 Dr
Gerhard Emonds, a species conservation expert of international
reputation, has left the German Federal Ministry for the Environment,
having reached the age of retirement. Starting with making
a fundamental revision and modernisation of German legislation
for nature conservation in the early seventies, Dr Emonds
quickly established an outstanding national and international
reputation as a species conservationist. For about 35 years,
he has influenced and partly determined German legislation
for species conservation and contributed to global and EU
legislation for species conservation. CITES, the Bern Convention,
the Alpine convention as well as the EC Bird and Habitat Directives
are just a few of the treaties and laws he dealt with. He
was also one of the main actors in the development of the
Bonn Convention (CMS) in the seventies and conducted many
consultations globally with governments and international
organisations.
While Dr Emonds has remained a dedicated conservationist,
he has always managed things with extreme knowledge and
expertise as well as diplomacy and common sense. Throughout
his professional career, he managed to resolve conflicting
situations between conservationist and users.
Dr Emonds left the senior post of Director for Nature Conservation
at the German Ministry for the Environment. According to
information of this Secretariat, he will continue providing
his expertise for the benefit of nature conservation on
an honorary basis.
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