Janet Gibson

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Janet Gibson is a biologist and zoologist from Belize . She won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 for her efforts to preserve the marine ecosystem along the Belizean coast, particularly the Belize Barrier Reef. The Belize Barrier Reef was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996 through the efforts of Gibson and others. She is currently the director of the Belize Wildlife Conservation Society.

biography

Gibson was born in Belize and studied biology and zoology in the USA . In the mid 1980s she began volunteering for the Belize Audubon Society. Between 1985 and 1987 she fought for the establishment of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve. To this end, she campaigned with citizens, entrepreneurs, fishermen and the government and informed them about the need for a protected area. She developed a management plan, worked on financing the project and brought the project forward. Their efforts were successful and the reserve was established in 1987. It was the first of its kind in Central America . The sanctuary extends for approximately three square miles. It is a protection zone that allows fish species whose population was previously considerably healthy to recover. Divers can experience a variety of different species. She won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 for her commitment to maintaining the Belize Barrier Reef System.

In 1988 she prepared the Glover's Reef Atoll Draft Management Plan and began efforts for Glover's Reef Conservation Status. In 1990 she helped found the Coastal Zone Management Association as part of the Fisheries Authority. Gibson joined the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). In 1993, through their efforts and support of WCS, they gained designation as a protected area of ​​Belize. Here it became clear that it was not enough to protect individual areas, but that a plan was needed that included the protection of the entire barrier zone. This was due, among other things, to the fact that algae growth was fueled by litter from orchards, overfishing caused great damage in other areas and sedimentation through building had devastating consequences. Together with water management authorities, representatives from forestry and other groups and citizens, a plan was drawn up in 1993 to make the reef a World Heritage Site. After several years of planning and work, the designation was accepted by UNESCO in November 1996.

Gibson was the director of the Belize Wildlife Conversation Society and has published several scientific papers.

Publications

  • The coral reef . Reef Preservation Fund, Belize 1986, OCLC 713021823 .
  • with Andrew Price, ER Young, World Conservation Monitoring Center: Guidelines for Developing a Coastal Zone Management Plan for Belize: The GIS Database (=  Marine conservation and development report ). IUCN, 1993, ISBN 2-8317-0156-2 ( books.google.com ).
  • with Melanie D. McField, Sue Wells: Coral reef management in Belize: an approach through integrated coastal zone management . In: Ocean & Coastal Management . tape 39 , no. 3 . ElSevier Science Ltd., July 1, 1998, p. 229-244 , doi : 10.1016 / S0964-5691 (98) 00007-6 .
  • with Dominique Lizama, Robert S. Pomeroy: Establishing a socioeconomic monitoring program for Glover's Reef Atoll, Belize . Wildlife Conservation Society, location unknown January 2005, OCLC 64230150 , p. 162-173 ( aquaticcommons.org [PDF]).
  • with Adrian Treves, Lanto Andriamampianina, Karl Didier, Andrew Plumptre, David Wilkie, Peter Zahler: A Simple, Cost-Effective Method for Involving Stakeholders in Spatial Assessments of Threats to Biodiversity . In: Human Dimensions of Wildlife . tape 11 , no. 1 . Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, February 1, 2006, ISSN  1087-1209 , p. 43-54 , doi : 10.1080 / 10871200500470993 ( researchgate.net ).
  • with Peter J. Mumby, Robert S. Steneck, Alasdair J. Edwards, Renata Ferrari, Robin Coleman, Alastair R. Harborne: Fishing down a Caribbean food web relaxes trophic cascades . In: Marine Ecology Progress Series . tape 445 . Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, January 20, 2012, p. 13-24 , doi : 10.3354 / meps09450 ( researchgate.net ).
  • with Elizabeth A. Babcock, Robin Coleman, Mandy Karnauskas: Length-based indicators of fishery and ecosystem status: Glover's Reef Marine Reserve, Belize . In: Fisheries Research . tape 147 . ElSevier Science Ltd., October 1, 2013, p. 434–445 , doi : 10.1016 / j.fishres.2013.03.011 .
  • Wildlife Conservation Society: European Union Fisheries Ban Ignores Belize Conservation Success Story. In: nationalgeographic.com. National Geographic Society (blogs), March 14, 2014, accessed August 14, 2016 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Colin Woodard: Ocean's end: travels through endangered seas . Basic Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-465-01570-0 , pp. 142 ( books.google.com ).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Janet Gibson. Goldman Environmental Prize, archived from the original on October 5, 2006 ; Retrieved May 9, 2009 .
  3. ↑ a b Ray Auxillou: Hol Chan Marine Reserve. Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Belize, accessed September 6, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Belize. In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Langdon D. Clough, United Nations Environment Program-World Conservation Monitoring Center, June 22, 2009, archived from the original on February 10, 2014 ; accessed on September 6, 2015 .
  5. ^ Sue Wells: Coastal Zone Management Project. Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Belize, accessed September 6, 2015 .
  6. ↑ WCS at the forefront of Marine Conservation in Belize. Wildlife Conservation Society, Belize City, Belize, accessed September 6, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Colin Woodard: Ocean's end: travels through endangered seas . Basic Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-465-01570-0 , pp. 142-143 ( books.google.com ).
  8. ↑ Janet Gibson: The Belize Barrier Reef: a World Heritage Site . In: Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, Daniel Pauly (Eds.): Too precious to drill: the marine biodiversity of Belize . February 14, 2012, p. 8-13 , doi : 10.14288 / 1.0074738 ( ubc.ca ).
personal data
SURNAME Gibson, Janet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American biologist, zoologist and environmentalist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Belize