{"id":997,"date":"2010-05-10T08:33:11","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/?page_id=997"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:17:28","slug":"jack-d-ives","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/jack-d-ives\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack D. Ives"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Ives received his B.A honours first class, Geography, U of Nottingham, 1953; Ph D. McGill U., Geography (geomorphology) 1956; (married Pauline Angela H. Cordingley, 11 September 1954 and emigrated to Canada [Montreal] same month). Director, McGill Subarctic Research Lab., Schefferville, and Assist. Prof., Dept of Geography, McGill U., 1957-1960; Assist. Director and Director, Geographical Branch, Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, 1960-67. Director, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, U of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, 1967-1979 and Full Professor, Geography, 1967-1989. Professor of Mountain Geoecology (Chair of Dept of Geography [1989- 1993] and Prof. Division of Environmental Studies, U of Calif., Davis, [1993-1997]). Chair, International Working Group, UNESCO MAB Programme, Project 6 &#8211; 1973-1975. Research Coordinator, United Nations University &#8211; Project on Mountain Ecology and Sustainable Development, 1978-2000 (involved fieldwork in Himalaya, N. Thailand, Tibet, Tajikistan, Ecuadorian Andes. Chair, Intntl. Geogr. Union, Commission on Mountain Geoecology, 1972-1980 and 1988-1996); present position &#8211; Senior Advisor on Mountain Ecology and Sustainable Development. Official delegate to Rio de Janeiro 1992 Earth Summit (UNCED).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 180 publications &#8211; scientific papers, books. Founder and Editor (1968-1980) quarterly journal Arctic and Alpine Research. Founder and Editor (1980-2000) quarterly journal Mountain Research and Development. Supervised over 50 Masters and Ph D students and 18 Post-doctoral fellows &#8211; from China, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, and Ecuador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mountain geoecology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>human impacts on mountain environments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Landscape change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>deforestation, poverty, and gender<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>catastrophic events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pleistocene and Holocene history of the Canadian Eastern Arctic and Iceland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Select Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian Academy of Science, 2021: Special publication to celebrate 40 years of Russian contribution to UNESCO\u2019s Man and the Biosphere Project (MAB) ( Edited by Academician Vladimir Kotlyakov and Yuri Badenkov). There are 45 contributors, all Russian except mine which was selected as the lead paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 Arctic and Alpine Environments: Second edition, Routledge, London and New York. Volume 6, Routledge Library Editions, Volume 6, Ecology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016: Ives: Baffin Island: Field Research and High Arctic Adventure: 1961-1967. U of Calgary Press and Arctic Inst of N.A., 234 pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016: Festscrift for a Mountain Advocate \u2013 Jack D. Ives, Montologist. Eds. Kumar Mainali and Seth Sicroff, Himalayan Assoc for Advance of Science. 391 pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013 book: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Book-low-resolution-sRGB.pdf\">Sustainable Mountain Development: Getting the facts right.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Formation of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya and GLOF Risk Assessment, <\/em>with Shrestha, R.B. and Mool, P. K., International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal. 2010, IN PRESS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Land Beyond: A Memoir, <\/em>University of Alaska Press, March 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evaluating the growth characteristics of a glacial lake and its degree of danger of outburst flooding: Imja Glacier, Khumbu Himal, Nepal. With Watanabe, T. and Lamsal, D. <em>Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift,<\/em> Vol. 63: 255-267, Dec. 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007:&nbsp;\u201cSkaftafell in Iceland: A thousand years of change\u201d.&nbsp;Ormstunga, Reykjavik, 256 pp (large format).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007: Icelandic language edition of above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006: Ives, second edition, Kathmandu, Himalayan Association for Advancement of Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2005 &#8216;Himalayan misconceptions and distortions: What are the facts?&#8217; Himalayan Journal of Sciences 3(5), 15-24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2004: Ives: Himalayan Perceptions: Environmental change and the well-being of mountain people. Routledge, London and New York, 271 pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1997: Messerli, Bruno, and Ives (eds.): Mountains of the World; A Global Priority: A contribution to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, 1992. Parthenon Pub. Group, London and New York, 495 pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1989: Ives, and Bruno Messerli: The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling development and conservation. Routledge, London and New York, 295 pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1988: Ives and David Pitt (eds): Deforestation: Social dynamics in watersheds and mountain ecosystems. Routledge, London and New York, 247 pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1974:&nbsp; Ives and Barry, Roger G., (eds.):&nbsp; Arctic and Alpine Environments, Methuen, London, 999pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memberships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Royal Geographical Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Royal Canadian Geographical Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Institute of N.A.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chinese Glaciological Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central Himalayan Environmental Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IUCN &#8211; Commission on Parks and Protected Areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awards\/Honours<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;Menningarver\u00f0laun Hornafjar\u00f0ar (region of S E Iceland; award for contributions to history and culture)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007 Knight\u2019s Cross of the Order of the Falcon (Iceland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2005&nbsp;Royal Geographical Society&nbsp;Patron\u2019s Medal&nbsp;(United Kingdom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2002 King Albert I (Belgium) Gold Medal for contributions to mountain research and development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, 1976-77, held as Guest Prof. at University of Berne, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cited by Governor John Vanderhoef, Colorado, for contributions to environment of Colorado Rocky Mountains, and appointed to Governor&#8217;s Scientific Advisory Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"meetings-with-world-leaders\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meetings with World Leaders<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>His Holiness, John Paul 11, Vatican<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their Majesties, King and Queen of Thailand (special dinner at the Winter Palace)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Deng Xiao-Ping, (Lunch in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Princess Chichibu, Tokyo (private meeting)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (group lunch incl Bruno Messerli, Laurence Hamilton and wives at his<br>\nPalace in Switzerland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maurice Strong, UN Director General World Summit, Rio de Janeiro (many meetings including a dinner<br>\nat home with the Ives family)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viscount G. 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