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| Thu 22 Jun 2017 13.42 BST | |
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| My friend David Hoyle, who has died in a car accident aged 48, was a social scientist who devoted his life to protecting African forests and natural ecosystems for the biodiversity they harbour, for the local people who depend on them, and to secure their vital role in mitigating dangerous climate change. He worked for numerous NGOs, including VSO, WWF, and WCS, which took him to many African countries as a teacher, field project manager and national director. | My friend David Hoyle, who has died in a car accident aged 48, was a social scientist who devoted his life to protecting African forests and natural ecosystems for the biodiversity they harbour, for the local people who depend on them, and to secure their vital role in mitigating dangerous climate change. He worked for numerous NGOs, including VSO, WWF, and WCS, which took him to many African countries as a teacher, field project manager and national director. |
| The second of three children born to Mike Hoyle, a management consultant, and Marion (nee Knight), a housewife, David grew up in Farnham, Surrey, completed school at Lancing college in West Sussex and read geography at Reading University before doing a master’s in natural resource management at Edinburgh. | The second of three children born to Mike Hoyle, a management consultant, and Marion (nee Knight), a housewife, David grew up in Farnham, Surrey, completed school at Lancing college in West Sussex and read geography at Reading University before doing a master’s in natural resource management at Edinburgh. |
| He met his wife, Marceline (nee Achou), in Nguti, Cameroon, where she was one of the graduates working on his conservation project. They married in 2002, and in 2004, when David was appointed to manage WWF’s Eastern African Ecoregion programme, they settled in Crondall, Hampshire. | He met his wife, Marceline (nee Achou), in Nguti, Cameroon, where she was one of the graduates working on his conservation project. They married in 2002, and in 2004, when David was appointed to manage WWF’s Eastern African Ecoregion programme, they settled in Crondall, Hampshire. |
| In 2007 WWF sent him to Tanzania to establish the Coastal East Africa Initiative that became one of the best-performing of WWF’s 12 global priority programmes. From there he was sent again to Cameroon, (2010-12), where, as WWF’s conservation director, he coordinated programmes supporting anti-poaching, law enforcement and protected area management across the country. He also led policy and advocacy work to protect Cameroon’s forests from emerging threats of mining, forestry and agro-industry. | In 2007 WWF sent him to Tanzania to establish the Coastal East Africa Initiative that became one of the best-performing of WWF’s 12 global priority programmes. From there he was sent again to Cameroon, (2010-12), where, as WWF’s conservation director, he coordinated programmes supporting anti-poaching, law enforcement and protected area management across the country. He also led policy and advocacy work to protect Cameroon’s forests from emerging threats of mining, forestry and agro-industry. |
| From 2012, David worked with Proforest, Oxford, as conservation and land use director, bringing his experience to bear on the challenges posed by the expansion of agriculture in tropical developing countries, making a huge contribution to efforts to reduce deforestation. | From 2012, David worked with Proforest, Oxford, as conservation and land use director, bringing his experience to bear on the challenges posed by the expansion of agriculture in tropical developing countries, making a huge contribution to efforts to reduce deforestation. |
| As remarkable as his professional accomplishments was the way in which David achieved them. Colleagues speak of a man who was a treasured and respected member of every team he worked in. David engaged people as equals in an open, respectful way, always with a smile on his face and a sense of fun. | As remarkable as his professional accomplishments was the way in which David achieved them. Colleagues speak of a man who was a treasured and respected member of every team he worked in. David engaged people as equals in an open, respectful way, always with a smile on his face and a sense of fun. |
| He is survived by Marceline, their children, Henry, Kate and Emily, his brother, Nick, sister, Julia, and his parents. | He is survived by Marceline, their children, Henry, Kate and Emily, his brother, Nick, sister, Julia, and his parents. |
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