Professor Norman Myers

Expertise
Sustainability of whatever sort—economic, social, corporate, societal, future-oriented.

Organisation
Honorary Visiting Fellow Green College, Oxford University;
External Fellow, Institute for Science and Civilization, Said Business School, Oxford University;
Adjunct Professor Duke University, North Carolina;
Visiting Professor, University of Cape Town;
Independent scientist specializing in Environment and Development, with expertise based in Systems Ecology and Resource Economics, plus a host of associated sectors such as Population, Poverty, Forestry, Biodiversity, Trade/Investment, and Alternative Growth Paradigms.

Career Highlight
Queen’s CMG honour for “services to the global environment”; Volvo Environment Prize, UNEP/Sasakawa Environment Prize, Blue Planet Prize (only the second environmentalist worldwide to receive all three leading prizes). Election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

These awards have recognized my work on mass extinction of species, tropical deforestation, environmental threats to security, ‘perverse’ subsidies, environmental refugees, and degradation of future evolution.

In the late 1980s I originated the biodiversity hotspots thesis, since when it has mobilized over $850 million for conservation.

Favourite Quote
“If we live as if it matters and it doesn’t matter, then it doesn’t matter. If we live as if it doesn’t matter and it matters, then it matters."

Why Faculty Matters
The SustainAbility Faculty represents a superb piece of networking.