Paul Paryski's contributions to environmental movement, at home and in Haiti

· Initiated and facilitated passage of New Mexico’s Graywater Act
· Facilitated passage of New Mexico’s State Water Plan Act
· Appointed by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to Blue Ribbon Water Task Force 2003,
· Assisted in the passage of essential environmental/water legislation in New Mexico 2001-3
· Created special, innovative United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) environmental unit to coordinate national environmental programmes, and strategies for donor organizations, to propose national policies, to monitor the environment in Haiti, to fund micro-projects, 1993-2000
· Facilitated the creation of Haiti’s Ministry of the Environment 1995-99
· Initiated/created 2 National Natural Parks in Haiti, 1983
· Supervised formulation of joint government/UNDP Port-au-Prince metropolitan area environmental/water action plan, 1996/7 & Haiti’s National Environmental Action Plan (1999);
· Created and edited environmental magazine Haiti ECONET, 1995-1999
· Organized first GIS based land use satellite image interpretation for Haiti, 1997
· Assisted in the creation of Haiti’s first National Environmental Fund, the FHE, and GEF Project 1999
· Organized seminar programme on American culture and politics in London and Oxford U.K. for U.S. Embassy, 1968-70
· Initiated UNDP’s Sustainable Development Network Programme in Haiti (internet and national computerized networks), 1997-1999
· Initiated & supervised Puerto Real (est. 1502) archaeological project, 1980
· Assisted establishment of Haiti’s Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National, 1979
· Restored Haiti’s Ft. Jacques (constructed 1804), 1979
· Instrumental in starting environmental movement in Haiti
· Established Haiti's first graphic design studio, 1973
· Two new species of plants named paryskii (Lepanthopsis paryskii – orchid; Salvia paryskii – tree)