Nik Lopoukhine, Chairman of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas has been selected by Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society to receive the prestigious J.B. Harkin Award for 2012. The award is for his lifetime contribution to protecting Canada’s parks and wilderness. The award will be presented at a reception on February 1, 2012 at 7 PM at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa.
The award is named after Harkin, the founder of Canada’s national parks system.
Mr Lopoukhine’s contribution to Canadian Park service is nonpareil. He devised Parks Canada’s fire management program. As Director General of National Parks for Parks Canada, he was responsible for developing and implementing important components within Canada’s New National Parks Act, the Species at Risk Act and the National Marine Conservation Act Areas.
As the elected Chair of the IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas Mr Lopoukhine is very active internationally
Tahrcountry salutes this magnificent officer and wish him Godspeed in his conservation ventures.
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