Clive Marsh. (Memorials).

Clive Marsh. (Memorials). 1951-2000 TRIBUTE FROM A FRIEND I first met Clive when he was an undergraduate at Bristol, studyingzoology zoology,branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animals held for prehistoric man. . Oundle was an important way-point. He always told me that hisbiology teacher at Oundle had helped kindle A portable e-book device from Amazon.com that provides wireless connectivity to Amazon for e-book downloads as well as Wikipedia and search engines. Using Sprint's EV-DO cellphone network, dubbed WhisperNet, wireless access is free. It also includes a built-in dictionary. his interest in thebiological sciences. Unbeknownst to that teacher, he had lit a fire thatburned through Clive's life and being. Clive's undergraduatedays were, like all of us, filled with earnest study, but also with thebuilding of friendships and the enjoyment of all aspects of life. Forthis marked another of Clives's most endearing en��dear��ing?adj.Inspiring affection or warm sympathy: the endearing charm of a little child.en��dear characteristics, hewas always generous with his friendship. He was a person who was happyto be alive, who brought smiles and good cheer wherever he went. He wasa person whose glass was figuratively half full all the time, andliterally when enjoying the company of his friends at some suitablewatering hole in Bristol, Nairobi, or Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur(kwä`lə lm`pr), city (1990 est. pop. . While at Bristol, Clive continued to develop his knowledge of, andpassion for, zoology and the natural world. In the summer of 1971, Cliveand Rob Olivier from Bristol, Andrew Laurie from Cambridge, and myselffrom Liverpool were fortunate enough to arrange for ourselvesundergraduate projects in East Africa. Clive headed up to QueenElizabeth National Park Queen Elizabeth National Parkor Ruwenzori National ParkNational park, southwestern Uganda. Established in 1952, it has an area of 764 sq mi (1,978 sq km) and lies east of Lake Edward. in Uganda, where he carried out a projectstudying pied kingfishers. After completing our project work, we all hadthe opportunity to travel round some of East Africa's most splendidwildlife areas: Lake Manyara Lake Manyara is a shallow fresh-water lake in Tanzania. Said by Ernest Hemingway to be the "loveliest [lake] ... in Africa," it is also the home of a diverse set of landscapes and wildlife. , Ngorngoro Crater, the Serengeti, the MasaiMara Coordinates: The Masai Mara (also spelled Maasai Mara) is a large park reserve in south-western Kenya, which is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti . The experiences of that summer only served to stimulate his innatepassion for nature and irreversibly define his life's vocation. Clive then completed his undergraduate studies and immediately setoff for Kenya to begin field work for his Ph.D. Clive's chosenstudy subject was the red colobus The red colobus are Old World monkeys of the genus Piliocolobus. They are closely related to the black-and-white colobus monkeys (genus Colobus) and some species are often found in groups with the Blue Monkey. monkey, and his study site theriverine riv��er��ine?adj.1. Relating to or resembling a river.2. Located on or inhabiting the banks of a river; riparian: "Members of a riverine tribe ... forest of the Tana river Tana RiverRiver, Kenya. The country's longest river, it rises in the Aberdare Range and flows in a curve northeast, east, and south 440 mi (708 km) to the Indian Ocean. It is navigable by small craft for about 150 mi (240 km) upstream. , close to Kenya's coast. In thisremote bush location Clive built himself a rustic camp, which was to behis home for the next two to three years. During this time, Clive'sinnate passion for the wilderness had ample opportunity to grow andflourish as he spent thousands of hours walking through the forestcarefully observing the minutiae mi��nu��ti��a?n. pl. mi��nu��ti��aeA small or trivial detail: "the minutiae of experimental and mathematical procedure"Frederick Turner. of the daily lives of his arboreal arborealpertaining to trees, treelike, tree-dwelling. study subjects and describing the ecology of their forest home. As a result of his academic work and his deepening knowledge andunderstanding of the forest ecosystem Forest ecosystemThe entire assemblage of organisms (trees, shrubs, herbs, bacteria, fungi, and animals, including people) together with their environmental substrate (the surrounding air, soil, water, organic debris, and rocks), interacting inside a defined he called home, Clive realizedthat scientific study was one thing, but that the very forest that hewas observing and describing was itself under threat. Whereas manyresearchers are content to focus on their academic studies, Clive sawthat he had dual responsibilities: on the one hand, to do rigorousresearch, but on the other, to ensure the survival of his adopted foresthome. Creating new protected areas in Africa or, for that matter,anywhere, is not a simple task. But one of Clives's great qualitieswas his determination. As a result, he began a process that involved hisintimate engagement with the local people who lived in and around theforest, with regional administrators, with Kenya's national GameDepartment (as it was then called), with international funding agenciesand with hosts of others. As a result of these efforts, a new protectedarea, the Tana River Primate Reserve, was created and exi sts to thisday. Such an accomplishment takes an enormous commitment, patiencebeyond measure, well-honed political skills and the ability to generaterespect and trust amongst an enormous range of people. To see Clivesitting with village elders, engaged in intricate discussions, allconducted in Swahili, of land rights, grazing grazing,n See irregular feeding.grazing1. actions of herbivorous animals eating growing pasture or cereal crop.2. area of pasture or cereal crop to be used as standing feed. See also pasture. , logging, the economicbenefits that could come from ecotourism e��co��tour��ism?n.Tourism involving travel to areas of natural or ecological interest, typically under the guidance of a naturalist, for the purpose of observing wildlife and learning about the environment. , boundaries, and all the otherintricate details of managing a protected area while enhancing the livesof local people, you realized what an extraordinary palette of talentswere present in one individual. And you realized the appropriateness ofhis new nickname amongst those that knew him: Tana Bwana. In 1976 it was time for Clive to return to Bristol to write hisPh.D thesis. By the end of 1976, Clive was duly labeled as a Ph.D. andwas ready to set out on the next stage of his life's adventure. Bythis time he knew that his passion in life was to use his skills as anaccomplished scientist to help save the great and enormously threatenedtropical forests of the world. He started with three years of researchin Malaysia on primate ecology and then found the ideal opportunity topursue his vision with the Sabah Foundation. His role was a perfect fitfor his skills and passion for conservation, for his job was to workwithin an organization whose primary mission was commercial forestry butwhich also had the foresight to understand the need to balance itscommercial mission against the need to conserve and maintain theresources on which it depended. Because Clive was a truly great field biologist, it was not longbefore he developed an intimate knowledge of the complex forestecosystem where he now worked. And it was not long before he hadidentified the need for certain areas of the forest to be set aside asprotected areas that would never be logged. He had also identified oneof these areas that he felt was especially suitable and critical. It wascalled the Danum Valley and it now stands as the most enduring monumentto Clive's work and professional life as a scientist andconservationist. As a result of Clive's initiative and his solidgrounding in science, combined with outstanding political skills, he wasable to persuade the Sabah Foundation to create the 438 sq.km DanumValley Conservation Area Danum Valley Conservation Area is the largest protected lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia. The area holds unique status in the sense that before it became a conservation area there were no human settlements within the area, meaning that hunting, logging and other human , which also included a 60 bed field center topromote research and education. In May 1995 full legal protection of thearea was achieved when it was converted to a Class I Protection ForestReserve, becoming Sabah's largest protected area of lowland forest. The Danum Valley also contains an ecotourism lodge, The BorneoRainforest Lodge, which opened for business in 1994. Again, this is aproduct of Clive's creative thinking and incredible genius atbringing complex projects to fruition. Not satisfied with his substantial contribution to conservation,Clive set out on a new project in 1992 in which he set up one of theworld's first pilot projects to test whether economic incentivescould be used to trade carbon credits. The object of this concept is forcarbon dioxide carbon dioxide,chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. producers, such as power companies in industrialized in��dus��tri��al��ize?v. in��dus��tri��al��ized, in��dus��tri��al��iz��ing, in��dus��tri��al��iz��esv.tr.1. To develop industry in (a country or society, for example).2. countries, to buy rights to emit carbon dioxide and other greenhousegases by paying countries such as Malaysia to maintain their forests,which act as sinks to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas levels. Althoughthere is much discussion in progress at present, this type of programmay be able to contribute to long-term reductions in global warming global warming,the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. , oneof the most serious threats facing the globe today. On a visit toWashington to present this project to the Smithsonian Institute andundertake complex negotiations related to its implementation with theusual Washington suspects, such as The World Bank, Clive turned to meand remarked, "Well, now I suppose I have become a used -carbonsalesman." Clive's final years as scientist and conservationist werespent in Laos working for the IUCN IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. trying to promote the conservation ofsome of the least-known tropical forests in the world in a country justemerging from the onslaughts of war and communism. I have read someaccounts of Clive's unfinished opus from colleagues and the samecharacteristics again shine through in their unqualified admiration ofhis professional ability to combine the science and politics ofconservation in achieving the objective of saving forests. In spite of the hectic pace C live kept with his professionalresponsibilities in Sabah, he knew that there was something missing inhis life. When he was lucky enough to cross paths with Iggy, thewonderful woman who became his wife, he found out what that somethingwas. In due time, as nature took its course, they were blessed with thebirth of their two sons, Marco and Carl. Based on my observations andaccounts from friends and colleagues who saw more of Clive, it is quiteevident that Clive turned all his energy, skills and passion into thechallenges and joys of fatherhood to become, in Marco's own words,"the best dad in the world." There was nothing that Cliveenjoyed more than taking his family to share the wild places he socherished himself. Clive, the new millennium did not treat you very well but for allof us here and your absent friends from round the world, a finalfarewell. We will remember your life and your friendship as long as weall ourselves live. The Danum Valley and the Tana River are your eternalliving legacy. We hope you find new forests to explore on your newjourney. (Written with love by your friend, Chris Tuite, Oxford).[Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat.Trained by D. : This version of Dr. Tuite's tribute has beenshortened from the original.]