Nirmal Shah is a environmentalist

Environmentalist

An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

, writer, fund raiser and civic leader from the Seychelles

Seychelles

Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

, and director of Nature Seychelles.

Shah, who was educated in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, advocates for conservation of biodiversity

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...

, sustainable development

Sustainable development

Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...

 and civil society participation through local and regional NGOs, international forums and the media. He is the founder of the Wildlife Clubs of Seychelles, the major youth NGO based in schools and institutions of higher learning.

External links

• Lauer tours island nation (May 2, 2008) (Shah appears in video clip)