IEF 2007

Biography

Dr. Arthur Lyon DAHL of Geneva, Switzerland, is Coordinator of the UNEP/University of Geneva Environmental Diplomacy Programme, and a retired Deputy Assistant Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), where he was Deputy Director of the Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme, Coordinator of the UN System-wide Earthwatch and Director of the Coral Reef Unit. He is also a consultant to international organizations on environmental assessment, observing strategies, indicators of sustainability, coral reefs, biodiversity, islands (islands.unep.ch), environmental education, and social and economic development. He holds an AB in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and a PhD in Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. A specialist on coral reef ecology and small island developing states, he spent many years in the South Pacific and organized the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. He represented the Baha'i International Community at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (1972), was in the Secretariat of the Rio Earth Summit (1992) to help prepare Agenda 21, and organized several parallel events at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 2002). He has participated in various interfaith gatherings on the environment, including the Word Summit on Religions and Conservation and the World Parliament of Religions. He is President of the International Environment Forum and on the governing boards of the European Baha'i Business Forum and the Global Islands Network. He has published many scientific papers and books including "The Eco Principle Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis".

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