Future for Nature Foundation
The goal of the Future for Nature Foundation is to protect species of wild animals and plants. In pursuit of this goal, the Foundation has established the Future for Nature Award. The prize rewards and funds individuals for their internationally outstanding species protection efforts.
The Future for Nature Awards will be awarded annually during the Future for Nature Conference at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands. A sponsor market for species protection will accompany the annual conference.
Please also refer to Sir David Attenborough's speech on Youtube.
January, 2010
October 20, 2009
The ten nominees have been selected! At the moment, the international Selection Committee of Future for Nature is reviewing the applications. Please see 'Award Nominations' under winners for more information. The winners will be announced at the Future for Nature Award Ceremony on Friday the 19th of March 2010! Please make a note of this in your agendas!
August 17, 2009
The deadline for application has passed. We have received close to a hundred applications and will now apply ourselves to the handsome task of selecting this years nominees!July 30, 2009
LAST CALL FOR CANDIDATES!
The deadline for application is approaching fast! Please send in your applications by the 16th of August!
www.futurefornature.net/apply
June 5th, 2009
New call for candidates!
For the 2010 Future for Nature Award we are looking for talented young people who have achieved outstanding species protection results. Are you, or do you know an outstanding, talented, young or mid-career conservationist? You may then be eligible for the Euro 50,000 Future for Nature Award. Please apply via the link 'apply now' under the heading 'Award' on this website, before August 16th 2009!
March 20, 2009
Winners Future for Nature 2009!
The winners of the 2009 Future for Nature Award are Mohammad Farhadinia (Iran), Maggie Muurmans (The Netherlands) and Inza Koné (Ivory Coast). On the 20th of March, they received the Future for Nature Award from the chair of the Future for Nature Foundation, Herman Rijksen, and the guest of honour, David Attenborough.
Congratulations to these outstanding individuals!
A report of the proceedings of the Award Event will become available soon. An impression of the work of the winners in pictures can be found under 'conference - conference - documents'.
February 16, 2009
Future for Nature Award Event 2009!
On the 20th of March, 2009 the winners of the 2009 Future for Nature Award will be announced. At the Award Event, various lectures will be given in the morning, by Wouter Veening, Albert de Haan and Marielos Pena Claros. In the afternoon, the three winners will be announced. Under the heading 'Winners - Award nominations' you can find out who is nominated for the Award. For more information regarding the Award event please refer to the heading 'Conference'.
Please send an email to: info@futurefornature.net if you want to attend the award event.
January 28, 2009
The three Future for Nature Award winners have been selected!
Three impressive people have been selected as winners of the Future for Nature Award, from a total of 148 applicants. On the 20th of March 2009, Future for Nature will present the winners to the public, at the Future for Nature Award Event. This takes place in Burgers' Zoo, Arnhem (the Netherlands).
At the event various lectures will be given by some of the top names in the field. Furthermore, the three winners will be announced. They will give a presentation about the work they do, for which they will be given the Future for Nature Award. We are also delighted to announce the presence of Sir David Attenborough, as a guest of honour. Throughout the day it will be possible to meet and talk with the people involved, and with the winners.
Please send an email to: info@futurefornature.net if you want to attend the award event.
November 24, 2008
12 nominees for the Future for Nature Award 2009!
The nominees for the Future for Nature Award 2009 are known. In the coming months the international selection committee will choose the three winners and propose these to the Board for formal approval. Please see 'award nominations' under 'Winners' for more information.
September 23, 2008
148 applicants from 56 countries!
For the Future for Nature Award 2009 we received 148 applications from 56 countries. This is an enormous increase since last year, when we received 68 applications from 40 countries. In the coming months the best twelve applicants will be selected. These twelve nominees will then be requested to provide further evidence on performance and on their projects. On the basis of this evidence, the three winners will be selected before the end of the year. In the spring of 2009 an award ceremony, including a conference on a related topic, will take place at the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands.August 22, 2008
Final Call for applicants 2009 Award
We launched a final call for applicants for the 2009 Future for Nature Award. If you think you are eligible, or you know someone else who qualifies as outstanding nature conservationist, please press the button “Apply now” and fill in the application form. The deadline for applications is August 31, 2008.
June 25, 2008
New name; Future for Nature
Our oganisation has changed its name into the Future for Nature foundation. The Award is renamed accordingly into Future for Nature Award. The prize will continue under the name “Future for Nature Award”. The reason being that many people associated the former Golden Ark Award with the Golden Ark decoration initiative by late His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard and a “end of career” prize. The name Future for Nature more distinctly and unambiguously expresses our purpose: an award for talented, internationally outstanding nature conservationists making the difference for nature.. The Foundation considers the prize as a twofold investment: in young nature conservationists and in the future of nature. In order to avoid confusion, we have systematically used the new names, also in former news items.
14 March 2008
Three winners Future for Nature
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14 March 2008
New Chair of the International Selection Comittee for the Future for Nature Saba Douglas-Hamilton
At the occasion of the first Future for Nature Award event, Future for Nature, Saba Douglas-Hamilton became the new Chair of the International Selection Committee for the Future for Nature Award. As such she will lead the selection process for next years' Future for Nature Awards.
In Memoriam Dr. Nico van Strien
Dr. Nico van Strien died on
With Nico we lost one of the most striking personalities in our nature conservationists network. Nico was a prominent protagonist of tropical nature in
We miss his passionate pursuit to save the Rhino. We need heroes like Nico. Through the Future for Nature Award initiative we hope to stimulate nature conservationists to work in his spirit.
Board of the Future
24 January 2008
Future for Nature
Then participate in the Future for Nature Essay competition and write an essay on Globalisation and Nature Conservation. These essays will be discussed at the Future for Nature Master Class,
The Future for Nature Foundation issues three Awards, of €2000 each for winning essays.
For this first round, the Essay Award is only open to PhD and Post-doc students of the Graduate School Production Ecology & Resource Conservation, of
12 December 2007
10 nominees selected
The following ten candidates have been nominated for the Future for Nature Award 2008 (in alphabetical order);
1. Mr Gerardo Ceballos, PhD (Mexico)
2. Mr Ofrir Drori (Israel)
3. Mr Michiel Hötte (the Netherlands)
4. Mr Olivier Langrand (France)
5. Mr Badamjav Lkhagvasuren, PhD (Mongolia)
6. Mrs Patricia Medici (Brazil)
7. Mr Charudutt Mishra, PhD (India)
8. Mrs Elisabeth Rabakonandrianina, PhD (Madagascar)
9. Mr Claudio Sillero, PhD (United Kingdom/Argentina)
10. Mrs Astrid Vargas, PhD (Spain/USA)
Out of these ten nominees, the international Selection Committee will select three candidate winners for the Award and propose these to the Board of the Future for Nature Foundation for formal approval. The Future for Nature Award winners will receive their prize on March 14.
12 December 2007
68 candidates from 40 countries
Up to 30 September, we received 68 Future for Nature Award applications from 40 different countries. The Board of the Future for Nature Foundation and the acting chairman of the international Selection Committee will announce the 10 nominations for the 2008 Award before the end of October 2007.
3 September 2007
Final call candidates
A final call for candidates for the Future for Nature Award will be distributed this week. Deadline for applications is 30 September.
25 July 2007
Mrs. Yolanda Kakabadse Member Selection Committe
This month, Mrs Yolanda Kakabadse joined the Selection Committee for the Future for Nature Award. Mrs Kakbadse currently is Chair of the Science and Technology Advisory Panel of the Global Environmental Facility - GEF - and Board Member of the Ford Foundation. She used to be, amongst others, President of IUCN, Minister of Environment in Ecuador, and founder of Fundacion Natura in Ecuador.
The Selection Committee now consists of ten members:
Mr Nico van Strien, Chair
- Mrs Yolanda Kakabadse
- Mr Vivek Menon
- Mrs Angela Cropper
- Mr John MacKinnon
- Mrs Gabriella Frederiksson
- Mr Brian Huntley
- Mrs Annette Lanjouw
- Mrs Masha Vorontsova
- Mr Simon Stuart
12 June 2007
Future for Nature Award open for application
The Future for Nature Award for internationally oustanding species protection efforts is now open for applications. Apply now or notify potential candidates! The deadline for applications is September 30th 2007.
24 May 2007
Call for candidates
A call for candidates for the Future for Nature Award 2008 will be launched in May 31th 2007. The deadline for applications is September 30th 2007. The first Future for Nature Award Conference will take place 13 and 14 March 2008 at Burgers' Zoo, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
05 April 2007
Burgers' Zoo and TTY Sponsors
Burgers' Zoo, based at Arnhem, the Netherlands, will financially support the Future for Nature Foundation for a period of 10 years. This support enables the Foundation to annually issue the Future for Nature Award. Burgers' Zoo will also host the annual Future for Nature Award Conference.
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