{"id":83711,"date":"2023-02-14T16:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/?page_id=83711"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:21:25","slug":"persanyi-miklos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/about\/staff\/persanyi-miklos\/","title":{"rendered":"Pers\u00e1nyi Mikl\u00f3s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"55\"><strong data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"55\">Introduction<\/strong><\/p> <p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"790\">He studied at Hungarian and American universities, including <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University<\/span><\/span> (ELTE), <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151 University of Agricultural Sciences<\/span><\/span> (GATE), and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Cornell University<\/span><\/span>. He obtained a Candidate of Sciences degree with his dissertation on environmental social activism. He has worked as a teacher, trainer, scientific researcher, civil servant, and chief environmental expert at an international bank, and served for 22 years as the Director General of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden<\/span><\/span>. During this time, the zoo\u2019s area expanded, the value of its collection increased, its facilities developed, its educational and conservation programs were broadened, and its international reputation strengthened.<\/p> <p data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"1311\">Between 2003 and 2007, he served as Minister of Environment and Water. Under his leadership, an integrated flood protection program was launched, Natura 2000 areas were established across 21% of the country, and the eco-school network was organized. Between 2006 and 2008, as a ministerial commissioner, he oversaw the planning of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">City Park<\/span><\/span> (V\u00e1rosliget), and at his initiative, ten thousand new trees were planted in Budapest. He currently works at the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Balaton Limnological Research Institute<\/span><\/span>.<\/p> <p data-start=\"1313\" data-end=\"1745\">He has chaired both national and international organizations. His recognitions include the EAZA Lifetime Achievement Award, the Hungarian Order of Merit, honorary citizenships of two districts, Humphrey\/Fulbright Alumnus status, Ashoka Fellowship, honorary professorships at two Hungarian universities, and honorary membership in the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">World Association of Zoos and Aquariums<\/span><\/span> (WAZA) and the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">European Association of Zoos and Aquaria<\/span><\/span> (EAZA).<\/p> <hr data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1750\" \/> <p data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1776\"><strong data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1776\">Main research areas:<\/strong><\/p> <ul data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1914\"> <li data-section-id=\"ptv7lw\" data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1803\">Environmental science<\/li> <li data-section-id=\"1imd2mk\" data-start=\"1804\" data-end=\"1853\">Sustainability issues related to biodiversity<\/li> <li data-section-id=\"x5xu4y\" data-start=\"1854\" data-end=\"1895\">Keeping wild animals under human care<\/li> <li data-section-id=\"154ewn5\" data-start=\"1896\" data-end=\"1914\">Zoo management<\/li> <\/ul> <hr data-start=\"1916\" data-end=\"1919\" \/> <p data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"1934\"><strong data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"1934\">Progress:<\/strong><\/p> <p data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"2222\">Over the past two years, he has developed the curricula, lectures, and presentations (in both Hungarian and English) for two courses: \u201cWild Animals in Human Care\u201d and \u201cManagement of Institutions Keeping Wild Animals.\u201d These courses were taught in the 2020\/21 and 2021\/22 academic years.<\/p> <p data-start=\"2224\" data-end=\"2603\">He also contributed to the development of the training and outcome requirements for the specialized postgraduate program \u201cWild Animal Keeping and Zoo Management,\u201d prepared its curriculum, invited lecturers together with the head of department, and helped prepare accreditation documents. The program has been accredited and is planned to be launched in the 2022\/23 academic year.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction He studied at Hungarian and American universities, including E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University (ELTE), G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151 University of Agricultural Sciences (GATE), and Cornell University. He obtained a Candidate of Sciences degree with his dissertation on environmental social activism. He has worked as a teacher, trainer, scientific researcher, civil servant, and chief environmental expert at an international bank,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5824,"featured_media":0,"parent":857,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5824"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206840,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83711\/revisions\/206840"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}