Ignace Schops is an environmentalist and expert on biodiversity, landscaping and herpetology, as well as Director of the Belgian NGO Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland, and president of the largest network on the natural heritage in Europe (the EUROPARC Federation). In 2008 he was awarded with the Green Nobel Prize, for his contributions to the establishment of the first National Park in Belgium. He received a honorary doctorate from Hasselt University.
© 2015 Koen Vanmechelen - All rights reserved