News
WFN gives £237,000 in Continuation Funding
Continuation Funding has been awarded to six past Whitley Award winners to aid the scale up of their successful work
Dami Buchori wins 2012 WFN/WWF Challenge Grant
Dami will receive £27,000 in project funding to support collaboration with WWF’s Heart of Borneo Programme
Uganda’s oldest silverback gorilla dies aged 50
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka pays moving tribute to Ruhondeza, a gorilla who has played an important part in her successful work
Whitley Award winner’s research helps flightless duck species
Research by 2010 Whitley Award winner, Pablo Borboroglu, has shown the flightless Chubut Steamerduck is vulnerable.
Whitley Award winner’s work with Leatherbacks featured in Washington Times
Didiher Chacon is working to protect nesting Leatherback turtles in Costa Rica
Whitley Alumni Sergei and Erika win 2012 Rolex Awards
Whitley Award winners Sergei Bereznuk and Erika Cuellar have been named as winners of the 2012 Rolex Awards for Enterprise.
Hotlin Ompusunggu featured in new book by Stanley Johnson
Hotlin Ompusunggu’s innovative work to conserve the rainforests of Borneo is featured in a new book by Stanley Johnson.
HRH The Princess Royal’s speech, Whitley Awards 2012
WFN Patron, HRH The Princess Royal’s speech at the 2012 Awards can be viewed here.
Whitley Award winners On Air!
Rodrigo Medellin, Josia Razafindramanana, Inza Koné & Joanna Alfaro Shigueto (pictured) interviewed by the BBC
Whitley Awards Ceremony 2012
The Winners of the Whitley Awards 2012 received their prizes from WFN Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, on 9th May.
Whitley Award winner becomes Belizean Minister
Lisel Alamilla, of Belize has been named as her Country’s new Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development
Sir David Attenborough in discussion with Edward Whitley
WFN Trustee, Sir David Attenborough discusses the Whitley Awards with Founder, Edward Whitley