Mike Bingham
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| Mike Bingham | |
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 Bingham with Magellanic penguins.jpg Mike Bingham | |
| Born | June 14, 1958 Sutton Coldfield, England |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | c.1990–present |
| Known for | Penguin population research (South America) |
Mike Bingham is a marine biologist and author. He was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, on 14 June 1958.[citation needed] Bingham qualified as a biological surveyor though the Open University..[1] In the 1990s he applied for a position as a Conservation Officer in the Falkland Islands.[citation needed] Whilst in that position he published results of an island-wide penguin census, which indicated a sharp decline in Falklands penguins. Mike Bingham attributed this decline to the establishment of the Falkland Islands commercial fishing industry 10 years earlier. [2][3][4][5]
Bingham was employed by Falklands Conservation on four-year contract from June 1993 until June 1997.[1] His contract was not renewed and in November 1997 he started work at the power station in Stanley.[1] He continued in that role until he took the decision to leave the Falkland Islands. In August 1997 he set up a limited company Environmental Research Ltd and under the terms of his contract required was given permission by the Chief Executive to pursue.[citation needed] Similarly in 2001, he was given leave to pursue a project in Chile.[citation needed]
Bingham set up the website seabirds.org and Falklands.net.
In 1997, Bingham set up Chile's first long-term penguin monitoring programme, with funding from the British and Chilean governments.[citation needed] In 2003, Bingham moved to South America, where he oversees the penguin monitoring programmes in Chile and Argentina under the auspices of the Organization for the Conservation of Penguins.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "A fine mess, Stanley". The Guardian. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ↑ Bingham, M. (1998) The distribution, abundance and population trends of Gentoo, Rockhopper and King penguins at the Falkland Islands. Orxy 32(3): 223-32.
- ↑ Bingham, M. (1998) Penguins of South America and the Falkland Islands. Penguin Conservation 11(1): 8-15.
- ↑ Bingham M. and Mejias E. (1999) Penguins of the Magellan Region. Scientia Marina Vol:63, Supl. 1: 485-493
- ↑ Bingham, M. (2002) The decline of Falkland Islands penguins in the presence of a commercial fishing industry. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 805-818.
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