Antonio José Brack Egg (3 June 1940 – 30 December 2014) was an

agronomist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.) is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the Uni ...

engineer, an

ecologist Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. Ecology overlaps with the closely re ...

, and researcher. He was the first Peruvian Minister of the Environment. He is a national and international authority on issues pertaining to biological diversity and biocommercial development. He died after a brief hospitalization in 2014. Brack's Andes frog (''

Phrynopus bracki ''Phrynopus bracki'' is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Peru and only known from its type locality in the Cordillera Yanachaga, Pasco Region. The specific name ''bracki'' honors Antonio Brack, agronomist and ec ...

''), a tiny frog occurring in the

Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park () is a protected area located in the region of Pasco Region, Pasco, Peru. It preserves part of the rainforests and cloud forests of central Peru. It is a refuge for wildlife from the Pleistocene, a time when t ...

that Brack help to establish, is named in his honor.

Bibliography

* ''El ambiente en que vivimos'' (1975) * ''Desarrollo sostenido de la selva: un manual técnico para promotores y extensionistas Perú'' (1990) * ''La sierra del Perú: pobreza y posibilidades'' (1994) * ''Amazonía: desarrollo y sustentabilidad'' (1994–1995) * ''Gran geografía del Perú: naturaleza y hombre'' (1996) * ''Kuntursuyu: el territorio del condor'' (1996) * ''Uturunkusuyo: el territorio del jaguar'' (1996) * ''Pobreza y manejo adecuado de los recursos en la Amazonía peruana: respuesta'' (1997) * ''Amazonía peruana comunidades indígenas, conocimientos y tierras tituladas: atlas y base de datos'' (1997) * ''Dinámicas territoriales: afirmación de las ciudades intermedias y surgimiento de los espacios locales'' (1999) *
Diccionario enciclopédico de las plantas útiles del Perú
' (1999), Centro Bartolomé de Las Casas, * ''Biodiversidad y ambiente en el Perú'' (2000) * ''El medio ambiente en el Perú'' (2000) * ''Ecología del Perú'' (2000) * ''Perú maravilloso'' (2002) * ''Legado del Perú andino'' (2002) * ''Perú: diez mil años de domesticación - plantas y animales domésticados - láminas didácticas'' (2003) * ''Perú: diez mil años de domesticación'' (2003) * ''Perú: País de bosques (incluyen fotografías hechas por el autor)'' (2009)

References

External links

* 1940 births 2014 deaths Peruvian people of German descent Ministers of the environment of Peru People from the Department of Pasco University of Würzburg alumni {{Peru-politician-stub