Morgan Williams (ecologist)

Morgan Williams (ecologist)
Morgan Williams
2nd Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
In office
1997 – March 2007
Preceded by Helen Hughes
Succeeded by Dr Jan Wright
Personal details
Born 25 March 1943
Relations Morgan Williams (grandfather)
Alma mater University of Bath

John Morgan Williams (born 25 March 1943[1]), known as Dr. J. Morgan Williams or Morgan Williams, is a New Zealand ecologist and agricultural scientist who served as the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment from 1997 to March 2007.

Williams obtained a MSc from Canterbury University, studying biology and ecology, and then studied at the University of Bath where he completed a PhD in population ecology. He worked in Antarctica and Fiji before returning to New Zealand where he worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in research, management and policy for 21 years. In January, 1996, he joined Agriculture New Zealand Limited, a Wrightson Group company, and the following year he was appointed New Zealand's second Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.[2]

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