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HRH The Princess Royal’s speech, Whitley Awards 2012

WFN Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal gave a speech to some 400 guests at the 2012 Whitley Awards Ceremony, held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on May the 9th.  In her speech, Her Royal Highness acknowledged the important role that Whitley award winners play in helping to achieve conservation targets such as those that were set at Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 and will be again in June 2012 at Rio + 20.