Markus Borner

{{Short description|Swiss zoologist and conservationist (1945–2020)}} '''Markus Borner''' (23 April 1945 - 10 January 2020)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Blue Planet Prize Story：2016 winner Prof. Markus Borner - The Asahi Glass Foundation.|url=https://www.blueplanetprize.org/en/projects/2016prof_borner/prof_borner_intro.html|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Blue Planet Prize Story : The Asahi Glass Foundation.|language=ja}}</ref> was a Swiss zoologist and conservationist. He was a head of the Frankfurt Zoological Society’s Africa program for over 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-02-04|title=Murdered Parks Official Remembered For Anti-Poaching Efforts|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/160204-Tanzania-Emily-Kisamo-wildlife-crime-poaching-conservation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625115905/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/160204-Tanzania-Emily-Kisamo-wildlife-crime-poaching-conservation|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2021|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Animals|language=en}}</ref> He worked at Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa for over 40 years.<ref name=":0" /> There among others he studied wildlife migration patterns as well as was engaged in wildlife conservation activities.<ref> {{Cite news|last1=Gargan|first1=Edward A.|date=1985-12-31|title=MIGRATORY PATTERNS TRACED IN SERENGETI|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/31/science/migratory-patterns-traced-in-serengeti.html|access-date=2021-06-26|issn=0362-4331}} </ref>

He was an honorary professor at the University of Glasgow.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof Markus Borner|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/bahcm/about/news/headline_713985_en.html|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.gla.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and honours== Borner was awarded the Bruno H. Schubert Prize in 1994 and was a finalist for the Indianapolis Prize in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Dr. Markus Borner - A life for Africa's wild nature|url=https://fzs.org/en/news/professor-dr-markus-borner-life-africas-wild-nature/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Markus Borner, Ph.D.|url=https://www.indianapoliszoo.com/prize/heroes/markus-borner-ph-d-2/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Indianapolis Prize|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2016, Borner was awarded the Blue Planet Prize.<ref> {{Cite web|date=2016-06-15|title=Asahi Glass Foundation's 2016 Blue Planet Prizes to Pavan Sukhdev and Markus Borner|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160614005715/en/Asahi-Glass-Foundations-2016-Blue-Planet-Prizes-to-Pavan-Sukhdev-and-Markus-Borner|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-11-17|title=Indian economist and Swiss zoologist win 2016 Blue Planet Prize for environmental work|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/17/national/indian-economist-swiss-zoologist-win-2016-blue-planet-prize-environmental-work/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://www.af-info.or.jp/better_future/html/vol_V/2016/Prof_Borner/2016b_Borner1.html Prof. Markus Borner Interview Summary], Blue Planet Prize

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borner, Markus}} Category:1945 births Category:2020 deaths Category:20th-century Swiss zoologists Category:Swiss conservationists Category:Scientists from Zurich Category:21st-century Swiss zoologists