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Belinda Wright (conservationist) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Belinda Wright (conservationist) Belinda Wright (born 1953) is a prominent wild life photographer and wildlife conservationist in India. She is the Executive Director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India. ==Parents== Belinda's mother Anne Wright is a Founder Trustee of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) India, which she helped set up in the late 1960s. She was a member of the Tiger Task Force that was commissioned by the late Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, to select nine tiger reserves for the launch of Project Tiger in 1973. She served for twenty-three years on the Indian Board for Wildlife and was closely involved with the passing of the Wild Life (Protection) Act. Anne has also served on the Wildlife Boards of nine states in North East and Central India. In the early 1980s, Anne was awarded the title of "Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire", or MBE, for her efforts to preserve India's environmental heritage and her conservation work with the Government of India. She is currently the Chairperson of the Rhino Foundation. in 1988 Belinda's father Robert Hamilton Wright received the "Officer of the Order of the British Empire" or OBE for his dedicated service to British citizens in India. Bob headed the British Citizens' Association for decades and served on the board of Dr. Graham's Homes in Kalimpong in North Bengal. He spent a lot of his time working with the East India Charitable Trust, which runs old people's homes, and several charity schools and hostels. Bob was also the Chairman of a Historical Cemeteries Association and was a Steward of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club for many years. Since the early 1980s, Bob's love for the wild had been nurtured by the setting-up and management of Kipling Camp. He spent time every month at the Camp. Bob Wright died on 19 April 2005.〔
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