Nicanor Perlas

BASIC INFO

Popular Name: Nicanor Perlas, Nick Perlas
Birth Name: Nicanor Jesus III Pineda Perlas
Birth Date: January 10, 1950
Spouse: Kathryn Carpenter (separated)
Child: Christopher Michael
Father: Jesus C. Perlas, Sr.
Mother: Anunciacion M. Pinda
Website: www.nicanor-perlas.com

EDUCATION

Graduate: University of the Philippines Los Banos
   - MS Botany (Environmental Sciences) (1978)
College: Xavier University
   - BS Agriculture, Major in Agronomy (1972)
High School: Ateneo de Manila University (1968)
Elementary: Ateneo de Manila University (1964)

DISTINCTIONS

- Right Livelihood Award or Alternative Nobel Prize (2003)
- UN Environmental Program Global 500 Award (1994)
- The Outstanding Filipino Award (1994)
- William F. Masterson, S.J. Agriculture Award (1995)
- Public Service Award, Municipality of Maasin (1972)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Technical Consultant/Resource Person
   - UN bodies (UNDP, FAO, UNCSD, UNICEF),
   - Government (Office of the President, Senate, House of
      Representatives, NEDA, DSWD, DA,DENR, and Official
      Philippine Delegations to the UN and APEC)
   - Donor Agencies (Plan International, HEKS, NOVIB, CIDA,
      GTZ, others)
Author
   - Shaping Globalization: Civil Society, Cultural Power,
      and Threefolding