The late Sir Edmund Hillary*, KG ONZ KBE
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OUR BOARD
PATRON
The Honourable
Lincoln M. Alexander
P.C., C.C., K.S.T.J.,
O.ONT.C.D., B.A., LL.B., Q.C.
FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
W.F. (Zeke) O'Connor
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Robert Kolbuc
OFFICERS
Karen O'Connor, President
Rudi R. Vezér, Secretary
C. Ashley Whicher, Vice President and Treasurer
Dr. Robert Zimmerman, Senior Medical Officer
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
Dr. Joan Ford
Peter W. Webster
DIRECTORS
Philip Crawley
Peter Hillary
Cathy McConnell
Nima McElhinney
Karen O'Connor
Herb Paterson
C. Richard Sharpe
Byron Smith
Rudi R. Vezér
Lynda Visosky
C. Ashley Whicher
Dr. Robert Zimmerman
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
Barbara Anderson
Brian Baxter
Michael Benton
Lynn Hurley
Edward Lorriman
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* Photo of the late
Sir Edmund Hillary by
Pat and Rosemarie Keough
Sagarmatha Forestry Report
Since 1989, New Zealand foresters, Nick Ledgard, employed by SCION (formerly Forest Research), and Gordon Baker, have assisted the forestry activities of the Himalayan Trust and The Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada in the Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) area of Nepal.
Objectives of Sagarmatha Forestry Project
The long-term objective of the SNP Forestry Project remains the same: "To promote management of the forests and shrub lands of the SNP area, and to provide stable soils, desirable habitats for local fauna and flora, and sustainable production of forest products essential for the survival of the local people."
In 2007/2008 the emphasis was to:
- Maintain the project’s core activities
- Continue planning and implementing the Project’s ‘hand-over’procedure which will be completed in 2010. Two major components of this process are the writing of a high altitude forestry handbook/manual, and the presentation of a small ‘technical transfer’ workshop in Namche and a seminar in Kathmandu.
