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Standing my ground : a voice for nature conservation / Alan F. Mark.

Title: Standing my ground : a voice for nature conservation / Alan F. Mark.
Author: Mark, Alan Francis, 1932-
Publication: Dunedin : Otago University Press, 2015.

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312 pages : illustrations (some colour); 23 cm

Summary

For more than five decades, Alan Mark has been a voice for conservation in New Zealand. From his call in the 1960s for the establishment of tussock-grassland reserves in the South Island high country to his involvement in the 2011-13 campaign to save the Denniston Plateau from mining, he has been a passionate and effective advocate for the preservation of areas of ecological importance. Alan's conservation activities have paralleled - and are informed by - a distinguished academic career as a botanist and ecologist. A member of Otago University's Botany Department from 1955 until his retirement as Professor and Head of Department in 1998, he has run and participated in numerous research projects, taught and mentored thousands of students and published 200 academic papers. In Standing My Ground, Alan describes the challenges and achievements, the frustrations and successes that have made up his remarkable life, now in its ninth decade. A revered figure in the conservation movement, rewarded for his contribution by a knighthood in 2009, he has also endured his share of criticism and insult, which he has weathered with the support of Otago University and his family. As well as providing an important record of New Zealand's conservation battles and documenting the life of an outstanding New Zealander, Standing My Ground is an inspiring reminder of the power of individuals to make a difference.

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Autobiographies
Autobiographies.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Sir Geoffrey Palmer -- Formative years -- Research for the Hellaby Trust -- The South Island high country -- The Nardoo Tussock Grassland debate -- Save Manapouri : and beyond -- Quangos I have known -- Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand -- Other research activities -- Engo and local government involvements -- Epilogue : rewards and recognitions.

ISBN

1927322049
9781927322048

LCCN

2017431033

OCLC

942834370

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Harvard Library