Xavier Pastor
Xavier Pastor (Mallorca, 1950) is a Spanish biologist, oceanographer, and ecologist. He was one of the founders of Greenpeace Spain and president and vice-president of the organisation for the defence of the seas, Oceana.{{Cite web |title=Oceana pide al presidente balear que prohíba la pesca de arrastre en aguas autonómicas |url=https://europe.oceana.org/es/press-releases/oceana-pide-al-presidente-balear-que-prohiba-la-pesca-de/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Oceana Europe |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |date=2003-12-16 |title=Xavier Pastor, vicepresidente de la organización Oceana en Europa |url=https://www.ultimahora.es/noticias/local/2003/12/16/688875/xavier-pastor-vicepresidente-de-la-organizacion-oceana-en-europa.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Ultima Hora |language=es}}
Biography
Pastor is one of the pioneers of the environmental movement in Spain. Coming from a family with a maritime and fishing tradition, he has dedicated much of his life to work in the sea and its defence.{{Cite web |title=Xavier Pastor |url=https://europe.oceana.org/people-partners/xavier-pastor/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Oceana Europe |language=en-US}} With a degree in biology from the University of Barcelona, he worked as a scientist at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography and took part in numerous fisheries research campaigns.{{Cite web |title=Pastor |url=http://www.circulodelarte.com/en/autor/pastor/es-0 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.circulodelarte.com}}
He was also president of the Balearic Group for Ornithology and the Defence of Nature (GOB). During his time as president of Greenpeace, he managed to make the most powerful international environmental organization known in Spain, reaching more than 5,000 members and a budget of 600 million euros.{{Cite web |title=XAVIER PASTOR. CR279 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2001/CR279/CR279-08b.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.elmundo.es}} However, his work was not without controversy and he resigned from his position in 2001.{{Cite web |date=2001-12-20 |title=Greenpeace inicia los trámites para expulsar a su ex director Xavier Pastor |url=https://www.ultimahora.es/noticias/local/2001/12/20/812129/greenpeace-inicia-los-tramites-para-expulsar-a-su-ex-director-xavier-pastor.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Ultima Hora |language=es}}
Expelled from Greenpeace in 2001, Pastor saw his expulsion as a conspiracy to remove him from the organisation which accused him of leaking manipulated information to the press. Greenpeace International supported the Spanish delegation's decision.{{Cite web |date=2001-12-20 |title=Greenpeace inicia los trámites para expulsar a su ex director Xavier Pastor |url=https://www.ultimahora.es/noticias/local/2001/12/20/812129/greenpeace-inicia-los-tramites-para-expulsar-a-su-ex-director-xavier-pastor.html |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Ultima Hora |language=es}} A year later, the Spanish judiciary restored Pastor's rights to remain a member of Greenpeace.{{Cite news |last=Manresa |first=Andreu |date=2002-08-03 |title=Un juez devuelve a Xavier Pastor los derechos de socio de Greenpeace |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2002/08/03/sociedad/1028325604_850215.html |access-date=2023-11-23 |issn=1134-6582}}
Selected works
- En defensa del medio ambiente: las propuestas de Greenpeace (Defending the Environment: Greenpeace's Proposals), Galaxia Gutenberg, 1999.
References
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External links
- [https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2020/07/16/radio_mallorca/1594903346_653689.html Interview on Radio Cadena SER]
- [https://www.juliaotero.net/web/el-pais-semanal/69-xavier-pastor-por-julia-otero.html Interview by Julia Otero]
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