Noah Idechong is an environmental activist from Palau, and former chief of Palau's Governmental Division of Marine Resources, where he helped draft the county's first marine conservation legislation in 1997. Having linked marine science, fisheries, and political reform in Palau, he was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995 for his efforts in marine conservation. Idechong helped found the Palau Conservation Society, which spearheaded revivals in traditional conservation, now proven as effective management measures in the Micronesia region.
Environmentalist, marine biologist, congressman, and fisherman
He later served as a member of the House of Delegates of Palau for the State of Ngiwal since the 2000 elections,[1] helping to enact progressive, conservation-oriented public programs, such as the Protected Areas Network, the Micronesia Challenge, and the word's first Shark Sanctuary.[2] He served as the speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from 15 January 2009 to November 2012.[3]
noah, idechong, environmental, activist, from, palau, former, chief, palau, governmental, division, marine, resources, where, helped, draft, county, first, marine, conservation, legislation, 1997, having, linked, marine, science, fisheries, political, reform, . Noah Idechong is an environmental activist from Palau and former chief of Palau s Governmental Division of Marine Resources where he helped draft the county s first marine conservation legislation in 1997 Having linked marine science fisheries and political reform in Palau he was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995 for his efforts in marine conservation Idechong helped found the Palau Conservation Society which spearheaded revivals in traditional conservation now proven as effective management measures in the Micronesia region Noah IdechongIdechong picture on the wall third from rightSpeaker of the House of Delegates of PalauIn office 15 January 2009 November 2012Preceded byAntonio BellsSucceeded bySabino AnastacioPersonal detailsBornNgiwal Republic of PalauSpouseTeory S IdechongAlma materHawaii Pacific College 1 OccupationEnvironmentalist marine biologist congressman and fisherman He later served as a member of the House of Delegates of Palau for the State of Ngiwal since the 2000 elections 1 helping to enact progressive conservation oriented public programs such as the Protected Areas Network the Micronesia Challenge and the word s first Shark Sanctuary 2 He served as the speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from 15 January 2009 to November 2012 3 Early life and education editHe attended Palau High School and graduated from Pine City High School in Minnesota in 1971 He received a bachelors in Business Administration from Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu in 1976 Awards editGoldman Environmental Prize 1995 PEW Fellowship Award 1997 TIME Magazine one of the Heroes for the Planet 1 References edit a b c The Republic of Palau House of Delegates Archived from the original on 2005 12 17 Retrieved 2019 02 04 Goldman Environmental Prize 1995 Noah Idechong Retrieved on 2007 10 25 IPU PARLINE database PALAU House of Delegates ELECTIONS IN 2008 archive ipu org nbsp This Palauan biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an environmental activist or conservationist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Noah Idechong amp oldid 1198810710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,