Luc Hoffmann

[1][2] He co-founded the World Wildlife Fund (WWF),[3] helped establish the Ramsar Convention for the protection of wetlands,[4] and set up the Tour du Valat [fr] research centre in the Camargue area of France.After the end of the Second World War, Hoffmann conducted scientific research and earned a doctorate (PhD) for his work on the different colour patterns of the chicks of the common tern (Sterna hirundo) in the Camargue on the Mediterranean coast of France.[11] The continued presence of greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) in France has been attributed to conservation work conducted at Tour du Valat.Hoffmann also supported breeding of Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) nearby and the reintroduction of the indigenous animals to their native Mongolia in 2004.More than 60 Ph.D.s have been awarded for research conducted at Tour du Valat by students enrolled at universities in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Canada and the United Kingdom.The convention aims to conserve wetlands: land that is permanently or periodically covered by shallow water and which typically hosts migratory birds.
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