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Six Whitley Award winners talk ‘hot topics’ in conservation with Tom Heap

With projects ranging from snow leopard conservation in Himalayas to fighting deforestation in Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, six of our past Whitley Award winners joined WFN Founder Edward Whitley and BBC Presenter Tom Heap to record a podcast highlighting their wide ranging work in biodiversity conservation, and discussing hot topics in the sector.

Have a listen to hear from Randall Arauz, Rodrigo Medellin, Farwiza Farhan, Shivani Bhalla, Charudutt Mishra, and Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. These six winners joined us to celebrate our 25th Anniversary, and will be the first six recipients of our 25th Anniversary funding!

WFN Ambassador Tom Heap is a television and radio presenter. He is best known as an investigative journalist on BBC1’s Countryfile, is the principal voice of Costing the Earth on BBC Radio 4.