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February 1, 2007
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Japan Prize winner
Peter Shaw Ashton, the Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry Emeritus and former director of the Arnold Arboretum, has won the prestigious Japan Prize. Ashton's most prominent work cited by the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan is his leadership since the 1980s in research projects aimed at conservation and the sustainable use of tropical forests. (Staff file photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office)
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Former Arboretum director Ashton wins Japan Prize
Prize honors work in tropical forestry
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