Esmond Bradley Martin

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Esmond Bradley Martin (born April 17, 1941 in New York City , † February 4, 2018 in Nairobi , Kenya ) was an American-Kenyan animal rights activist and conservation activist who fought for the conservation of rhinos and against the illegal trade in rhinoceros horns .

Life

Youth and education

Esmond Bradley Martin was the son of Esmond Bradley and Edwina Atwell Martin.

Martin studied geography at the University of Arizona and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1964 . In 1970 he was awarded a Ph.D. awarded by the University of Liverpool .

work life

From 1967 to 1983 Martin worked as a research assistant at the University of Nairobi and between 1974 and 1975 at the University of Dar es Salaam . Since 1978 he has been a consultant for the WWF and the IUCN .

He has been fascinated by elephants since he traveled to Kenya in the 1970s . It was in the midst of the heyday of elephant hunting, which led to the animal population being halved in the 1980s. Martin joined the Save the Elephants organization . Together with other investigators, he wrote detailed reports on the illegal trade.

He later became the United Nations Special Representative for the Protection of Rhinos. He fought to lower the demand for ivory to dry up the market. Martin's work was instrumental in uncovering the extent of the ivory trade in the US, Congo , Nigeria , Angola and other countries. In 1993 he was particularly committed to ending the trade in rhinoceros horns in China . He was instrumental in China banning ivory trade in the country in 2017. His research was mainly the black markets in Asia as the main buyer. As an expert in the trade in ivory and the horn of rhinos, Martin became known worldwide.

death

Martin was found dead on February 4, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya, at the age of 76 with a stab wound to his neck. His death caused great consternation among conservationists around the world. According to the Frankfurt Zoological Society, the murder of Martin is already the fourth in 12 months to be committed by an environmentalist.

See also

  • George Adamson , naturalist and conservation activist who was also murdered in Kenya.
  • Joy Adamson , naturalist who was also murdered in Kenya.
  • Wayne Lotter , South African ecologist and conservation activist, who was also murdered.

Publications

  • Zanzibar. Tradition and Revolution . London 1978.
  • The International Trade in Rhinoceros Products. Report for the World Wildlife Fund . Gland 1980.
  • African Perspectives. An Exchange of Essays on the Economic Geography of nine African States . New York 1981.
  • Rhino exploitation . World Wildlife Fund, Hong Kong 1983 ISBN 978-9627095019 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Esmond Bradley Martin . ( prabook.com [accessed February 6, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Top ivory investigator stabbed to death . In: BBC News . February 5, 2018 ( bbc.com [accessed February 6, 2018]).
  3. ^ African Ivory Headed for One-Time Auction . In: NPR.org . ( npr.org [accessed February 6, 2018]).
  4. ^ Special To the New York Times: Edwina Martin, Robert Stuart Wed in Florida . In: The New York Times . November 12, 1972, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 7, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Who Is Esmond Bradley-Martin? Leading Ivory Investigator Killed In Kenya . In: International Business Times . February 5, 2018 ( ibtimes.com [accessed February 6, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Ilona Eveleens: Obituary for Esmond Bradley Martin: Murdered Ivory Investigator . In: The daily newspaper: taz . February 6, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed February 6, 2018]).
  7. ↑ In Memoriam: Esmond Bradley-Martin, ivory trade researcher, is killed in Kenya . In: UN Environment . ( unenvironment.org [accessed February 6, 2018]).
  8. ↑ a b c d US conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin murdered in Kenya. In: dw.com (Deutsche Welle). February 5, 2018, accessed February 6, 2018 .
  9. ^ Top ivory investigator Esmond Martin killed in Nairobi . In: The Star, Kenya . ( the-star.co.ke [accessed February 6, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Un expert du trafic d'ivoire assassiné au Kenya. Retrieved February 6, 2018 (French).
  11. ^ Esmond Bradley Martin: Ivory investigator killed in Kenya. In: BBC News. February 5, 2018, accessed February 6, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Un expert du trafic d'ivoire assassiné au Kenya. In: Le Monde Planète. February 5, 2018, accessed February 6, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Esmond Bradley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Kenyan animal rights activist and conservation activist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2018
Place of death Nairobi , Kenya