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FUTURESAVER OF THE WEEK ENDING 12-25-99

Peter H. Raven is the botanist who is doing his best to coordinate the saving of all the world's plant species. It is impossible to save all of them but the closer we come to achieving this goal, the better off the biosphere will be. Raven expanded the Missouri Botanical Garden into the internationally-renowned institution that it is today. He has been a National Science Foundation Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow. He is the home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences, chairman of the report review committee of the National Research Council, a member of the committee for research and exploration of the National Geographic Society and a member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. A possible flaw of Raven's is his connections with Monsanto, a chemical corporation that has a virulently irresponsible track record: Will Raven reform Monsanto or will Monsanto pollute Raven? Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore destroy the plants." For being the preeminent savior of the world's plant species, Peter H. Raven has been named Futuresaver of the Week. Click the links below for more information.

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Peter (Scientific American)

Peter (Missouri Botanical Gardens)