Biodiversity Conservationist Awarded Prestigious Chartered Geographer Status
Added to website: 11 August 2004
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) has awarded Peter Raines MBE FRGS CGeog FIBiol CBiol MInstD, founder and managing director of Coral Cay Conservation (CCC), Chartered Geographer (CGeog) status.
Chartered Status is the professional qualification awarded to Fellows of the RGS-IBG who demonstrate a high level of competence and professionalism in the practice of Geography and related disciplines, and who are committed to maintaining their expertise.
Founded in 1830, the Society supports research, education, training and enjoyment of Geography at all levels, within the UK and abroad. With approximately 13,300 members and with more than 150 lectures and conferences organised each year, the RGS-IBG is the largest geographical society in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The Society’s Council first began awarding the professional status of Chartered Geographer, under the authority of the Privy Council, in April 2002.
To gain validation, Fellows of the RGS-IBG must be able to demonstrate a combination of academic qualification and professional experience. As a graduate in Marine Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Wales and with more than 18 years experience in project management and applied research, Peter was a likely candidate for this EU-recognised professional qualification.
On receiving news of his award, Peter said: “If Biology is the ‘mother’ of modern-day biodiversity conservation, then Geography is its ‘better-half’! Successful biodiversity conservation demands the application of a raft of knowledge, skills and tools pioneered by geographers and I am therefore extremely honoured to receive recognition by the geographical community. From the outset, CCC has received tremendous support, guidance and encouragement from the RGS-IBG and I look forward to continuing to do my bit to promote the wonders of Geography and the esteemed Society that enshrines it”.
Peter was recently awarded the MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by The Queen in recognition of his “services to preservation of biodiversity”.
