Whitley Fund for Nature is a UK charity. We have channelled £23 million to 220 conservation leaders in 80 countries across the Global South, benefiting wildlife, landscapes and people.
Applications are now open for the 2025 Whitley Awards
We’ve begun the search for our next cohort of Whitley Award winners. Are you a conservationist leading an inspiring project in your home country? You could be among the next Whitley Award winners! Find out more here.
2024 Whitley Award winners
View AllSir David Attenborough narrates this new film about Purnima Devi Barman, winner of the 2024 Whitley Gold Award.
WFN's top prize is awarded annually to a Whitley Award alumnus who has also received Continuation Funding. This laddered support allows successful conservation solutions to be scaled up; Purnima is a wildlife biologist from Assam, India, whose work to protect the Greater Adjutant Stork has seen the population quadruple and empowered more than 10,000 women as advocates for the bird.
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View AllHow to Save It – a new podcast with Kate Humble and Edward Whitley on Apple, Spotify
A Masterclass from Conservationists on Ingenuity and Hard-Earned Hope for Nature
Apply Now for the 2025 Whitley Awards
Applications are open until 31 October 2024.
Inside the Whitley Awards Week 2024
A look behind the scenes of the 2024 Whitley Awards week in London…
A look back at the 2024 Whitley Awards Ceremony
A celebration of our globally #SharedFuture
Meet the 2024 Whitley Award winners!
Announcing this year’s recipients of world-leading prizes for grassroots wildlife conservation…
Whitley Awards 2024: A message from founder Edward Whitley
On 1 May, we celebrated the newest cohort of Whitley Award winners, six incredible conservationists from across the Global South working to safeguard our #SharedFuture
conservation and climate change
Our open letter to world leaders
WFN is one of 15 organisations urging world leaders to increase support for locally-led solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises, in a joint open letter at COP26.
Nature-Based Solutions
The WFN funding stream supporting community-led action for conservation and climate.
Tackling your carbon footprint with WFN & IPÊ
Your opportunity to offset carbon through a Whitley Award-winning reforestation project in Brazil.