Lawrence S. Hamilton

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Lawrence Stanley "Larry" Hamilton (born 1925 in Toronto , Canada ; † October 6, 2016 in Charlotte , Vermont , USA ) was an American forest scientist , environmental activist and university professor of natural resources .

Hamilton was a renowned expert in the designation and development of protected areas in mountain regions . He set great store by working with the people who lived there. he developed a concept of cross-border protected area corridors through continents, for example from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego .

Life

As a teenager, Larry Hamiliton worked at lumberjack camps in the Northwoods of Ontario during the summertime . During the Second World War he served as a pilot with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm . After the end of the war, he began studying forest science at the University of Toronto , while also working as a zone forester in a forest area in Ontario. For postgraduate studies, he went to the State College of Forestry at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York . In 1950 he completed his studies with a master's degree with an economic analysis of the felling of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) In small forest stands around Syracuse (An economic analysis of the cutting of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) In small woodlots in the vicinity of Syracuse) .

In 1951, Hamilton began teaching and researching at Cornell University's Department of Natural Resources in Ithaca , New York . He stayed there with interruptions until his retirement in 1980 and taught forest ecology and interdisciplinary cooperation.

In 1962 he received his doctorate from the University of Michigan with an analysis of forest practice under the New York State Forest Practice Act. In the early 1970s, Hamilton wrote one of the first documentaries on the destruction of the tropical rainforest in Venezuela and the destruction of the mangrove forests in Trinidad .

After 1980, Hamilton went to Hawaii , where he taught until 1993 as a Senior Fellow (lead scientist) at the Environment and Policy Institute of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West. The aim of the center is to promote technological and cultural exchange between the people of the USA, Asia and the Pacific. During this time, Hamilton toured the entire region of Oceania including Thailand , Western Samoa , Nepal , Indonesia and Australia . He taught forest hydrology and forestry in the tropics , held workshops and supervised numerous studies.

During his stay in Asia, his interest in mountain ecosystems grew. Hamilton was fascinated by the uniqueness and sensitivity of these ecosystems .

Since the 1970s he was a member of the National Park Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ), which later became the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). With a small group of scientists, Hamilton called for the protection of the mountain world. The group published the report: The State of the Mountains of the World: A Global Report .

They addressed a wider audience with An Appeal for the Mountains , which was presented at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Earth Summit) in 1992: Hamilton was responsible for the mountain content in the formulation of Agenda 21 .

From then on, Hamilton focused his work on tropical montane cloud forests , the development of ecological corridors and cross-border cooperation. He emphasized the importance of the mountains as water reservoirs and as places of spiritual and cultural importance.

Awards

Publications

Larry Hamilton published around 400 publications. Including:

  • IUCN guidelines on Transboundary Protected Areas for Peace and Co-operation (2001)
  • Planning and Managing Mountain Protected Areas (2004)
  • Managing Mountain Protected Areas: Challenges and Responses for the 21st Century (2004)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c American Association of Geographers: Lawrence S. Hamilton
  2. ↑ Ontario's forest regions
  3. ↑ a b c New York Times: Lawrence S. Hamilton (1925-2016)
  4. ^ Albert Mountain Awards: Lawrence S. Hamilton
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Lawrence S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamilton, Lawrence Stanley (full name); Hamilton, Larry (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American forest scientist and environmental activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Canada
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 2016
Place of death Charlotte , Vermont , USA