David Schindler, Alberta, Canada
Killam Memorial Chair and Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta.
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From 1968 to 1989, Dr. Schindler founded and directed the Experimental Lakes Project of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans near Kenora, Ontario, conducting interdisciplinary research on the effects of eutrophication, acid rain, radioactive elements and climate change on boreal ecosystems. His work has been widely used in formulating ecologically sound management policy in Canada, the USA and in Europe. In May 2009 Dr. Schindler was presented with the Sandford Fleming award for his efforts to help the Canadian public and the world better understand science. The recognition comes from the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science. Schindler was chosen for the award because he is, said Roy Pearson, president of the institute, “a scientist who is able to bridge the gap between the lab and people.”
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Executive Director of Sustainable Development and Strategic Science with the Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Born and raised in Newfoundland, Shane Mahoney is a biologist and writer, and is widely known internationally as a lecturer on environmental and resource conservation issues. A research biologist with broad experience, Shane has spent twenty years investigating phenomena as diverse as seabird breeding behavior, waterfowl parasites, and the predator prey relationships and population dynamics of black bears, lynx, moose and woodland caribou. He has published in a broad spectrum of scientific journals including Ibis, the Canadian Journal of Zoology, Wilson Bulletin, Alces, the Journal of Wildlife Management, Forest Ecology and Management, Rangifer, and the Journal of Molecular Ecology. In total he has authored or co-authored over 120 scientific and popular articles and reports.
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Past President of the Society for Conservation Biology: Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Society’s International Policy Committee.
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Professor Mace used the extinction criteria that she developed in partnership
with other scientists, conservationists and policy makers to influence global conservation policy, which led to the World Conservation Union’s Red List - the most comprehensive inventory of the status of plants and animals world-wide (www.redlist.org). The criteria are based on fundamental measurements, such as sudden changes in population size, geographical distribution, or rarity, and have also been taken up, and used in an adapted form, by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species.
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