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Whitley Award winners Sergei Bereznuk and Erika Cuellar have been named as winners of the 2012 Rolex Awards for Enterprise.

Hotlin Ompusunggu’s innovative work to conserve the rainforests of Borneo is featured in a new book by Stanley Johnson.

WFN Patron, HRH The Princess Royal’s speech at the 2012 Awards can be viewed here.

Rodrigo Medellin, Josia Razafindramanana, Inza Koné & Joanna Alfaro Shigueto (pictured) interviewed by the BBC

The Winners of the Whitley Awards 2012 received their prizes from WFN Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, on 9th May.

Lisel Alamilla, of Belize has been named as her Country’s new Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development

WFN Trustee, Sir David Attenborough discusses the Whitley Awards with Founder, Edward Whitley

In December 2005 WFN were awarded a grant of £516,429 by The Big Lottery Fund to facilitate development of the existing partnership with 2000 Whitley Gold Award winner, Gargi Banerji, of India and her NGO, Pragya.