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== Life ==
== Life ==
Medici's work has included promoting putting reflective lighting on tapirs so that drivers can better see them at night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/patricia-medicis-hack-to-save-tapirs-2015-9|title=An animal conservationist came up with a brilliant way to save these obscure, adorable mammals|last=Robinson|first=Melia|website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> She is a recipient of the Future for Nature Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futurefornature.org/ffn_winner/patricia-medici/|title=Patrícia Medici|website=Future For Nature|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> the Harry Messel Conservation Leadership Award from the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]], and the 2011 Research Prize from the [[Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology]].
Medici's work has included promoting putting reflective lighting on tapirs so that drivers can better see them at night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/patricia-medicis-hack-to-save-tapirs-2015-9|title=An animal conservationist came up with a brilliant way to save these obscure, adorable mammals|last=Robinson|first=Melia|website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==


* National Geographic Buffett Award for Leadership in Conservation (2019) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.org/events/festival/awards/buffett/|title=National Geographic Society/Buffett Awards-- National Geographic|last=Society|first=National Geographic|website=www.nationalgeographic.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>
* Future for Nature Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://futurefornature.org/ffn_winner/patricia-medici/|title=Patrícia Medici|website=Future For Nature|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>
*Harry Messel Conservation Leadership Award from the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (2004)
*Research Prize from the [[Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology]] (2011)
*National Geographic Buffett Award for Leadership in Conservation (2019) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.org/events/festival/awards/buffett/|title=National Geographic Society/Buffett Awards-- National Geographic|last=Society|first=National Geographic|website=www.nationalgeographic.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:16, 5 March 2020

Emilia Patrícia Medici is a Brazilian conservationist who focuses on tapirs. She is the founder of the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative.[1] She has published peer-reviewed research on animal movements in the Anthropocene with conservation colleagues, and found that animals move less in human-influenced habitats.[2] Her TED Talk on Tapir conservation has been viewed over 1,400,000 times[3].

Life

Medici's work has included promoting putting reflective lighting on tapirs so that drivers can better see them at night.[4]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "React App". www.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  2. ^ Tucker, Marlee A.; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Fagan, William F.; Fryxell, John M.; Moorter, Bram Van; Alberts, Susan C.; Ali, Abdullahi H.; Allen, Andrew M.; Attias, Nina; Avgar, Tal; Bartlam-Brooks, Hattie (2018-01-26). "Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements". Science. 359 (6374): 466–469. doi:10.1126/science.aam9712. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 29371471.
  3. ^ Medici, Patrícia, The coolest animal you know nothing about ... and how we can save it, retrieved 2020-03-05
  4. ^ Robinson, Melia. "An animal conservationist came up with a brilliant way to save these obscure, adorable mammals". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  5. ^ "Patrícia Medici". Future For Nature. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  6. ^ Society, National Geographic. "National Geographic Society/Buffett Awards-- National Geographic". www.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.