Peter Bridgewater
Professor Peter Bridgewater (born 31 December 1945) is an Australian conservationist.
Biography
[edit]Bridgewater completed a Bachelor of Science in botany at Durham University in 1967.[1] He stayed on to complete a doctorate at the same institution.[2]
Career
[edit]Bridgewater was chief scientist of the UK Nature Conservancy Council 1989–1990 and chief executive of the Australian Nature Conservation Agency and director of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (1990–1997).[3] He was secretary of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme and director of its Division of Ecological Sciences 1999–2003.
He was chair of the International Whaling Commission from 1995 to 1997.[4] From 2011 to 2014 he served as a visiting professor at the United Nations University in Japan.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profiles on senior men and women". Palatinate (217): 11. 10 October 1967. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Peter Bridgewater The Australian National University". Academia. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Peter Bridgewater - United Nations University". United Nations University. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Indian tribe gets OK to resume whaling
- ^ "Peter Bridgewater University of Canberra". ResearchGate. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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