Cary Fowler

Cary Fowler

Cary Fowler (born on December 24th 1949, in Memphis, Tennessee) is the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, based in Rome. Previously, Fowler was Professor and Director of Research in the Department for International Environment & Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås, Norway. Fowler received the Right Livelihood Award with Pat Mooney in 1985 for his work in agriculture and the preservation of biodiversity. Following the massive media attention around the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Fowler appeared on the CBS news show 60 Minutes.

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* [http://www.croptrust.org/ Website of Global Crop Diversity Trust]


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