Eskandar Firouz

Eskandar Firouz ((1926-08-07)August 7, 1926 – (2020-03-04)March 4, 2020) was an Iranian environmentalist and politician. He was the first director of the Department of Environment in Iran. He developed Iran's ecological conservation and management program. Eskandar Firouz is recognized as the founder of environmental protection and conservation in Iran.

Eskandar Firouz
In 2006
Born(1926-08-07)August 7, 1926
Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
DiedMarch 4, 2020(2020-03-04) (aged 93)
Washington, D.C., United States
Education
Alma mater
OccupationConservational Environmentalist, First Director of the Department of Environment in Iran
Spouse(s)Iran Ala
Children2
Parent(s)Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz
Safiyeh Namazi

Early life

Eskandar Firouz was born in 1926 in Shiraz to Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz (1894–1983), a Qajar prince. His paternal grandfather was Abdolhossein Farmanfarma (1857–1939).[1]

He did his education outside Iran, first in Germany, then in the United States (Lawrenceville Preparatory School) and later at Yale University.[2]

Career

As an environmental conservationist, in 1971, he championed the formation of Iran's Department of Environment. In his tenure as the Director of DOE, Iran developed and adopted the Environmental Protection Law, which is still in force.[3]

Firouz helped in creating the national parks, nature reserves, wildlife refuges and protected areas in Iran. He was appointed as the vice-president at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972.[4] Firouz was also a member of the presiding board of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1973–75.[5] In 1977, he was elected as President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), a position that he never filled as the Shah forced the resignation of the government during the Revolution.[6]

Firouz was one of the three founding founders of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance – the “Ramsar Convention”.[7]

Personal life

Firouz married Iran Ala who is the daughter of the Hossein Ala (1881–1964), Iran's prime minister from 1955 to 1957. He had two daughters, named Anahita and Azar. He died on March 4, 2020 at the age of 93.

Notable works
  • The Complete Fauna of Iran[8]
  • Environment Iran
  • The wetlands and waterfowl of Iran
  • Memoirs of Eskandar Firouz

References
  1. Life, Kayhan (2020-03-11). "OBITUARY: Eskandar Firouz, Founder of Iran's Department of Environment, Dies at 93". KAYHAN LIFE. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  2. . ISBN 1588140881. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Firouz, Eskandar; Secretary-General (October 1968). "Field studies in Iran". Biological Conservation. 1 (1): 88. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(68)90036-0. ISSN 0006-3207.
  4. "Eskandar Firouz, father of Iran's environment protection, dies at 93". Tehran Times. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  5. (PDF) https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/NS-034.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Iranian environmentalism: Its origins and evolution". Atlantic Council. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  7. Senior, Kerrine Olivia McDonald, author. An examination of the implementation of the Cartagena (wider Caribbean), Marpol and Ramsar Conventions in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. OCLC 939923893.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85186900/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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