Pioneering environmentalist dissected acorns (6)

I believe the answer is:

carson

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'pioneering environmentalist' is the definition.
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'dissected acorns' is the wordplay.
'dissected' indicates an anagram.
'acorns' is an anagram of 'CARSON'.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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