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SW: Maurice Strong
'''Maurice Strong''' was secretary general of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, commonly described as the Earth Summit. He is married to [[Hanne Strong]].
"After the Earth Summit, Strong continued to take a leading role in implementing the results of Rio through establishment of the [[Earth Council]], the Earth Charter movement, his Chairmanship of the [[World Resources Institute]], Membership on the Board of the [[International Institute for Sustainable Development]], the [[Stockholm Environment Institute]], the [[African-American Institute]], the [[Institute of Ecology in Indonesia]], the [[Beijer Institute]] of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and others. Strong was a longtime Foundation Director of the [[World Economic Forum]], a Senior Advisor to the President of the [[World Bank]], a Member of the International Advisory of [[Toyota Motor]] Corporation, the Advisory Council for the [[Center for International Development]] of Harvard University, the [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]], the [[World Conservation Union]] (IUCN), the [[World Wildlife Fund]], [[Resources for the Future]], and the [[Eisenhower Fellowships]]." <ref>[http://www.mauricestrong.net/index.php/bio.html Short Biography], Maurice Strong, accessed October 3, 2008.</ref>
"Mr. Strong founded the [[Earth Council]] in 1992 after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and is now extending that leadership with a new mandate to unite local councils and affiliated organizations under the Earth Council Alliance with co-founder [[Tommy E. Short]].
