Antonio Brack Egg

Antonio José Brack Egg was an agronomist engineer, an ecologist, and researcher. He was the first Peruvian Minister of the Environment. He is a national and international authority on issues pertaining to biological diversity and biocommercial development. He died after a brief hospitalization in 2014.
Brack's Andes frog, a tiny frog occurring in the Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park that Brack help to establish, is named in his honor.
He was recognized with the Barbara D’Achille National Environment Award of Peru in 1996. He was awarded the Esteban Campodónico Prize in 2004 for his work in service to Peruvian society.