The Polistes Foundation

Our mission is to assemble and share knowledge about nature
in order to improve education, health, agriculture, economic development,
and conservation throughout the world.

Advisors

Peter Alden

Peter Dow

Brian Fisher

Jane Goodall

Patty Gowaty

Stephen Hubbell

John Kunze

Ed McNierney

John Pickering

Pat Raven

Peter Raven

Kevin Weick

Richard Wrangham

Pat Wright

Founding members

Ernst Mayr, 1904-2005

Irv DeVore, 1934-2014

Ed Wilson, 1929-2021


Maria Pickering and Ernst Mayr
14 August, 2004


Irv and Nancy DeVore
15 April, 2005


Tom Pickering, Ed Wilson and John Pickering
12 May, 2018

Updated: 29 April, 2023

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