News
Whitley Fund for Nature is now on Twitter!
Follow WFN on Twitter for news and updates from our network of Whitley Award winners
Kilverstone Wildlife Trust support Whitley Award winners
The Kilverstone Wildlife Trust have awarded £5,500 to support three Whitley Award winning projects in Latin America
Whitley Alumni talk to TED
Whitley Alumni Dino Martins and Brad Norman have been sharing their work with the world through TED lectures
First ever discovery of snow leopard cubs in Mongolia
With the help of funding from WFN, researchers have located and filmed snow leopard cubs in Mongolia for the first time
Gold Award winner puts a stop to capture of wild monkeys
Legal action by Angela Maldonado has halted the collection of wild monkey’s for bio-medical research in Colombia
Suprabha Seshan responds to the Western Ghat’s new “World Heritage” status
2006 Winner, Supi Seshan, writes about the Western Ghat’s new status in the Hindustan Times
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.
