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Damien Mander (born 11 December 1979 in Mornington, Australia) is a former Australian Royal Navy Clearance Diver and Special Operations military sniper turned anti-poaching crusader.〔(Herald Sun News Article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(ABC News Interview, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕 An environmental and animal welfare activist, Mander is outspoken about the priorities of mankind in an increasingly challenged society. He frequently advocates the use of military equipment and tactics for the purpose of protecting animals, including the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.〔(Australia Unlimited article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(Rhino UAV Trials, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(Rhino Rhino UAVs, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(Africa Geographic UAV article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(Herald Sun article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(IAPF website News )〕 Mander used his life savings and liquidated his investments and assets to fund the start-up and running costs of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation – an organisation dedicated to the protection and preservation of wildlife in some of the world's most volatile regions.〔(VOA News article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(International Anti-Poaching Foundation website, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(Africa Geographic UAV article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(National Geographic article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕 Mander’s personal evolution has seen him recognise the need for protection of all animals, not just from an ethical standpoint, but also from a global environmental perspective. A public speaker, Mander is a vegan who actively encourages his audience to hold back the tide of human encroachment and correct the imbalance between dwindling wilderness areas and rapidly increasing human populations.〔(The Age article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(ABC News interview, retrieved July 2013 )〕〔(Once Upon A Vegan article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕 Mander is also a director of the Conservation Guardians.〔(Conservation Guardians, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕 He resides in Southern Africa with his wife Maria. ==Military career and work== Mander joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1999 (at age 19), where he trained and qualified as a Naval Clearance Diver.〔(The Age article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕 In 2003 he was selected for the Tactical Assault Group (East), an elite direct-action and hostage-recovery unit within the Australian Army’s Special Forces 2nd Commando Regiment, as a special operations sniper.〔(Africa Media Online article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(Africa Geographic UAV article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕 Mander spent three years in Iraq working with several Private Military Organisations concerned with the protection of Australian diplomats working to re-establish an Iraqi legal system to try Saddam Hussein,〔(Sydney Morning Herald article, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕〔(Conservation Guardians website, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕 and was involved in the training of the Iraqi Police. Mander went on to project-manage the Iraqi Special Police Training Academy in northern Baghdad, where up to 700 cadets at a time received paramilitary training. The Civilian Police Assistance Training Team (CPATT) project, made up of multinationals, was part of the US-led coalition's effort to develop the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and its Forces.〔(Sydney Morning Herald article, 2 July 2013 )〕 Mander also worked alongside the US Army’s Corps of Engineers involved with Iraq's reconstruction efforts as part of Project Matrix. The responsibility was to defend key personnel from assassination, kidnapping, and injury, and to conduct reconnaissance missions across Iraq on key infrastructure in support of the CoE.〔(Aegis Defence Services )〕 Mander left Iraq in 2008 following 12 tours of duty.〔(60 Minutes interview, retrieved 2 July 2013 )〕 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「Damien Mander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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