Anita Studer

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Anita Studer

Biology

#15017

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#18909

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Ecology

#1358

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#1485

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Why Is Anita Studer Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Anita Studer is a Swiss-born accountant, ornithologist, conservationist and ecologist. Ever since 1980, Anita has been actively engaged in saving a forest in northeastern Brazil. She was born in Brienz; at the age of 12, she moved with her family to Geneva. She first visited Brazil in 1976 to observe its rich variety of birds. On her return, she pursued a master's degree in ornithology at Nancy-Université. Five years later, in Brazil, she first saw a rare blackbird Forbes's blackbird , known locally as "anumará", in the Pedra Talhada forest in the state of Alagoas. Her academic supervisor told her that the bird was a good subject for study but that the forest, the bird's habitat, would be gone in nine to ten years. The forest was being cleared to allow the raising of cattle and planting of sugar cane. Instead of studying the bird, Studer decided to save the forest.

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