Changing the Landscape of Power (Innovations Case Narrative: Amazon Conservation Team)
Mark J. Plotkin Additional contact information Mark J. Plotkin: Mark J. Plotkin is the co-founder (with Liliana Madrigal) and president of the Amazon Conservation Team. Plotkin received the San Diego Zoo Gold Medal for Conservation (1993) and the Roy Chapman Andrews Distinguished Explorer Award (2004). Time magazine called him an "Environmental Hero for the Planet" (2001) and Smithsonian Magazine hailed him as one of "35 Who Made a Difference" (2005).