TRANSFORMING GLOBAL AMBITION INTO GRASSROOTS ACTION

Whitley Fund for Nature is a UK charity. We have channelled £20 million to 200 conservation leaders in 80 countries across the Global South, benefiting wildlife, landscapes and people.

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Apply now for the 2024 Whitley Awards

Are you a conservationist leading an inspiring project in your home country? Our flagship Whitley Awards are given to inspiring conservationists leading local projects to benefit wildlife, landscapes and people. Applications are now open until 31 October 2023. Apply here.

2023 Whitley Award winners

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Avatar for Tulshi Laxmi Suwal
Nepal

Avatar for Serge Alexis Kamgang
Cameroon

Avatar for Leonard Akwany
Kenya

Avatar for Yuliana Bedolla
Mexico

Avatar for Shivani Bhalla
Kenya

Avatar for Mamy Razafitsalama
Madagascar

Sir David Attenborough narrates this new film about Shivani Bhalla, winner of the 2023 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; Shivani is a Kenyan conservationist whose work with her team of Samburu warriors, elders and women has helped the local lion population rise to a 15-year high.

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Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Whitley Awards

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Our peer-led programme of learning helps build connections among Latin America-based Whitley Award winners

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Applications are open until 31 October 2023

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We’re pleased to share that we have reached our target of raising £160,000 for locally-led wildlife conservation to mark WFN’s 30th Anniversary

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We champion our Whitley Award winners through a global PR campaign, which this year saw their work featured in the Washington Post, The Times, The Financial Times and many other publications

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This year we enjoyed a busy week with the 2023 Whitley Award winners: Shivani, Tulshi, Leonard, Mamy, Yuliana, Albert and Serge. Here’s what happened…

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The Whitley Fund for Nature is unique. It doesn’t put its own people on the ground but seeks out local leaders who are already succeeding. It puts its money where it really counts, where every penny counts.
Sir David Attenborough, WFN Trustee
WFN is one of the most cost effective and direct impact charities working to protect the environment.
HRH The Princess Royal, WFN Patron
This is what the Whitley Awards are all about – recognising effective grassroots leaders and helping them expand their work.
Kate Humble, WFN Ambassador
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The Whitley Awards are the most uplifting environmental event of the year.
Tom Heap, WFN Ambassador
Whitley Award winners are warriors for biodiversity and, with our planet in crisis, their work has never been so crucial.
Alastair Fothergill, WFN Ambassador

conservation and climate change

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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.

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The WFN funding stream supporting community-led action for conservation and climate.

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Your opportunity to offset carbon through a Whitley Award-winning reforestation project in Brazil.