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Mario
Morin, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Hamish Kimmins, and Yves Mauffette,
vice-rector of Research and the Creation. Photo: Denis Bernier.
Translated
from the UQAM press release (June 12 2010). Read the original in
French.
"The first great Canadian
forest ecologist and one of the first worldwide, James Peter Kimmins
strongly contributed to the emergence of this science. His influence was
significant in forestry, where he directly contributed to the inclusion of
ecological principles in forest management. Professor of Forest Ecology at
the University of British Columbia (UBC) from 1969 to 2007, the researcher,
the most famous in Canada
and one of the most famous en forest ecology in the international arena,
has also been noted in various publications: articles in scientific
journals, book chapters and reports of conferences, over 200 in total.
Author of the famous book Forest Ecology, now in its third edition
and used worldwide in all faculties of forestry as mandatory reference book
in forest ecology, James Kimmins is also known for his work Balancing
Act. Winner of many prestigious awards he has won, among others, the
IUFRO Science Award - The Global Network for Forest Science Cooperation
(1986), the Science Prize of the Canadian Institute of Forestry (1987) ,
Western Forest and Conservation Forestry Achievement Award (1991), the
Forest Renewal BC Excellence Award (1997) and the Queen's Jubilee Gold
Medal for Service to Canadian Forestry (2003)."
Download the full Homage (in
French) [pdf] 35 Kb
From
Dr. Kimmins' speech:
"(...) What have I learned
from nearly 50 years as a forest ecologist? That forest ecosystems are more
complex, diverse and dynamic than most people think. That education,
science, forest policy and practice, and the environmental movement have
generally not addressed this complexity and diversity adequately. That
unless we replace poorly informed belief systems and policies about forests
with a science-based understanding of these complex ecosystems and their
dynamic changes over time, we will fail to honor our intergenerational ethical
obligations to pass on to future generations the forest ecosystems and
their conditions that we believe our descendants will need and desire
(...)".
Read the full speech [pdf] 99Kb
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