Noel Kempff Mercado

Noel Kempff Mercado
Born	27 February 1924(1924-02-27) Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Died	5 September 1986(1986-09-05) (aged 62) Serranía de Caparuch, Bolivia
Nationality	Bolivian
Fields	Biologist

Noel Kempff Mercado (February 27, 1924 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia - September 5, 1986 in the Serranía de Caparuch, Bolivia) was a Bolivian biologist and environmentalist.

Kempff Mercado studied at the University of Santa Cruz where also received his BS in 1946. During a field campaign in the Huanchaca Nationalpark in 1986 he and several other scientists discovered a cocaine factory in the Bolivian forest. Kempff Mercado and most of the scientists were killed by the criminals. The Huanchaca Nationalpark was renamed in 1988 in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park.

References

• Laura Riley, William Riley Nature's strongholds: the world's great wildlife reserves Princeton University Press, 2005 ISBN 0691122199
• Museum Noel Kempff
• Chronik Boliviens 1986-07-14
• Thoumi, Francisco E.. Woodrow Wilson Center Press Series: Illegal drugs, economy and society in the Andes. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. p. 254–255. ISBN 9780801878541. http://books.google.de/books?id=U2p8WYvPezAC&pg=PA254. 
• Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert, Historia de Bolivia, Editorial Gisbert, La Paz, 2008, 7e éd., 739 p. (ISBN 9789990583335), p. 584

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Name	Kempff Mercado, Noel
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Date of birth	February 27, 1924
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Date of death	September 5, 1986
Place of death	Serranía de Caparuch, Bolivia