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Malcolm McCallum – conservation biologist who publishes on biodiversity and extinction, and established the scholarly journal Herpetological Conservation and Biology. Ian McTaggart-Cowan – Canadian zoologist, conservationist and television presenter; Rodrigo Medellín – Mexican ecologist and academic
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Thomas Littleton Powys (1833–1896), English ornithologist, author of Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood; Karel Presl (1794–1852), Bohemian botanist, [292] authority on Czech flora; Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873–1972), French malacologist who described many new species, mostly on the basis of preserved animals
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This category is for conservationists who were or are active in the conservation movement. For people involved in Conservation and restoration, also referred as conservationists see Category:Conservator-restorers.
In 2005, he was a winner of a Whitley Award for outstanding leadership in nature conservation. He used this award to found the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station in Karnataka, for the study of king cobras and their habitat. For his work in wildlife conservation, he received the Padma Shri award in 2018 by the Government of India. [2]
Wilson writes, in his autobiography, that the "surgery was a terrifying [19th] century ordeal". Wilson retained full sight in his left eye, with a vision of 20/10. The 20/10 vision prompted him to focus on "little things": "I noticed butterflies and ants more than other kids did, and took an interest in them automatically."
Frank Cooper Craighead Jr. (August 14, 1916 – October 21, 2001) and John Johnson Craighead (August 14, 1916 – September 18, 2016), twin brothers, were American conservationists, naturalists, and researchers who made important contributions to the studies of falconry and grizzly bear biology. [1]