About Noel Kempff Mercado
Lived 1924 – 1986 (aged 62). Noel Kempff Mercado was a Bolivian beekeeper and biologist.
Noel Kempff Mercado (February 27, 1924 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia – September 5, 1986 in the Serranía de Caparuch, Bolivia) was a Bolivian biologist and environmentalist.
Kempff Mercado studied at the University of Santa Cruz where he received his B.Sc. in 1946. During a field campaign in the Huanchaca National Park in 1986 he and several other scientists discovered a cocaine factory in the Bolivian forest. Kempff Mercado and most of the scientists were killed by the criminals. The Huanchaca National Park was renamed in 1988 as Noel Kempff Mercado National Park.
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Who was Noel Kempff Mercado?
Bolivian scientist (1924–1986)
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Noel Kempff Mercado was born on 27 February 1924 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
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Noel Kempff Mercado died on 5 September 1986 in Bolivia.
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Noel Kempff Mercado was a beekeeper and biologist.
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Noel Kempff Mercado was Bolivian.
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