Bill Ballantine (biologist)
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Bill Ballantine is a marine biologist
from New Zealand.
He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 1996, for his work on marine conservation and with the country's Marine Reserve Act.
Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather...
from New Zealand.
He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
in 1996, for his work on marine conservation and with the country's Marine Reserve Act.