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"Ragnar Hult in the early 1880s. Ragnar Hult (4 March 1857 – 25 September 1899) was a Finnish botanist and plant geographer. He was a forerunner in developing a methodology for vegetation survey. He emphasized the physiognomy of vegetation and paid less attention to its ecology. His ideas were much- followed in Sweden, making him the real father of the "Uppsala school" in plant sociology.Trass, H. & N. Malmer, 1978. “North European approaches to classification.” Pp 201–245 in R. H. Whittaker (ed.). Classification of plant communities. Dr. W. Junk Publ., den Haag. Ragnar Hult was the first (1881) to publish a comprehensive study of ecological succession as it is taking place in a given region. He was the first to recognize that a relatively large number of pioneer plant communities give way to a comparatively small number of relatively stable communities.Cowles, Henry C. (1911): The causes of vegetational cycles. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1 (1): 3–20. Selected works * Hult, Ragnar (1881) Försök till analytisk behandling af växtformationerna (“Attempt at an analytic treatment of plant communities”). Meddelanden af Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 8, pp. 1–155. Doctoral dissertation (University of Helsinki). Full text. References Further reading * Rikkinen, Kalevi: Ragnar Hult and the emergence of geography in Finland, 1880–1900, pp. 3–192. Fennia 166:1. Helsinki: Geographical Society of Finland, 1988. . Category:1857 births Category:1899 deaths Category:People from Raseborg Category:People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Category:Swedish-speaking Finns Category:Finnish botanists Category:19th-century botanists "
"Brian Currin Brian Currin (born 20 September 1950) is a South African lawyer who was instrumental in the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Currin practiced law in Pretoria from 1977-87, specializing in labour law and civil and human rights, and now works in mediation and institutional transformation. In 1994 he was appointed by South African President Nelson Mandela to chair a Prison Audit Committee and was subsequently involved in the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 1987 he founded the National Directorate of Lawyers for Human Rights which he headed for eight years. He has worked in Sri Lanka, Rwanda and the Middle East on political transformation. Currin now co-chairs the Sentence Review Commission in Northern Ireland, which decides on the early release of prisoners who have committed terrorism-related offences. In 2000, he became an independent mediator in the Drumcree parading dispute and said that he hoped he could achieve a breakthrough in the mediation role because he was a completely independent outsider. But he quit his role in December 2001, saying that as Portadown Orangemen had withdrawn from dialogue, he was "unable to take the process any further".Drumcree parade mediator quits, Bbc.co.uk; accessed 29 August 2017. Involvement in the Basque Conflict Currin has been involved since 2004Interview with Brian Currin - "Alliance Magazine", 16 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013 in trying to help resolve the Basque Conflict. His work has been funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. In the last years he is part of the international mediators team involved in the search of a negotiated solution for the conflict in the Basque Country between the Basque terrorist group ETA (Basque Country and Freedom) and the Spanish and French governments. In November 2010 this group was officially set up as the International Contact Group for the Basque Country. The Group had as mandate "to expedite, facilitate and enable the achievement of political normalization in the Basque Country"Mandate of the ICG , Icgbasque.org; accessed 29 August 2017. This mediators team is not recognized by either the Spanish or the French government. The main associations of victims of ETA have asked him to leave this labour considering it as inadequate and harmful . Additionally, the main Spanish parties at the time People's Party and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party have criticized what they consider a lack of knowledge of the political reality in the Basque Country. References External links *Pen Pictures Sentence Review Commission; accessed 3 November 2007. * Drumcree Dispute - Key figures BBC News NI; accessed 3 November 2007 *Brian Currin - profile South Africa History Archive]; accessed 3 November 2007 Category:Living people Category:1950 births Category:South African lawyers Category:South African human rights activists Category:White South African anti-apartheid activists Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:People from Pretoria "
"Eureka Peak is a mountain in the Black Rock Canyon region of Joshua Tree National Park in the U.S. state of California. The peak is the 4th highest summit in the park after Quail Mountain, Queen Mountain and Inspiration Peak. The Eureka Peak Road, an unpaved dirt road, leads up to the summit from Upper Covington Flat and is drivable by 4-wheel drive vehicles under suitable conditions. Mountain biking is also very popular on this peak. An alternative route, the Eureka Peak Trail, branches off the California Riding and Hiking Trail and ascends the peak from the north. The upper slopes of the mountain may occasionally see snow in winter. References External links * MbPost-Eureka Peak * Black Rock Canyon Map (by the NPS) * Outdoor.com - Eureka Peak Trail Category:Mountains of Riverside County, California Category:Mountains of Southern California "