Bonnelly de Calventi, Idelisa (1994). Mamiferos marinos en la República Dominicana
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Information trouvée : Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi (10 September 1931 – 3 July 2022) was a Dominican marine
biologist who is considered the "mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean".
She was the founder of the study of biology in the Dominican Republic, as well as
the founder of the Institute of Marine Biology and the Dominican Foundation for Marine
Research. She was instrumental in the creation of the first Humpback Whale Sanctuary
of the North Atlantic and has won numerous awards, including induction into the UNEP's
Global 500 Roll of Honour, UNESCO's Marie Curie Medal and the Order of Merit of Duarte,
Sánchez and Mella.In 1953, she enrolled at Columbia University, graduating with a
BS in marine biology in 1956. She went on to attain a master's degree from New York
University in 1961. After completion of her schooling, Bonnelly began her first job
at the New York Aquarium as a research assistant to Ross Nigrelli. In 1962, she returned
to the Dominican Republic and began teaching at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo
Domingo (UASD), founding the first institution for the study of biology in the country.
In 1966, she founded the Institute of Marine Biology, which later became the Research
Center of Marine Biology (Spanish: Centro de Investigación de Biología Marina) (CIBIMA)
at which she taught from 1967 to 1986 and then until 1992 served as the coordinator
of graduate studies. n 1974, Bonnelly founded the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican
Republic
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