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Mr John Hare

Job Title	Founder and Chairman
Affiliation	Wild Camel Protection Foundation
Bio	John Hare, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers' Club of America has lectured to the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, the United Nations, the Great Britain-China Centre, the Grocers' Livery Company and the Scientific Exploration Society. He has lectured in the USA to the National Geographic Society, The Smithsonian, the American Museum of Natural History, the Explorers' Club, the China Institute, to Societies in Hong Kong, China and Kenya and to numerous schools and colleges. He has also lectured aboard the Queen Mary 2. In 2004 John Hare was awarded the Ness Award by the Royal Geographical Society for raising awareness about wild Bactrian camels and the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal for exploration under extreme hazard by the Royal Society of Asian Affairs. In October 2006 the Royal Scottish Geographical Society will award him the Mungo Park medal for distinguished contributions to exploration.
URL	http://www.wildcamels.com/

Society Awards

2004 - The Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal

In recognition of his exploration of the Mongolian and Chinese Gobi and Lop Nor region of Xinjiang in order to study the endangered wild Bactrian camel.

Four separate expeditions, undertaken in extreme climatic conditions and at considerable personal risk, led with his active encouragement to the establishment of the Arjin Shan Lop Nor Nature Reserve by the Chinese National and Xinjiang Provincial Environmental Agencies, to protect the wild Bactrian Camel and other rare fauna and flora of the area.

Lectures to The Society

Title	Type	Date
NW China: The Mysteries of the Gobi		Apr 2009
The Sahara and the Gobi		Jan 2004
Lou Lan: An Ancient Chinese City		Dec 1998
The Lost Camels of Tartary		Jan 1997

Articles in the Journal

The Mysteries of the Gobi Desert
	Mr John Hare
	Asian Affairs, Volume 40 Number 3	November 2009
A Tale of Two Deserts: the Sahara and the Gobi
	Mr John Hare
	Asian Affairs, Volume 36 Number 1	March 2005
Loulan: a journey of exploration from the east
	Mr John Hare
	Asian Affairs, Volume 30 Number 2	July 1999
Lost Camels of Tartary
	Mr John Hare
	Asian Affairs, Volume 28 Number 2	July 1997

List Speakers

Images of Asia

Sign at the Golden Triangle (Thailand, Laos and Burma)

Bishkek Skyline

Camels in Zakhyn-Us, Mongolia

Chopping firewood in Naryn Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Taxi in Hittite, Turkey

Sunset over the Mekong River at Luang Prabang, Laos

Forthcoming Events

Wed 8 Feb The Freedom Factor: What Do We Want and How Do We Get It? at Society of Chemical Industry

Thu 16 Feb India at The Library

Wed 22 Feb Ashoka: India's Lost Emperor at Society of Chemical Industry

Wed 7 Mar The Azerbaijan Crisis of 1945-6 at Society of Chemical Industry

Mon 12 Mar The Economic and Financial Outlook in Asia and its Global Implications

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News

JPT Family Trust Medical Science Award for 2012 The Royal Society for Asian Affairs invites applications from medical students aged 21 - 30 for purposeful travel in Asia more…

Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam New exhibition opened at the British Museum: 26 January - 14 April 2012 more…

Ragmala Paintings from India: Poetry, passion, song Exhbition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery: 25 January - 27 May 2012 more…

Traditions Revised: Japanese Fans from the Ishizumi Family Collection Rediscover the fan as contemporary art form through traditional fan designs more…

One for your diary - an exhibition in the autumn of 2012 The British in Palestine: 1917 - 1948 more…

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