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2003
SCB Awards
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Edward
T. LaRoe III Memorial Award
The
Edward T. LaRoe III
Memorial Award is given annually to an individual who has
been a leader in translating principles of conservation biology
into real-world conservation. Preference is given to individuals
who have spent at least part of their career in public service.
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Bracken
ferns - Phone: MN Sea Grant
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Stephen
Schneider has conducted cutting edge research on atmospheric
and ecosystems science and global climate change throughout
his career. He spent a majority of his career at the U.S.
National Center for Atmospheric Research, where he began communicating
his scientific expertise to policy-makers and the general
public through congressional testimony, service on international
committees such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, and popular publications and talks. Throughout his
career, Stephen Schneider has conducted pioneering work in
the fields of atmospheric science and global climatology,
including the relationship of biological systems to global
climate change. He has initiated new research and policy directions
in environmental issues by crossing disciplinary boundaries
to combine diverse research contributions and original interdisciplinary
syntheses. He has played a key role on many committees of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as well as
acting as editor of Climate Change, an interdisciplinary journal.
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Distinguished
Service Awards
Every year SCB presents its Distinguished Service Awards for
outstanding contributions to conservation biology. Recipients
are nominated by the SCB membership through the Awards Committee
and are selected by the Board of Governors. These awards will
be presented at the 2003 meeting.
- Academia ~ Jane Lubchenco
Jane Lubchenco is the driving force behind the marine protected
areas movement in the United States. In 1997 she held the
presidency of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science and is a current member of the U.S. National Science
Board. She led the National Center for Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis study on the theory of marine reserves. This
study fueled the effort that led President Clinton to issue
Executive Order 13158 calling for establishment of a national
system of marine protected areas. Lubchenco is a member of
the Pew Ocean Commission and has been instrumental in founding
a number of groups dedicated to increasing scientific information
available to decision-makers.
- Outside Government and Academia ~ The Aldo Leopold Foundation
Inspired by their father's commitment to effective conservation,
children and other family members of Aldo Leopold founded
the Aldo Leopold Foundation on their family farm in Baraboo,
Wisconsin. Graduate students, supported as Leopold Fellows,
have conducted research on prairie restoration and ecological
relationships in a prairie-savannah-forest-floodplain mosaic
and made important contributions to the emerging field of
ecological restoration. The program of diverse ecological
research and restoration made possible by the Leopold family's
support already has resulted in ecologically sound management
of more than 1000 acres, six Master's theses, three Ph.D.
dissertations, and more than two dozen scientific papers.
- Social, Economic, and Political Work ~ Martha Isabel Ruiz
Corzo
In 1997, Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo was designated the Federal
Director of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, the second
most populated Reserve and the only natural protected area
in Mexico championed by local society. As the local grassroots
leader of the movement to protect the 32% of Querétaro
State, Ruiz was the natural choice of former President Zedillo
for this post. Her efforts have led to recognition of the
Sierra Gorda Reserve as a national model for the establishment,
maintenance, and promotion of Natural Protected Areas.
- Education and Journalism ~ Sarath Kotagama
Sarath Kotagama was the first professional ornithologist in
Sri Lanka and has continued to be a pioneer in environmental
outreach, ecology, and conservation. During his tenure as
Director of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka ratified the
Ramsar Convention and took the first substantive steps toward
biodiversity conservation regulations. Kotagama has conducted
more than 500 school and public lectures, authored numerous
field guides and articles, and founded six national environmental
organizations. He is the first and only professor of environmental
science in Sri Lanka.
- Government ~ Michael Dombeck
As Chief of the U.S. Forest Service from 1997 to 2001, Michael
Dombeck effectively made the conservation of biodiversity
and ecosystem health the guiding principles for the U.S. government
agencies with which he was associated. His tenure in office
was marked by his explicit invocation of a land ethic, dedication
to sustainable forest management, and work on internal institutional
reform. For his efforts in these areas, Michael Dombeck was
described in The New York Times as "the most aggressive
conservationist to head the Forest Service in at least half
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