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Huntley, Brian John (1944-)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Brian John
Last name
Huntley
Initials
B.J.
Life Dates
1944 -
Collecting Dates
1964 - 1971
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K, NH, NU, PRE, QWA
Countries
Southern Africa: Angola, South Africa
Associate(s)
Aye, Than T. (1945-) (co-author)
Biography
Professor Brian Huntley is a leading South African ecologist and former Chief Executive Officer of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Kirstenbosch.
He was born in Durban, South Africa, where his parents and grandparents encouraged his interest in natural history. He was introduced to the term 'ecology' as a teenager, and enjoyed exploring the landscape of Natal. He went on to study at the University of Natal, taking part in the Biological-Geological Expedition to the Prince Edward Islands in 1965-1966 as a plant ecologist.
The expedition was the first of its kind to the volcanic islands, and its findings provided Huntley with material for his MSc thesis. Prior to obtaining this, he spent a year at the University of Pretoria, completing his BSc.
Huntley was thereafter appointed to a position with the Transvaal Division of Nature Conservation, working in the bushveld of the Waterberg. In 1971, he moved with his wife to Angola, where he took up an appointment as a government ecologist, developing new national parks. The couple spent four years exploring the country, where Huntley set down recommendations for nature conservation.
The Huntleys returned to South Africa at the onset of the Angola Civil War, settling in Pretoria, where Huntley was offered the position of Scientific Coordinator for the Savanna Ecosystem Project, a large, multidisciplinary study under the auspices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). A success, it provided a model for similar studies in different landscapes in South Africa. Huntley remained with the CSIR, based at the National Herbarium and National Research Foundation, for 14 years.
In 1990, when the National Botanical Institute was established at Kirstenbosch by the merging of the Botanical Research Institute and the National Botanical Gardens of South Africa, Huntley was announced as its first Chief Executive Officer. He remained as director when the institute became SANBI in 2004.
His work since 1990 has involved promoting and fundraising for botanical conservation and biodiversity in southern Africa. He was instrumental in the founding of the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET) and oversaw the development of SANBI to comprise eight national botanic gardens and three research centres. SANBI also initiated four major bio-regional programmes and 100 school-based environmental projects during his tenure.
Huntley stepped down from his position at SANBI in 2007, and until his retirement in 2009 acted as senior policy adviser to the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Sources:
1997,SABONET News, 2(3): 82-83
2007, "SANBI Head Steps Down", Botanic Gardens Conservation International, 8 January 2007:
www.bgci.org/resources/news/0313, accessed 11 July 2012.
He was born in Durban, South Africa, where his parents and grandparents encouraged his interest in natural history. He was introduced to the term 'ecology' as a teenager, and enjoyed exploring the landscape of Natal. He went on to study at the University of Natal, taking part in the Biological-Geological Expedition to the Prince Edward Islands in 1965-1966 as a plant ecologist.
The expedition was the first of its kind to the volcanic islands, and its findings provided Huntley with material for his MSc thesis. Prior to obtaining this, he spent a year at the University of Pretoria, completing his BSc.
Huntley was thereafter appointed to a position with the Transvaal Division of Nature Conservation, working in the bushveld of the Waterberg. In 1971, he moved with his wife to Angola, where he took up an appointment as a government ecologist, developing new national parks. The couple spent four years exploring the country, where Huntley set down recommendations for nature conservation.
The Huntleys returned to South Africa at the onset of the Angola Civil War, settling in Pretoria, where Huntley was offered the position of Scientific Coordinator for the Savanna Ecosystem Project, a large, multidisciplinary study under the auspices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). A success, it provided a model for similar studies in different landscapes in South Africa. Huntley remained with the CSIR, based at the National Herbarium and National Research Foundation, for 14 years.
In 1990, when the National Botanical Institute was established at Kirstenbosch by the merging of the Botanical Research Institute and the National Botanical Gardens of South Africa, Huntley was announced as its first Chief Executive Officer. He remained as director when the institute became SANBI in 2004.
His work since 1990 has involved promoting and fundraising for botanical conservation and biodiversity in southern Africa. He was instrumental in the founding of the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET) and oversaw the development of SANBI to comprise eight national botanic gardens and three research centres. SANBI also initiated four major bio-regional programmes and 100 school-based environmental projects during his tenure.
Huntley stepped down from his position at SANBI in 2007, and until his retirement in 2009 acted as senior policy adviser to the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Sources:
1997,SABONET News, 2(3): 82-83
2007, "SANBI Head Steps Down", Botanic Gardens Conservation International, 8 January 2007:
www.bgci.org/resources/news/0313, accessed 11 July 2012.
References
Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 194; Smith, G.F. & Willis, C.K., Index Herb. S. Afr., ed. 2 (1999): 106, 107;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Brian John
Last name
Huntley
Initials
B.J.
Life Dates
1944 -
Collecting Dates
1964 - 1971
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K, NH, NU, PRE, QWA
Countries
Southern Africa: Angola, South Africa
Associate(s)
Aye, Than T. (1945-) (co-author)
Biography
Professor Brian Huntley is a leading South African ecologist and former Chief Executive Officer of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Kirstenbosch.
He was born in Durban, South Africa, where his parents and grandparents encouraged his interest in natural history. He was introduced to the term 'ecology' as a teenager, and enjoyed exploring the landscape of Natal. He went on to study at the University of Natal, taking part in the Biological-Geological Expedition to the Prince Edward Islands in 1965-1966 as a plant ecologist.
The expedition was the first of its kind to the volcanic islands, and its findings provided Huntley with material for his MSc thesis. Prior to obtaining this, he spent a year at the University of Pretoria, completing his BSc.
Huntley was thereafter appointed to a position with the Transvaal Division of Nature Conservation, working in the bushveld of the Waterberg. In 1971, he moved with his wife to Angola, where he took up an appointment as a government ecologist, developing new national parks. The couple spent four years exploring the country, where Huntley set down recommendations for nature conservation.
The Huntleys returned to South Africa at the onset of the Angola Civil War, settling in Pretoria, where Huntley was offered the position of Scientific Coordinator for the Savanna Ecosystem Project, a large, multidisciplinary study under the auspices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). A success, it provided a model for similar studies in different landscapes in South Africa. Huntley remained with the CSIR, based at the National Herbarium and National Research Foundation, for 14 years.
In 1990, when the National Botanical Institute was established at Kirstenbosch by the merging of the Botanical Research Institute and the National Botanical Gardens of South Africa, Huntley was announced as its first Chief Executive Officer. He remained as director when the institute became SANBI in 2004.
His work since 1990 has involved promoting and fundraising for botanical conservation and biodiversity in southern Africa. He was instrumental in the founding of the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET) and oversaw the development of SANBI to comprise eight national botanic gardens and three research centres. SANBI also initiated four major bio-regional programmes and 100 school-based environmental projects during his tenure.
Huntley stepped down from his position at SANBI in 2007, and until his retirement in 2009 acted as senior policy adviser to the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Sources:
1997,SABONET News, 2(3): 82-83
2007, "SANBI Head Steps Down", Botanic Gardens Conservation International, 8 January 2007:
www.bgci.org/resources/news/0313, accessed 11 July 2012.
He was born in Durban, South Africa, where his parents and grandparents encouraged his interest in natural history. He was introduced to the term 'ecology' as a teenager, and enjoyed exploring the landscape of Natal. He went on to study at the University of Natal, taking part in the Biological-Geological Expedition to the Prince Edward Islands in 1965-1966 as a plant ecologist.
The expedition was the first of its kind to the volcanic islands, and its findings provided Huntley with material for his MSc thesis. Prior to obtaining this, he spent a year at the University of Pretoria, completing his BSc.
Huntley was thereafter appointed to a position with the Transvaal Division of Nature Conservation, working in the bushveld of the Waterberg. In 1971, he moved with his wife to Angola, where he took up an appointment as a government ecologist, developing new national parks. The couple spent four years exploring the country, where Huntley set down recommendations for nature conservation.
The Huntleys returned to South Africa at the onset of the Angola Civil War, settling in Pretoria, where Huntley was offered the position of Scientific Coordinator for the Savanna Ecosystem Project, a large, multidisciplinary study under the auspices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). A success, it provided a model for similar studies in different landscapes in South Africa. Huntley remained with the CSIR, based at the National Herbarium and National Research Foundation, for 14 years.
In 1990, when the National Botanical Institute was established at Kirstenbosch by the merging of the Botanical Research Institute and the National Botanical Gardens of South Africa, Huntley was announced as its first Chief Executive Officer. He remained as director when the institute became SANBI in 2004.
His work since 1990 has involved promoting and fundraising for botanical conservation and biodiversity in southern Africa. He was instrumental in the founding of the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET) and oversaw the development of SANBI to comprise eight national botanic gardens and three research centres. SANBI also initiated four major bio-regional programmes and 100 school-based environmental projects during his tenure.
Huntley stepped down from his position at SANBI in 2007, and until his retirement in 2009 acted as senior policy adviser to the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Sources:
1997,SABONET News, 2(3): 82-83
2007, "SANBI Head Steps Down", Botanic Gardens Conservation International, 8 January 2007:
www.bgci.org/resources/news/0313, accessed 11 July 2012.
References
Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 194; Smith, G.F. & Willis, C.K., Index Herb. S. Afr., ed. 2 (1999): 106, 107;
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