In this Issue: Executive Manager's Message Diary Dates Latest News News from the Field CLP Alumni: Where Are They Now? Final Reports Project Websites |
As we continue to mark the International Year of Biodiversity and the 25th Anniversary of the Conservation Leadership Programme, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Team Conservation Awards.
Following a highly competitive review and selection process, 36 award winning projects were selected from 265 applications. The CLP will be disbursing a total of $600,000 this year to teams from 23 different countries. And for the first time this year, we will be supporting conservation projects in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe.
Thanks to additional support from Save Our Species (SOS), a joint initiative by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), we are able to support 8 additional projects with funding, training and ongoing support.
These teams are focusing on the most threatened of species, and their work goes beyond basic research from conservation of the critically endangered Togo slippery frog (Conraua Derooi) in Ghana to assessing human impacts on the endangered Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in Bangladesh.
In the coming week, a representative from each award winning team will take part in the CLPs two-week International Training Course followed by the International Congress for Conservation Biology, which will take place July 3 7 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
We are looking forward to spending the next three weeks with this years award winners. If you are interested in following our activities at the training and ICCB, you can do so via the CLP Facebook page.
In the meantime, enjoy reading the latest updates from current projects.
Robyn Dalzen, Executive Manager
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Diary Dates
16-18 June, 2010 The Student Conference on Conservation Science, Bangalore, India
3 7 July 2010 International Congress for Conservation Biology, Edmonton, Canada
19 - 23 July 2010 International Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Bali, Indonesia
12 - 18 September 2010 International Primatological Societys XXIII Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark
18 - 29 October 2010 Convention on Biological Diversity, COP 10, Nagoya, Japan
3 5 November 2010 Student Conference on Conservation Science, New York, USA
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Latest News
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WCS Research Fellowship Program: Deadline January 5, 2011
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Team Awards are granted to teams of three or more individuals who are undertaking high-priority conservation projects. The awards are arranged in a tiered system to allow for progression and include the Future Conservationist Award, Conservation Follow-up Award and Conservation Leadership Award.
ASIA/PACIFIC
Conservation of Myristica swamps - the highly threatened and unique ecosystem in the Western Ghats, India (2003)
Securing the Future of Asian Elephants in Manas National Park, India (2009)
Read more about projects in Asia/Pacific...
EURASIA
Read more about projects in Eurasia...
LATIN AMERICA
Alder Amazon Project: conservation through borders; Argentina Bolivia (2003, 2008) |
CLP Alumni: Where Are They Now? At One with Nature - Kanchana Weerakoon
Kanchana first came across the CLP in 1997 when her undergraduate supervisor recommended her as the local counterpart to a team of UK students who travelled to Sri Lanka to conduct a CLP-funded project. The team carried out the first ever bird surveys of three wet-zone forest patches around the Sinharaja Reserve in southern Sri Lanka. This was a life-changing experience for Kanchana. The Cambridge expedition team became like my extended family! They helped me improve my English and later recommended that I complete a degree from Colombo University and attend an Endangered Species Management course at Durrell in Jersey. Today, Kanchana manages her own NGO called Eco-Friendly Volunteers and is a force for good in Sri Lanka.
To read more about the Kanchana and Eco-Friendly Volunteers,
click here.
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These recently concluded projects have had some exciting results. To download a pdf copy of a project report, click on the project title below to visit the relevant project page on the CLP website.
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Check out project websites for updated news and images from award winning teams in the field:
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