Future for Nature Award - plant and/or animal conservation - do 15. 9. 2014

The following main criteria will be used in the Selection Process for the Future for Nature Award:

• The candidate should not be older than 35 years on 30th of April 2015, i.e. born after 30th of April 1980.
• The candidate has achieved substantial and long term benefit to the conservation status of one or more animal and / or plant species or that of a specific population of one or more animal and / or plant species.
• The candidate has demonstrated leadership and entrepreneurship in his / her conservation work.
• The candidate has been creative and innovative in his / her work.
• The main approaches in his/her work have proven to be cost-effective.
• Work related to the conservation and protection of endangered species (IUCN’s Red List) is given priority.
• The candidate must be determined to continue his / her conservation work. The Award aims to stimulate the work of the winners. It is not an “end of career” prize.
• Winners must participate in the Future for Nature Award event, Sponsor Market and the Award event itself at Royal Burgers’ Zoo, Arnhem, the Netherlands. The event will take place in April 2015. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the Future for Nature Foundation.
• The prize must be used for a conservation project (of the winners’ own choice).

The application round for the Future for Nature Award 2015 is now open!

You can send in your application form until Monday 15th of September 2014. Please don’t forget to check the criteria on this website before submitting. Here you find the application form.

You can send it to info@futurefornature.org. The subject of the email should read: “Candidate FFN Award 2015”.

vložila: Darina Koubínová