High on my short list of heroes for science-based ocean con… - Sylvia A. Earle

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High on my short list of heroes for science-based ocean conservation is Graeme Kelleher, for 25 years the chairman of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and for his entire career a proponent of marine protected areas.

Sylvia A. Earle

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Sylvia Earle (born 1935) is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. Since 1998 she has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. Earle was the first woman to be appointed chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and was named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998.

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Alternative Names: Sylvia Alice Earle • S.A.Earle • Sylvia A Earle • Sylvia Earle

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