UNEP pays tribute to the late Robert Goodland
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Robert Goodland, a global authority on a number of key environmental issues ranging from agricultural impacts to hydroelectricity, died on 28 December 2013.
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Robert Goodland. [File photo] |
He is best known for his assessment that at least 51 per cent of human-induced greenhouse gas is attributable to the life cycle and supply chain of livestock products.
Goodland, who began his career as a professor of tropical ecology at the University of Brasilia, became the first full-time ecologist at the World Bank in 1978.
There he rose to the post of lead environmental adviser, and for more than 20 years instituted environmental assessments of the World Bank's development projects. He is credited with writing much of the Bank's mandatory social and environmental "safeguard policies".
"We join Robert Goodland's family and friends in mourning the loss of a true pioneer, outstanding environmentalist and exceptional human being", said UNEP Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary-General Achim Steiner, who worked closely with Goodland on the 1997 establishment of the World Commission on Dams.
He added: "Few among us have the courage, certitude and conviction to commit our life's journey to the greater good in the way Robert did. His clarity of thinking alongside his compassion and generosity enabled him to 'open the eyes' of people and institutions in ways that profoundly changed their outlook, thinking and actions on environment and sustainability."
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