{"id":1064,"date":"2019-06-18T05:44:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T05:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceansofbiodiversity.blogs.auckland.ac.nz\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2024-12-06T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T10:26:52","slug":"bill-ballantine-father-of-marine-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/2019\/06\/18\/bill-ballantine-father-of-marine-reserves\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Ballantine, father of Marine Reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I began work at the University of Auckland I inherited Bill&#8217;s post-graduate diploma and MSc course on Marine Reserves. We became close friends and spent a lot of time talking about reserves and other topics.\u00a0 Here are some links to articles about him and radio interviews. They list his numerous awards.<br \/>\n<strong>Movies<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pmFUxbueFdM\">Bill Ballantine: 1996 Goldman Prize winner, New Zealand\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v07UvWYKw1o\">1996 Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony: Bill Ballantine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/146212669\"><span class=\"_1fHNK\">Dr Bill Ballantine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"uoa-lib-player-primary-title\">Bill presented this movie about &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.auckland.ac.nz\/tv-radio\/title\/VL_04241_11\"><em>Marine Reserves For New Zealand <\/em><\/a><span class=\"uoa-lib-title-contrast\"><em>(1993)<\/em>&#8220;, insights, benefits, (20 minutes) and he appears briefly in this one &#8220;<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.auckland.ac.nz\/tv-radio\/title\/VL_04241_01\">Marine Science Opportunities at the Leigh Laboratory<\/a> (1994)&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Radio New Zealand: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/ourchangingworld\/audio\/201777178\/bill-ballantine-new-zealand%27s-pioneer-of-marine-conservation\">Bill Ballantine: New Zealand&#8217;s pioneer of marine conservation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/ourchangingworld\/audio\/201772553\/kermadec-region-becomes-an-open-ocean-sanctuary\">Kermadec region becomes an open ocean sanctuary<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/audio\/player\/1889898\">2009 interview<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Bill&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine-reserves.org.nz\/\">website<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Ballantine_%28biologist%29\">Wikipedia page<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Awards<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmanprize.org\/recipient\/bill-ballantine\/\">1996 Goldman Prize Recipient Islands and Island Nations<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/divenewzealand.co.nz\/magazine\/awards\/\">Dive New Zealand Magazine Recognition Award<\/a><br \/>\nNew Zealand&#8217;s Marine Biologist Dr Bill Ballantine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.org.hk\/en\/news\/press_release\/?1339\/New-Zealands-Marine-Biologist-Dr-Bill-Ballantine-Visits-Hong-Kongs-Only-Marine-Reserve-at-Cape-dAguilar\">visits Hong Kong&#8217;s only Marine Reserve at Cape d&#8217;Aguilar<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Obituaries<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"title-text\">This obituary lists Bill&#8217;s scientific publications: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0006320717302112?via%3Dihub\">Bill Ballantine (1937\u20132015), a father of marine reserves<\/a><\/span>. By Kathy Walls and Dennis Gordon in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0006320717302112?via%3Dihub\"><em>Biological Conservation<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzgeo.com\/stories\/bill-ballantine-a-voice-for-the-sea\/\">Bill Ballantine, a voice for the sea<\/a> by Kennedy Warne in <em>New Zealand Geographic<\/em>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/NZ marine conservation pioneer dies\">New Zealand Herald\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/as-young-man-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1071\" src=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/as-young-man-2-580x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/as-young-man.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1072\" src=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/as-young-man-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/on-seashore.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1073\" src=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/on-seashore-580x363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/Bill-Ballantine-on-shore-with-camera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1067\" src=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/Bill-Ballantine-on-shore-with-camera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1074\" style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/Goat-island-behind.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1074\" src=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/Goat-island-behind-580x318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/Walls-Ballantine-obit-2017.pdf\">Ballantine obituary in Biological Conservation 2017<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/Bill-painting-letter-box-e1593034962118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1429\" src=\"https:\/\/site.nord.no\/oceansofbiodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2019\/06\/Bill-painting-letter-box-e1593034962118-580x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe topmost photograph was taken by Bill Skerry of National Geographic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I began work at the University of Auckland I inherited Bill&#8217;s post-graduate diploma and MSc course on Marine Reserves. We became close friends and spent a lot of time talking about reserves and other topics.\u00a0 Here are some links to articles about him and radio interviews. They list his numerous awards. 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