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新的鹤类基金会负责人Spike Millinton 这样写道:

Jim和他的妻子苏丽英一起致力于中国及其他地区的鹤类和湿地保护,从草海自然保护区的开创性保护工作开始,他在那里为农民开发了一项小额贷款计划,以换取鹤栖息地的保护,这在当时的中国是一个创新和有影响力的概念,作为东北地区保护区管理计划的一部分,他引进了改良的水管理技术。Jim从来没有真正打算把他的一生都花在保护鹤类的工作上。我记得他跟我说过,他可能在开始的时候就做五年时间。结果做了34年!但他身后给世界各地,特别是东亚,的许多人树立了榜样,让他们受益、得到发展和受到激励。中国的鹤、湿地和人民都会想念他。东亚-澳大利西亚候鸟迁徙路线项目的工作人员会想念他:非常遗憾,我们将无法在今年12月海南会议上看到他惯常的微笑。

Jim’s dedication, along with his wife Liying, to the cranes and wetlands of China and beyond was well-known and greatly appreciated, from pioneering conservation work at Cao Hai nature reserve, where he developed a micro-lending program for farmers in return for crane habitat conservation, a new and influential concept in China at the time, to introducing improved water management techniques as part of reserve management plans in NE China. Jim had never really intended to spend his life working for crane conservation. I remember him telling me he thought he might give it five years at the beginning. It ended up being 34! But he leaves behind many people, all over the world, but particularly in East Asia, who have benefited, flourished and been inspired by his example. The cranes, wetlands and people of China will miss him. EAAFP will miss him: his unfailingly cheerful presence at MOPs will be absent in Hainan this December.

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