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Ruud Kleinpaste
Ruud Kleinpaste MNZM | |
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Kleinpaste in 2018 | |
| Born | Rudolf Hendrik Kleinpaste (1952-04-23) 23 April 1952 (age 72) Djakarta, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Wageningen University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Entomology |
Rudolf Hendrik KleinpasteMNZM (born 23 April 1952),[1] generally known as Ruud Kleinpaste, is a Dutch-New Zealand naturalist and host of the Animal Planet series Buggin' with Ruud.
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Born in Djakarta, Indonesia, Kleinpaste was educated in The Netherlands, and then studied plant sciences at Wageningen University, eventually earning a degree in silviculture.[2] At the age of 20, he became interested in entomology.
After immigrating to New Zealand in 1978, he worked in various environmental jobs before settling down to 14 years in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF). In 1987 he started a talkback radio show (Ruud's Awakening) in which he offers environmentally frien