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Russell A. Mittermeier, PH.D.
President of Conservation International
EXPERTISE
Biodiversity Hotspots
Conservation Trends
Corridors
Forest Management
Madagascar
Parks and Protected Areas
Primates
Reptiles and Amphibians
South America
Tropical Wilderness Areas
EDUCATION
Dartmouth College: B.A.(Summa Cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)
Harvard University: Ph.D., Biological Anthropology
LANGUAGES
French
German
Portuguese
Spanish
Surinamese
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hotspots: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions(2000)
Megadiversity: Earth's Biologically Wealthiest Nations(1998)
Launched the ongoing series, Conservation International's Tropical Field Guide Series
HONOURS
Grand Sash and Order of the Yellow Star from the Government of Suriname (1998)
Grand National Order of the Southern Cross from the Brazilian Government (1998)
Named a TIME magazine EcoHero for the Planet (1998)
Order of the Golden Ark from the Netherlands (1995)
COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY
United States
Russell Mittermeier is a prominent primatologist, herpetologist and wildlife conservationist with more than 30 years of field experience in Central and South America, Africa and Asia. Mittermeier's areas of expertise include biological diversity and its value to humanity, ecosystem conservation, tropical biology and species conservation. His publications include 10 books and more than 300 papers and popular articles on primates, reptiles, tropical forests and biodiversity.
Having served as CI's president since 1989, he is the only active field biologist to head an international conservation organisation. Mittermeier's fieldwork has been on primates, protected areas and other conservation issues in Brazil, Suriname and Madagascar and more than 20 other countries.
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