Juan Mayr

Juan Mayr Maldonado (born 27 May 1952)^[1] is a Colombian photographer and environmentalist. From 1993 to 1996, Mayr was elected vice-president of the World Conservation Union. In 1998 he became Minister of Environment of Colombia. He has also been president of the United Nations' conference on biosafety.^[2]

Goldman Prize

Mayr was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1993,^[3] for leading a struggle for protecting biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. He lived two years with the Kogi, and founded the Fundación Pro-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in 1986. In 1994 the Colombian government returned 19,500 hectares of traditional lands to the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/wps/wcm/connect/9d2c7f004790cd5684ca9e10c537a828/JUAN+MAYR+MALDONADO.pdf?MOD=AJPERES. Retrieved 2011-08-22. 
2. ^ Mark Coatney: "'Frankenfood' Gets Labels___ Sort Of" Time Magazine - January, 2000 (Retrieved on January 4, 2008)
3. ^ ^{a b} Goldman Environmental Prize – South & Central America 1993: "Juan Mayr" (Retrieved on January 4, 2008)

Selected works

• Mayr Maldonado, Juan (September-October 2008). "The Law of The Mother" (in English) (Article). Resurgence (250). ISSN 0034-5970. http://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article2605-the-law-of-the-mother.html. Retrieved 2010-09-29.