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Guy Salmon | |
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.jpg) Salmon in 2021 | |
| Born | Guy Winston Salmon 1949 (age 76–77) |
| Occupation | Environmentalist |
Political party | |
| Spouse |
Gwenny Davis (m. 1985) |
| Relatives | John Salmon (father) |
Guy Winston Salmon ONZM (born 1949) is a New Zealand environmentalist.
Early life and family
[edit]Salmon was born in 1949. His father was John Salmon, who was a noted entomologist and professor of zoology at Victoria University of Wellington.[1] His mother was Pamela Naomi Salmon (née Wilton).[2] On 9 February 1985, Salmon married conservation activist Gwenny Davis at Tōtaranui.[3]
Career
[edit]Salmon is executive director of the Ecologic Foundation,[4] an independent policy think tank. He has been involved with this organisation in its various forms since the 1970s. In the early 1970s, Salmon was a prominent member of the environmentalist Values Party.[5]
In 1990 and 1991, Salmon was a member of Simon Upton's review group that finalised the definition of sustainable management included in the Resource Management Act 1991.[6]
Salmon stood as a candidate for Parliament on behalf of the Progressive Greens in 1996 and the New Zealand National Party in the 2002 election.
Honours and awards
[edit]In 1990, Salmon was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[7] In the 2021 New Year Honours, Salmon was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the environment.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Salmon, Guy, 1949–". Alexander Turnbull Library. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ↑ Taylor, Alister, ed. (1992). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 1992. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 253.
- ↑ "Wedding at beach". The Press. 14 February 1985. p. 32. Retrieved 14 June 2026 – via Papers Past.
- ↑ "Ecologic Our Staff". Ecologic Foundation. 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ↑ "Values: The Political Wing of the Arrowmint Crowd". Salient. Vol. 36, no. 11. 30 May 1973. pp. 10–11.
- ↑ The Beginnings of the Resource Management Act Archived 28 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Hon Justice A P Randerson, 'Beyond the RMA', an address given to the Resource Management Law Association (Auckland Branch) at a seminar held on 28 August 2001 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Enactment of the RMA.
- ↑ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 325. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ↑ "New Year honours list 2021". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 2002 New Zealand general election
- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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