Toomas Frey Explained

Toomas Frey (13 December 1937 – 23 September 2020) was an Estonian ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist.^[1]

Frey was born in Põltsamaa. He was also a political leader, with the Estonian Green Movement. When he was named Minister of the Environment in 1990, it was the first time a member of a green political organisation reached a national position in any European government.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Priist Kask (16 June 2010). "Teenekas ökoloog Toomas Frey 70" (in Estonian), Eesti mets. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
2. Wolfgang Rudig (April 2002). "Between Ecotopia and disillusionment: Green parties in European government", Environment 44 (3): 20–33.