1973 iucn yearbook

specialists: Thane Riney on the scientific side and Peter Hill on
the educational side. A number of their detailed reports on each
country became blue-prints for subsequent developments in
conservation. After the African Special Project had itself come
to an end the results were followed up over a period of years,
particularly by FAO, which had given generous support at all stages.
One of the good things about IUCN, well illustrated by the
African Special Project but which has persisted right through,
is the close cooperation which was established between many
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, working for
the same ideals with little or no thought of personal or institutional
gain. An even better thing has been the great voluntary
effort which so many men and women have put into IUCN
without stint. Among such people there were casualties, and I
would finally like to pay special tribute to the late Edward H.
Graham who contributed so much to IUCN in those middle years.
E. J. H. Berwick, a senior British civil servant with many years as an
agronomist in southeast Asia, came to IUCN as Secretary General in
1966. He served with distinction through the New Delhi General
Assembly, retiring at the end of March 1970. His brief statement follows:
It seems a very short four years since we stood in Fontainebleau
on a chilly November day to unveil a plaque celebrating IUCN's
21st birthday. I remember then thinking gratefully of all the
dedicated scientists who had given liberally of their valuable time
to further the Union's interests. They are so many that it is almost
invidious to name any, but Charles J. Bernard, Harold J. Coolidge
and Jean-Paul Harroy must be outstanding. How much they have
done! And the Honorary Secretaries, Hans Goudswaard and
Fred Packard, who kept their Commissions running so well for
so long. When people give so freely of their time and money to
help the Union, the Union must do as much as it can to help
them; when they came to Morges my only regret was that we
could not do more for them. Suffice it to say that we all did the
best we could with the funds available.
I knew little about IUCN when I came to it in 1966, although
I had for some years been a member of OURS (The Orang Utan
Recovery Service) and been vaguely concerned with the Bangkok
Conference. John Corner had described the job of Secretary
General as being "fairly exacting but I should say not whole
time". On the other hand, Hugh Elliott had warned me that if
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