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Charles A Munn III (born in Baltimore, Maryland on 3 December 1954) is a prominent American conservation biologist, ecotourism entrepreneur, and author of the 1994 ''National Geographic'' cover story about macaws. Munn is the founder and owner of SouthWild, a conservation-based ecotourism company that offers high-end photo safaris throughout South America. In 2013, Condé Nast Traveller chose him as one of worlds's three leading experts on wildlife tourism, and the only one for South America. From 1984-2000 he was a conservation field biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society. He also founded Peru Verde Conservation Group, the BioBrasil Foundation, and Tropical Nature Conservation Group.〔Munn, Charles, () "Jaguars of Brazil" ''Arcanamundi'' , 2014. Retrieved on 3 August 2014.〕 Munn is an American citizen but spends most of his time in Brazil and Chile. In 2005, Munn issued the world's first and only jaguar guarantee (in north Pantanal, Brazil), and in 2011 he did the same for pumas (in Torres del Paine, Chile). No one else has ever issued such a guarantee, and these guarantees still stand. He is based in the Mato Grosso state where he can easily oversee business operations, but regularly returns to his home in Maryland, US, to spend time with his aging mother. ==Family== His paternal grandfather, Charles A. Munn, made a name for himself as an owner of the American Totalizator Company, while his paternal grandmother was Mary Astor Paul, one of many heirs to the Drexel banking fortune of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. Munn's father, Charles A. Munn, Jr., died in 1957 of ALS at the age of 42, while his only sister was killed in an accident in 1952, before he was born. Munn's 1982 marriage to Martha Brecht ended in separation in 1990 and divorce in 1992. Munn's is currently separated from his second wife, conservation biologist Mariana Valqui. According to the ''New York Social Diary'' which was discussing Munn's different nature compared to the rest of his family, he stated "this same divergence may be what separates society's leaders from the crowd. The leaders inherit a legacy, and then, make a name for themselves".〔Mayhew, Augustus C. () "The House of Munn". ''New York Social Diary, 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles A. Munn III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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