the German-Iranian cultural foundation
- Academic member of Mazandaran University, Iran from 2000 to 2010
- Expert for the Research and Education Member of the National Department for the Environment in Iran from 2003 until today
- National environmental award of Iran
- Golden statue for environmental research Iran
- Chosen, recognized professor in Iran
- Award-winning as one of the 30 greatest Iranian environmental researchers
- Management and coordination of over 10 national and international research projects
- Author of 22 specialist books on environmental policy and management in Persian, German, English and Turkish
- Over 90 published professional articles in Persian, German, English, French and Turkish
- Initiative for the planting of more than 60 hectares of forest in Iran
- Contribution to the FAO's global forest ownership reform
- Contribution to the mapping of Lake Urmia in the national park
- Supervision of more than 100 students in the field of master's and doctoral theses at the Universities of Göttingen (Germany), Mazandaran, Tehran, Tarbiatmodares, Gorgan in Iran and in Armenia.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mazandaran Province Prominent Foundation ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A. Yachkaschi: A contribution to international understanding. 1998 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ List of publications in Google Scholar
- ↑ Yachkaschi et al .: Trends in forest ownership, forest resources tenure and institutional arrangements: are they contributing to better forest management and poverty reduction? A case study from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 2008, ( fao.org PDF).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yachkaschi, Ali |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yakhkeshi, Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian environmental scientist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Behschahr |