Philip Martin Fearnside

Background

Fearnside, Philip Martin was born on May 25, 1947 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of William Ward and Margaret Ellen (Martin) Fearnside. arrived in Brazil, 1974.

Education

Bachelor, Colorado College, 1969; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1978.

Career

Naturalist, United States National Park Service, Glacier N. Park, Montana, 1968; volunteer, United States Peace Corps, India, 1969-1971; teaching assistant, University of Michigan, 1972-1976; research professor, National Institute for Research in Amazonia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas., Brazil, since 1978. Research associate Chicago Academy Sciences, since 1983. President Conservation Food and Health Foundation, Boston, since 1985.

Achievements

• Philip Martin Fearnside has been listed as a noteworthy Ecologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Human Carrying Capacity of the Brazilian Rainforest

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Membership

Member International Union for the Conservation of Nature (commission on ecology since 1987), International Association Ecology (1990 program committee since 1988), Brazilian Academy Sciences, Ecological Society American, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Judy McKean Rankin, March 27, 1976 (divorced 1985). Children: Sayuri Hamada, Natsumi Hamada.

Father:

William Ward Fearnside

Mother:

Margaret Ellen (Martin) Fearnside

Spouse:

Judy McKean Rankin

child:

Natsumi Hamada Fearnside

child:

Sayuri Hamada Fearnside