Roger Martin (diplomat) explained

Roger Martin is chair to the Board of Trustees, Population Matters (formerly the Optimum Population Trust)^{[1] [2]} and President of the Somerset Branch, Campaign to Protect Rural England.

Education

Westminster school, Brasenose College, Oxford,

Career

• VSO Northern Rhodesia, 1959–60;
• Civil rights campaigner in Alabama, 1963;^{[3] [4]}
• Founder member of Campaign Against Racial Discrimination;
• Commonwealth Office, 1964–66;
• Second Secretary, Djakarta, 1967; Saigon,1968–70;
• First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971–74;
• Geneva, 1975–79;
• Seconded to Department of Trade, as Head of Middle East/North Africa Branch,
• Deputy High Commissioner, Harare, 1983–86, resigned in fury;
• Author 'The Price of Apartheid' (Pub EIU 1988);^[5]
• Visiting Fellow University of Bath
• Member of National Executive, VSO, 1988–96;
• Director, Somerset Wildlife Trust, 1988-2001 Vice President from 2001,
• Member, Flood Defence and Pollution Committees, Environment Agency, 1990–2012;
• SW panel, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1993–97;
• SW Committee, Heritage Lottery Fund, 2001–06.
• Founder member, South West Regional Assembly, 1998.
• Exmoor National Park Authority

Member,1998-2008; Trustee, 2003–07.

• SW Regional Chair, Campaign to Protect Rural England 2001–2006; national Trustee 2003–07; President Somerset Branch 2006-
• President, Mendip Society, 2001-09

HARDtalk

On 13 December 2010, he appeared on the BBC News programme "HARDtalk" to discuss his Trust's stance.^[6]

Honours

He was made an Honorary Doctor of Science (Hon.DSc) by the University of the West of England in 2001.^[7]

External links

• Roger Martin on BBC's Hardtalk
• Roger Martin, Chair (Population Matters)
• Roger Martin profile at Battle of Ideas
• "Overpopulation is the biggest threat to our climate" "The Great Debate UK", Reuters 16 October 2009
• "the Optimum Population Trust", Rodaleworks

Notes and References

1. Web site: Board. populationmatters.org/. 7 July 2014.
2. Book: Who's who 2014.. 2014. A. & C. Black. London. 978-1408-1-8119-5. 1435. 166th/2014..
3. Web site: Battle of Ideas 2010 | speaker | Roger Martin.
4. Web site: Mensa at Cambridge 2011, 'Population'. 7 July 2014.
5. Book: Martin. Roger. Southern Africa : the price of apartheid, a political risk analysis. 1988. Economist Intelligence Unit. London. 0850582369.
6. News: Smaller families are better for the planet. 13 December 2010.
7. Web site: Honorary graduate overview. uwe.ac.uk. 7 July 2014.