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Petra Deimer

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Petra Deimer
Born(1948-03-09)9 March 1948
Göttingen, Germany
Died27 March 2024(2024-03-27) (aged 76)
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Marine biologist, journalist, activist, conservationist

Petra Deimer (9 March 1948, in Göttingen – 27 March 2024[1]) was a German marine biologist, and nature conservationist who has been actively involved in the study and protection of marine mammals, particularly cetaceans, since the mid-1970s.

Career

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Deimer gained her PhD in marine biology, with a particular focus on sperm whales, at the University of Hamburg.[2] In the late 1970s many species of whale, including sperm whales, were in danger of extinction.[3] As a result of Deimer's actions, the archipelago of Madeira was declared a protection zone for marine mammals, and commercial whaling around Madeira ceased in 1981.[4]

She contributed significantly to the decision of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to ban commercial whaling in July 1982.[5] In 1983 Deimer ensured that the trade in Minke whales was also banned.[6]

Deimer is the founder and president of the Society for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Meeressäugetiere; GSM).[7] She is a member of the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) Scientific Committee, a member of the German government's Species Conservation Advisory Committee, and an advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).[4]

[8] In 2001, Deimer was awarded the Golden Ark for nature conservation by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.[4]

Deimer has written six books, and numerous articles on whales, dolphins, and seals, as well as on environmental conservation more generally. She has also written a book on parrots.[citation needed]

Select Bibliography

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  • Whales and Dolphins (1998) (English translation of: Wale und Delphine)
  • Parrots: A complete pet owner’s manual (1984) (trans. Rita Kimber) (English translation of: Papageien)
  • Das Buch der Wale (Hamburg, 1983) (The Book of Whales)
  • Das Buch der Robben (Hamburg, 1987) (The Book of Seals)

Notes

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  1. ^ Obituary, 6. April 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024 (in German).
  2. ^ Petra Deimer and her whales (in German)
  3. ^ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Mar. 6 1973, 27 U.S.T. 1087, 993 U.N.T.S. 243
  4. ^ a b c Golden Ark for the Marine Biologist, Petra Deimer, gsm-ev.de. Accessed 1 June 2024.
  5. ^ International Whaling Commission Schedule, para. 10(e).
  6. ^ C. Epstein, The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse (Cambridge, Mass, 2008), p. 159.
  7. ^ Hanse, GSM-ev.de. Accessed 1 June 2024.
  8. ^ Golden Ark for the Marine Biologist, Petra Deimer
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