Petra Deimer
Petra Deimer | |
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| Born | March 9, 1948 |
| Occupation(s) | Marine biologist, journalist, activist, conservationist |
Petra Deimer (born March 9, 1948, in Göttingen) is a German marine biologist, and nature conservationist who has been actively involved in the study and protection of marine mammals, particularly cetaceans, since the mid-1970s.
Career[edit]
Deimer gained her PhD in marine biology, with a particular focus on sperm whales, at the University of Hamburg.[1] In the late 1970s many species of whale, including sperm whales, were in danger of extinction.[2] As a result of Deimer's actions, the archipelago of Madeira was declared a protection zone for marine mammals, and commercial whaling around Madeira ceased in 1981.[3] In addition, Deimer contributed significantly to the decision of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to ban commercial whaling in July 1982.[4] In 1983 Deimer ensured that the trade in Minke whales was also banned.[5]
Deimer is the founder and president of the Society for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Meeressäugetiere - GSM).[6] She is a member of the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) Scientific Committee, a member of the German government's Species Conservation Advisory Committee, and an advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).[7] In 2001 Deimer was awarded the Golden Ark for nature conservation by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.[8]
Deimer has written six books, and numerous articles on whales, dolphins, and seals, as well as on environmental conservation more generally. She has also written a book on parrots.
Select Bibliography[edit]
- Whales and Dolphins (1998) (English translation of: Wale und Delphine)
- Parrots: A complete pet owner’s manual (1984) (trans. Rita Kimber) (English translation of: Papageien)
- Das Buch der Wale (Hamburg, 1983) (The Book of Whales)
- Das Buch der Robben (Hamburg, 1987) (The Book of Seals)
Notes[edit]
- ^ Petra Deimer and her whales (in German)
- ^ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Mar. 6 1973, 27 U.S.T. 1087, 993 U.N.T.S. 243
- ^ Golden Ark for the Marine Biologist, Petra Deimer
- ^ International Whaling Commission Schedule, para. 10(e).
- ^ C. Epstein, The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse (Cambridge, Mass, 2008), p. 159.
- ^ GSM website
- ^ Golden Ark for the Marine Biologist, Petra Deimer
- ^ Golden Ark for the Marine Biologist, Petra Deimer
External links[edit]
- Literature by and about Petra Deimer in the German National Library catalogue
- Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Meeressäugetiere e.V.
- Porträt von Petra Deimer
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