Petra Deimer

Erman marine biologist

Petra Deimer
Born (1948-03-09) March 9, 1948 (age 76)
Occupation(s)Marine biologist, journalist, activist, conservationist

Petra Deimer (born March 9, 1948, in Göttingen) is a German marine biologist, and nature conservationist who has been actively involved in the study and protection of marine mammals, particularly cetaceans, since the mid-1970s.

Career

Deimer gained her PhD in marine biology, with a particular focus on sperm whales, at the University of Hamburg.[1] In the late 1970s many species of whale, including sperm whales, were in danger of extinction.[2] As a result of Deimer's actions, the archipelago of Madeira was declared a protection zone for marine mammals, and commercial whaling around Madeira ceased in 1981.[3] In addition, Deimer contributed significantly to the decision of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to ban commercial whaling in July 1982.[4] In 1983 Deimer ensured that the trade in Minke whales was also banned.[5]

Deimer is the founder and president of the Society for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Meeressäugetiere - GSM).[6] She is a member of the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) Scientific Committee, a member of the German government's Species Conservation Advisory Committee, and an advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).[7] In 2001 Deimer was awarded the Golden Ark for nature conservation by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.[8]

Deimer has written six books, and numerous articles on whales, dolphins, and seals, as well as on environmental conservation more generally. She has also written a book on parrots.

Select Bibliography

  • Whales and Dolphins (1998) (English translation of: Wale und Delphine)
  • Parrots: A complete pet owner’s manual (1984) (trans. Rita Kimber) (English translation of: Papageien)
  • Das Buch der Wale (Hamburg, 1983) (The Book of Whales)
  • Das Buch der Robben (Hamburg, 1987) (The Book of Seals)

Notes

  1. ^ Petra Deimer and her whales (in German)
  2. ^ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Mar. 6 1973, 27 U.S.T. 1087, 993 U.N.T.S. 243
  3. ^ Golden Ark for the Marine Biologist, Petra Deimer
  4. ^ International Whaling Commission Schedule, para. 10(e).
  5. ^ C. Epstein, The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse (Cambridge, Mass, 2008), p. 159.
  6. ^ GSM website
  7. ^ Golden Ark for the Marine Biologist, Petra Deimer
  8. ^ Golden Ark for the Marine Biologist, Petra Deimer

External links

  • Literature by and about Petra Deimer in the German National Library catalogue
  • Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Meeressäugetiere e.V.
  • Porträt von Petra Deimer
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