Tony Juniper has been an environmental campaigner for nearly twenty years. Tony has worked with Friends of the Earth since 1990: he has been Vice Chair of Friends of the Earth International since 2000, and Executive Director of Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2003. As the initial leader of the tropical rainforest campaign he helped change the policy of the World Bank and harnessed consumer pressure to promote sustainable forestry. Juniper previously worked with BirdLife International, helping prevent the extinction of species the world's most threatened bird family - the parrots. He co-authored the award-winning Parrots (1998) and wrote the acclaimed story of Spix's Macaw (2002). He has worked with children to promote environmental awareness and has done fieldwork in a variety of places including in the Middle-East, Africa and South America. Tony has worked closely with the campaign that drew attention to the environmental and economic threats posed by genetically modified crops and was a leading member of the successful campaign to end British involvement in the Ilisu Dam in Turkey.

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