In this Issue: Programme Manager's Message Diary Dates Latest News News From the Field Final Reports Received Project Websites | ||
Welcome to our Summer Newsletter. I hope you find it an exciting read plenty of activity has been taking place in the field, our 2005 award winners were finally announced at an award ceremony in Washington, DC on 23rd June, and we also undertook our 2005 award winners training in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institutions Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiverity (MAB) Program.
From the 17th June until 2nd of July representatives from our 28 award winning teams gathered in Front Royal, Virginia at the Conservation Research Center. We spent two weeks together as around 50 international experts came to provide training in survey techniques, project planning, communications, conservation education, geographical information systems and much more.
Long term friendships were created as participants from 23 countries shared ideas and experiences with each other. It was sad to see everyone go to the airport at the end, but right now I see my e-mail in box is full of messages from them all, so I hope everyone will keep in touch and continue to benefit from each others experience as projects develop. Read more about this year's award winners.
Other important news I need to share with you is that there are plans afoot for some big changes to the programme. The BP Conservation Programme, as we currently know it, is drawing to a close at the end of 2005. We are currently undertaking a review and are looking to develop an even stronger programme to align with our goal to build leadership capacity for conservation across the globe.
The BP Conservation Programme is proud of its 15 years of promoting biodiversity conservation, sustaining innovative partnership, and nurturing the careers of young conservationists all over the world. In years past, our young award winners have started their own NGOs, rediscovered species long thought extinct, discovered species new to science, and have influenced the environmental awareness of local communities.
Teams have frequently collected the first essential baseline data in areas overlooked by other scientists, or completed the first action towards significantly reducing threats to a species or habitat. Approximately 85% of our alumni have gone on to careers in conservation. In the future, we hope to be able to build on the many successes of this long-running initiative.
We will be in a position to offer more details on this new programme in August 2005. Until then, I hope you can be patient with us whilst we work with our partners and past award winners to agree our new direction. We are not accepting any applications for awards in 2006 until we are able to publish more information about the changes.
Marianne Dunn, BP Conservation Programme Manager
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Diary Dates
15 19 July 2005 Society for Conservation Biology 19th Annual Meeting: Conservation Biology Capacity Building & Practice in a Globalized World, Brasilia, Brazil
31 July 5 August 2005 IX International Mammalogical Congress, Sapporo, Japan
14 27 August 2005 Economic Tools for Ecosystem Conservation, Stanford University, CA, USA
21 26 August 2005 Xth European Bat Research Symposium, Galway, Ireland
11 23 September 2005 The Smithsonian Environmental Leadership Course, Washington, DC, USA
13 18 September 2005 American Zoological Association National Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA
30 Sept 6 Oct World Wilderness Congress, Anchorage, Alaska
23 27 October 2005 The first International Marine Protected Areas Congress, Geelong, Australia
19 20 November 2005 Royal Geographical Society with RGB's Explorer Conference for budding expeditioners, London, UK
August 2006 International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany. |
Latest News
The BP Conservation Programme marks 15 years of environmental achievement as it awards $600,000 to 28 teams of aspiring conservationists. This years 28 winning teams, selected from 400 applicants, will work on global biodiversity issues in 23 different countries. Read More... |
AFRICA
Vision 2005, Kenya (Consolidation Award 2005)
Mpingo Conservation Project, Tanzania (Consolidation Award 2004)
Bat Conservation Madagascar (Consolidation Award 2004)
Saving Major Non-Breeding Populations of Blue Swallows and Their Habitats, Uganda (Follow-up Award 2004)
ASIA/PACIFIC
CROC Project, Philippines (Consolidation Award 2005)
Turtle and Tortoise Conservation, Cambodia (Follow-up Award 2005)
Behavioural Ecology and Conservation of Rhinopithecus avunculus, Vietnam (Gold Award 2004)
Conservation of Gangetic Dolphin, India (Bronze Award 2004)
Ecology and Conservation of Frogs of Mount Gede National Park, Indonesia (Bronze Award 2004)
Conservation of the Spot-Billed Pelican, Sri Lanka (Bronze Award 2003)
Conservation of Endemic Owls of Gansu, China (Bronze Award 2002)
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Marsh Deer Project, Argentina (Consolidation Award 2005)
Threatened Birds of Bolivia (Consolidation Award 2004)
Green Corridor Project, Argentina (Follow-up Award 2004)
Karumbé, Uruguay (Follow-up Award 2004)
Ensuring Effective Conservation for Endangered Grassland Birds, Uruguay (Bronze Award 2004)
Alder Amazon, Argentina (Bronze Award 2003)
Ecology and Conservation of the Chilean Dolphin, Chile (Silver Award 2002)
Río Máximo Fauna Refuge, Cuba (Silver Award 2002) |
These recently concluded projects have had some exciting results. For a copy of the full report, send an email request to bp-conservation-programme@birdlife.org.uk or telephone +44 (0) 1223.277.318.
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Check out project websites for updated news and images from award winning teams in the field:
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