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Senior Fellow, UN Foundation and University Professor, George Mason University

first to use the term biological diversity (in 1980)
first projection of global extinctions, 1980
worked in the Brazilian Amazon since 1965
WWF-US 1973-1987
Smithsonian 1987-1999
World Bank Chief Biodiversity Adviser 1999-2002
President Heinz Center 2002-2010
Univ Prof. George Mason 2010 - present

Honours

Blue Planet Prize 2012