Juan Mayr Maldonado (born 27 May 1952) is a Colombian photographer and environmentalist who served as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany from 2011 to 2016. From 1993 to 1996, Mayr was elected Vice President of the

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. In 1998 he became Minister of Environment of Colombia. He has also been president of the United Nations' conference on Biosafety.Mark Coatney
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Goldman Prize

Mayr was awarded the

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in 1993,Goldman Environmental Prize – South & Central America 1993
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(Retrieved on January 4, 2008) for leading a struggle for protecting biodiversity in the

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. He lived two years with the

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, and founded the ''Fundación Pro-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta'' in 1986. In 1994 the Colombian government returned 19,500 hectares of traditional lands to the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada.

Ambassadorship

On 30 August 2011,

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appointed Mayr Ambassador of Colombia to Germany during a ceremony at the

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; Mayr presented his credentials to

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on 19 October 2011 at the Bellevue Palace.

References

Selected works

* 1952 births Living people Colombian people of Austrian descent Colombian environmentalists Colombian photographers Colombian Ministers of Environment Ambassadors of Colombia to Germany Goldman Environmental Prize awardees {{Colombia-politician-stub