Anne H. Ehrlich

Anne Howland Ehrlich
Born
Anne Fitzhugh Howland

(1933-11-17) November 17, 1933 (age 91)
Alma materUniversity of Kansas
Workssee list
Spouse
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(m. 1954)​
Children1
Scientific career
FieldsConservation biology
InstitutionsStanford University

Anne Howland Ehrlich (born Anne Fitzhugh Howland; November 17, 1933) is an American scientist and author who is best known for the predictions she made as a co-author of The Population Bomb with her colleague and husband, Paul R. Ehrlich. She has written or co-written more than thirty books on overpopulation and ecology, including The Stork and the Plow (1995), with Gretchen Daily, and The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment (2008), among many other works.[1][2] She also has written extensively on issues of public concern such as population control, environmental protection, and environmental consequences of nuclear war.[2][3][4]

She is seen is one of the key figures in the debate on conservation biology.[5] The essence of her reasoning is that unlimited population growth and man's unregulated exploitation of natural resources form a serious threat to the environment.[6] Her publications have been a significant source of inspiration to the Club of Rome.[6] By 1993, the Ehrlichs' perspective has become the consensus view of scientists as represented by the "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity".[7][8]

She co-founded the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University with Paul Ehrlich, where she serves as policy coordinator after being an associate director from 1987 on.[9][10] She served as one of seven outside consultants to the White House Council on Environmental Quality's Global 2000 Report (1980).[3]

She is a senior research scientist emeritus in conservation biology in the Department of Biology at Stanford University.

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  3. ^ a b "Center for Conservation Biology | Anne Howland Ehrlich, biography". 2011-06-27. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  4. ^ "Anne H. Ehrlich's research while affiliated with Stanford University and other places". researchgate.
  5. ^ White Scheuering, Rachel W. "Shapers of the Great Debate on Conservation: A Biographical Dictionary|Hardcover". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  6. ^ a b Altena, Trijntje van. "Paul R. Ehrlich". Heineken Prizes. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  7. ^ "1998 Tyler Laureates". Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  8. ^ "New book by Paul and Anne Ehrlich strikes back at "brownlash" (10/96)". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  9. ^ "Paul and Anne Ehrlich honored with Nuclear Age Peace Awards". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  10. ^ "Paul R. Ehrlich | Center for Conservation Biology". ccb.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-28.