What is Peter Hitchcock (environmentalist)?
[[File:Peter Philip Hitchcock 2015.png|thumb|200px|Hitchcock in 2015]] '''Peter Phillip Hitchcock''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AM]]}} (1944 – 20 May 2019) was an [[Australia]]n environmentalist. He played a key role in helping some of Australia's [[rainforest]]s become protected areas. He oversaw nationally and internationally important [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] [[wikt:nomination|nominations]]. He was also involved in the management of World Heritage protected areas. Hitchcock died on 20 May 2019 in [[Cairns, Queensland]]. He was 75.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-24/peter-hitchcock-wet-tropics-environmentalist-dead-at-75/11147340|title=Peter Hitchcock: World Heritage trailblazer and environmental peacekeeper dies aged 75|date=24 May 2019|access-date=29 May 2019|author=Faa, Marian|work=ABC News}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitchcock, Peter}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Australian environmentalists]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] {{Bio-stub}}