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Amanda Vincent, the Glossary

Amanda Vincent is a Canadian marine biologist and conservationist, one of the world's leading experts on seahorses and their relatives.^[1]

21 relations: Canada Research Chair, CITES, Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques, Conservation movement, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Indianapolis Prize, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, Leptonotus vincentae, Marine biology, McGill University, Project Seahorse, Rolex, Seahorse, Time (magazine), UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Western Ontario, Whitley Awards (UK).
Canadian marine biologists

Canada Research Chair

Canada Research Chair (CRC) is a title given to certain Canadian university research professors by the Canada Research Chairs Program. Amanda Vincent and Canada Research Chair are Canada Research Chairs.

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CITES

CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.

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Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques

Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) is an international federation that represents underwater activities in underwater sport and underwater sciences, and oversees an international system of recreational snorkel and scuba diver training and recognition.

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Conservation movement

The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Canada judges to have "made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life".

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Indianapolis Prize

The Indianapolis Prize is a biennial prize awarded by the Indianapolis Zoo to individuals for "extraordinary contributions to conservation efforts" affecting one or more animal species.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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IUCN Red List

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.

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Leptonotus vincentae

Leptonotus vincentae is a species of pipefish found in the south-western Atlantic Ocean.

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Marine biology

Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea.

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McGill University

McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Project Seahorse

Project Seahorse is a marine conservation organization committed to the conservation and sustainable use of coastal marine ecosystems in general, and seahorses in particular.

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Rolex

Rolex SA is a Swiss watch brand and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Seahorse

A seahorse (also written sea-horse and sea horse) is any of 46 species of small marine bony fish in the genus Hippocampus.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

The UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) is a research unit at the University of British Columbia (UBC) that was formed in 2015 by incorporating members from the former UBC Fisheries Centre (est. 1991, dis. 2015), as well as a subset of researchers that are conducting marine related research at UBC.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Vincent

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