Laureates of the Japan Prize
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Dr. Peter Shaw Ashton
- Nationality:
UK
- Date of Birth:
27 June 1934
Outline of Achievements
The 2007 Japan Prize
Awards and honors
| 1987 |
Environmental Merit Award, USA Environmental Protection Agency For outstanding contributions to conservation; for work as Director of the Arnold Arboretum and the quality and restoration of the collection; and for research in future sustainment of tropical rain forests |
| 1997 |
Recipient of UNESCO's fourth Sultan Quaboos Prize for environmental preservation for 1997 for research, management, and conservation of rain forests, shared with a team of four researchers: two from Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka, and one from Yale University, for work in Sinharaja forest, Sri Lanka |
| 2001 |
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
Academic Degrees
| 1956 |
B.A., Cambridge University |
| 1960 |
M.A., Cambridge University |
| 1962 |
Ph.D., Cambridge University |
Professional Career
| 1957-1962 |
Forest Botanist to the Brunei Government |
| 1962-1966 |
Forest Botanist to the Sarawak Government |
| 1966-1972 |
Lecturer, Aberdeen University |
| 1972-1978 |
Senior Lecturer in botany, Aberdeen University |
| 1978-1987 |
Director, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; and Arnold Professor of Botany, Harvard University |
| 1978-1991 |
Professor of Dendrology, Harvard University |
| 1990-2000 |
Faculty Fellow, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University |
| 1991-1999 |
Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry, Harvard University |
| 1998-Present |
Faculty Fellow, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| 1999-2004 |
Charles Bullard Research Professor of Forestry, Harvard University |
| 2004-Present |
Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry, emeritus Harvard University |
Title
- Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry
Major Publications
- Ashton, P.S. Speciation among tropical forest trees: some deductions in the light of recent evidence. Biol.J.Linn.Soc.1: 155-196. 1969
- Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. Fl. Males. 1 (9): 237-552. 1982.
- Ashton, P.S., Givnish, T.J. and Appanah, S. Staggered flowering in the Dipterocarpaceae: New insights into floral induction and the evolution of mast fruiting in the aseasonal tropics. Amer. Naturalist 132: 44-66. 1988.
- Potts, M.D., Ashton, P.S., Kaufman, L.S. and Plotkin, J.B. Habitat patterns in tropical rain forests: a comparison of 105 plots in northwest Borneo. Ecology 83: 2782-2797. 2002.
- R Condit, P Ashton, S Bunyavejchewin, H. S. Dattaraja, S Davies, S Esufali, C Ewango, R Foster, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, P Hall, K E. Harms, T Hart, C Hernandez, S Hubbell, A Itoh, S Kiratiprayoon, J LaFrankie, S L de Lao, J-R Makana, Md. Nur Supardi Noor, A R Kassim, S Russo, R Sukumar, C Samper, H S. Suresh, S Tan, S Thomas, R Valencia, M Vallejo, G Villa, T Zillio. The Importance of Demographic Niches to Tree Diversity. Science Vol. 313, pp. 98-101. 2006.
