Claude Martin (biologist)

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Claude Martin (* 1945 in Zurich ) is a Swiss biologist and environmentalist.

Life

After studying biology at the University of Zurich, Claude Martin joined the WWF as a zoologist in the early 1970s and worked on field projects in central India to research the ecology of the endangered grouper deer in Kanha National Park and develop proposals for their protection. After receiving his doctorate in 1975 at the University of Zurich in 1975, he worked as operations manager in the Bia National Park in western Ghana until 1978 . He researched forest elephants , rainforests and primates . In 1980 he became managing director of WWF Switzerland . Under his leadership, the Swiss branch developed into one of the leading environmental protection organizations in the country.

In 1990 Claude Martin joined WWF International as Director of Programs. In 1993 he was appointed General Director of WWF International. As General Director of WWF International, Claude Martin worked for twelve years towards a targeted environmental protection policy and international partnerships, such as For example, the alliance for the protection of forests between WWF and the World Bank , the Amazon Region Protected Areas Plan and partnerships with business and industry.

During his tenure, WWF helped found the World Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). Claude Martin represented the WWF in advisory bodies at the highest level and helped to set up a volunteer network, where young people can gain practical experience in environmental protection in one of the numerous WWF field projects. From 1995 to 2006 he was a member of the Council of the People's Republic of China for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) , an advisory body to the Chinese government.

In 2016, Martin was awarded the Georg Ludwig Hartig Prize for his commitment to sustainable forestry .

Works

  • The rainforests of West Africa. Ecology, Threat, Protection , Claude Martin, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin 1989, ISBN 978-3-7643-1987-8
  • One Lifeboat: China and The World's Environment and Development , Arthur J. Hanson, Claude Martin, IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg 2006, ISBN 1-895536-96-0
  • Endgame: How we can still turn the fate of the tropical rainforests , Claude Martin, oekom, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-86581-708-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c WWF International Director Generals 1962 – present: Dr Claude Martin 1993–2005.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Portrait on the English language website of WWF international. Retrieved April 15, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / m.panda.org  
  2. ↑ The big book of the WWF, 40 years of nature conservation , edited by Klaus-Henning Groth, Edition Rasch & Röhring in Tecklenborg Verlag, 1st edition, Steinfurt 2003, p. 301, ISBN 3-934427-37-5
  3. ↑ a b WWF appoints new General Director. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ Sustainability in the forest - as important today as it was then - Hessen information portal. In: hessen.de. December 7, 2016, accessed February 24, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss biologist and environmentalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland