Professor
Arturo Gomez-Pompa
University of California, Riverside
Botanist; Ecologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Evolution and Ecology
Elected
2000
Research centers on tropical forest ecology and conservation. First strong voice in modern times to call the attention of the scientific community on tropical deforestation and its possible role on mass extinctions. His contributions to tropical forest conservation have influenced the trends in ecology, floristics and ethnobotany. His commitment to conservation of biological diversity and tropical forests of the planet, as well as his humanist view of the practice of conservation by traditional cultures is well appreciated by the scientific and conservation world.
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