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2011 WHITLEY AWARDS

 

The 2011 Whitley Awards Ceremony were held on 11th May at the The Royal Geographical Society in London, hosted by writer and broadcaster John McCarthy. 

A collection of press clippings from around the world, relating to the winners since they received their Awards, can be found here.

Photographs of the Whitley Awards 2011

PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE

Photos of the winners receiving Awards from HRH The Princess Royal available at the link above. Project photos and headshots also available here.

Whitley Gold Award donated by WWF-UK AND the Whitley Award donated by Natasha and George Duffield

Rachel Graham – Saving sharks: marine conservation through community outreach and participatory research, Belize.

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Winner profile and short project film Narrated by Sir David Attenborough

Whitley Award donated by The Shears Foundation

Jana Bedek - Subterranean conservation of the lost cave systems of the Dinaric Arc, Croatia

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Winner profile and short project film Narrated by Sir David Attenborough

Whitley Award donated by Goldman Sachs

Hotlin Ompusunggu -  Dentistry and Deforestation: local community health through forest stewardship, Gunung Palung national park, Borneo.

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Winner profile and short project film Narrated by Sir David Attenborough

                

Whitley Award donated by The William Brake Charitable Trust

Luis Rivera – Threatened parrots as flagships for Southern Yungas forests, Bolivia and Argentina.

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Winner profile and short project film Narrated by Sir David Attenborough

               

Whitley Award donated by The Friends of The WFN

Ramana Athreya -  Forging alliances with Himalayan tribal communities for wildlife sanctuary management, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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Winner profile and short project film Narrated by Sir David Attenborough

Whitley Award donated by The Scottish Friends of the WFN   

Elena Bykova -  Community action for disappearing Saiga Antelopes of the Ustyurt Plateau, Uzbekistan.

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Winner profile and short project film Narrated by Sir David Attenborough

Whitley Award donated by The Garfield Weston Foundation

Igor Prokofyev – People and bats: Russia’s first community-led Bat Conservation movement, Western Russia.

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Winner profile and short project film Narrated by Sir David Attenborough

 

The 2010 Whitley Awards Ceremony were held on 12th May at the The Royal Geographical Society in London, hosted by BBC Springwatch star, Kate Humble. 

Photographs of the Whitley Awards 2010

PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE

Photos of the winners receiving Awards from HRH The Princess Royal available at the link above. Project photos and headshots also available here.

The Winners of the Whitley Awards 2010

 

Winner of the Whitley Gold Award and the Whitley Award donated by HSBC Private Bank

Angela Maldonado –  Participatory conservation to address the illegal trade of night monkeys for biomedical research, Colombian-Peruvian border. See photos...

Winner of the Whitley Award donated by WWF-UK

Mathew Akon – The Tree Kangaroo as a flagship for the legislated conservation of the Torricelli Mountain Range, Papua New Guinea. See photos...

Winner of the Whitley Award donated by the Friends of WFN

Diego Amorocho –  Community action for the conservation of sea-turtles and their marine habitats in the Colombian Pacific. See photos...

Winner of the Whitley Award donated by Natasha and George Duffield

Pablo Borboroglu - The Global Penguin Society: penguin advocacy for the Southern Oceans, Argentina. See photos...

Winner of the Whitley Award donated by The Garfield Weston Foundation

Susana González -  The Pampas Deer and Grassland Conservation Management project, Uruguay. See photos...

Winner of the Whitley Award donated by The William Brake Charitable Trust

Vadim Kirilyuk –  The Live Daurian Steppe: Research and Conservation of migrating Mongolian Gazelles across the Russian-Mongolian border. See photos...

Winner of the Whitley Award donated by The Shears Foundation

Jimmy Muheebwa - Community-Based Conservation of Cranes and the Wetland Habitats of the Lake Victoria Catchment, Uganda. See photos...

Winner of the Whitley Award donated by WildInvest

Louis Nkembi -   Conservation and management of Cameroon’s biodiversity-rich Lebialem Highlands through Community led action. See photos...

 

Photographs of the Whitley Awards 2009

PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE (Project photos and face shots)

Photos of the winners receiving Awards from HRH The Princess Royal available at the link above.

Highlights of Whitley Awards 2009 Ceremony

Video highlights of the 2009 Ceremony can be found here

Photographs of the Whitley Awards 2008

The Whitley Award Finalists 2008 (from left: Ernesto, Deepak, Jean, Carlos, Patricia, Marleny, Cagan, Zahirul, Liu Yi, Rodrigo, missing: Denny).

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The Whitley Award Team & Finalists 2008 (from left: Georgina Ponder, Catherine Faulks, Denny, Ernesto, Deepak, Jean, Patricia, Carlos, Marleny, Sir David Attenborough, Cagan, Zahirul, Annabel Lea, Liu Yi, Edward Whitley, Martha Kearney, Rodrigo).

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Dr. Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete (Chile) receives the Whitley Gold Award from HRH The Princess Royal.  Dr. Hucke-Gaete also received the Whitley Award donated by Natasha and George Duffield.

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Dr. Çağan Şekercioğlu (Turkey) receives the Whitley Gold Award from HRH The Princess Royal.  Dr. Sekercioglu also received the Whitley Award donated by The William Brake Charitable Trust.

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Deepak Apte (India) receives the Whitley Award donated by The Shears Foundation from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Denny Kurniawan (Borneo) receives the Whitley Award donated by Sting and Trudie Styler from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Patrícia Medici (Brazil) receives the Whitley Award donated by The Friends of The Whitley Fund for Nature from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Ernesto Ráez-Luna (Peru) receives the Whitley Award donated by WWF-UK from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Marleny Rosales-Meda (Guatemala) receives the Whitley Award donated by The Weston Family from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Jean Wiener (Haiti) receives the Whitley Award donated by Paula and Mario Frering from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Liu Yi (China) receives the Whitley Award donated by HSBC Private Bank from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Zahirul Islam (Bangladesh) receives an Associate Award from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Carlos Peres (Brazil) receives An Associate Award from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Photographs of the Whitley Awards 2007

Dr  Fernando Trujillo from Colombia receives the Whitley Gold Award from HRH The Princess Royal.  Dr. Trujillo also received the Whitley Award donated by HSBC.

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Dr. Karen Aghababyan from Armenia receives the Whitley Award donated by the Friends of WFN from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Dr Luis Aguirre from Bolivia receives the Whitley Award in memory of Daniel Kelly donated by the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Sandra Bessudo from Colombia receives the Whitley Award donated by George and Natasha Duffield from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Dr Guo Yu Min from India receives the Whitley Award donated by the William Brake Charitable Trust from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Erika Cuellar from Bolivia receives the Whitley Award donated by Sting & Trudie Styler from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Dr Bohdan Prots from Ukraine receives the Whitley Award donated by the Shears Foundation from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Emilian Stoynov from Bulgaria receives the Whitley Award donated by WWF-UK in memory of Sir Adrian and Lady Holman from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Dr Cristian Bonacic from Chile receives a Whitley Commendation from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Silvio Marchini from Brazil receives a Whitley Commendation from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Speeches from the Whitley Awards 2005

Read the speeches delivered by HRH The Princess Royal and Sir David Attenborough at the Ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society on 20th April 2005.

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Photographs of the Whitley Awards 2005 

Dr Charudutt Mishra from India receives the Whitley Gold Award from HRH The Princess Royal.  Dr. Mishra also received the Whitley Award sponsored by HSBC.

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Nicole Auil from Belize receives the Whitley Award for Rivers and Wetlands from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Dr Hem Baral from Nepal receives the Whitley Award in memory of Daniel Kelly sponsored by the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Didiher Chacón-Chaverri from Costa Rica receives the Whitley Award for People and the Environment sponsored by WWF-UK from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Alberto Gómez-Mejía from Colombia receives the Whitley Award sponsored by the William Brake Charitable Trust from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Gonzalo Merediz-Alonso from Mexico receives the Whitley Award sponsored by Sting & Trudie Styler from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Andrés Novaro from Argentina receives the Whitley Award sponsored by the Sigrid Rausing Trust from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Romulus Whitaker from India receives the Whitley Award sponsored by the Friends of WFN from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Photographs of the Whitley Awards 2004 

Randall Arauz from Costa Rica receives the Gold Award from HRH The Princess Royal.

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Achilles Byaruhanga from Uganda receives The Whitley Award for Birdlife Conservation sponsored by the Studs Trust.

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Jargal Jamsranjav from Mongolia receives the Whitley Award for International Nature Conservation given in memory of Daniel Kelly by the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation.

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Dr Rodrigo Medellin from Mexico receives The Whitley Award for International Nature Conservation sponsored by the Friends of WLF.

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Alifereti Tawake from Fiji receives The Whitley Award for People and the Environment sponsored by WWF-UK.

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Ka Hsaw Wa from Burma receives the Sting and Trudie Styler Award for Human Rights and the Environment.

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