Bedřich Moldan (born 15 August 1935,

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) is a Czech ecologist, publicist and politician. Moldan is professor of environmental science, founder and director of the

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Environment Center. From 2001 to 2004 coordinating lead author of

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is a major assessment of the human impact on the environment, called for by the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2000, launched in 2001 and published in 2005 with more than $14 million of ...

. From 1990 to 1991, Bedřich Moldan was the first Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic, then part of

. He is a founding member of the Civic Democratic Party. In 2004 he was elected to the

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. In 2010 he received the SCOPE-Zhongyu Environmental Award for lifetime achievement.

External links

Bedřich Moldan - Official website

interview

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, August 29, 2001 1935 births Living people Scientists from Prague Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) senators Czech ecologists Czech environmentalists Environment ministers of the Czech Republic Non-fiction environmental writers Politicians from Prague Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Government ministers Charles University alumni Academic staff of Charles University Czech geochemists Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) {{Czech-politician-stub