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👋 📽️ Meet Morgan Pendaries, a participant of our recent Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda.
🌎 Morgan’s CLP project is focused on the conservation of a little-studied rodent in Argentina– the Wolffsohn’s viscacha.
🫶 Having attended our CML training, Morgan has returned to Argentina equipped with new knowledge and tools to help him advance his project.
🤝 We are also delighted to hear that the training allowed him to make connections with other early-career conservationists around the world who are facing similar challenges, which we hope will provide a unique peer-to-peer network for him to support his ongoing conservation efforts.
#WeAreCLP #ConservationTraining #ConservationLeadership
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👋 📽️ Conozca a Morgan Pendaries, uno participante en nuestro reciente taller de formación en Gestión y Liderazgo en Conservación (CML) en Ruanda.
🌎 El proyecto CLP de Morgan se enfoca sobre la conservación de un roedor poco estudiado: el Chinchillón Anaranjado.
🫶 Tras asistir a nuestra formación en Ruanda, Morgan ha regresado a Argentina equipado con nuevos conocimientos y herramientas que le ayudarán a avanzar en su proyecto.
🤝 También estamos encantados de saber que la formación le permitió ponerse en contacto con otros conservacionistas de todo el mundo que se enfrentan a desafíos similares, lo que esperamos que le brinde una red única para apoyar sus esfuerzos de conservación.
📽️ "En realidad, una de las cosas que más me gustó de la formación fue conocer a los demás participantes. Tenemos gente de Sri Lanka, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Colombia... lugares a los que nunca fui. Es genial escucharlos hablar de sus especies y sus programas de conservación. Además, a veces tenemos problemos muy parecidos.
Vaishnavi y Sarika trabajan en la India con geckos y mariposas, pero tienen los mismos desafios que yo en la Patagonia. Viven muy lejos, pero tienen las mismas problemáticas como trabajar con especies poco conocidas y lugares remotos. Así que es muy bueno hablar con ellos. Y me entusiasma saber cómo desarrollarán su proyecto en el futuro."
👋 📽️ Meet Morgan Pendaries, a participant of our recent Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda.
🌎 Morgan’s CLP project is focused on the conservation of a little-studied rodent in Argentina– the Wolffsohn’s viscacha.
🫶 Having attended our CML training, Morgan has returned to Argentina equipped with new knowledge and tools to help him advance his project.
🤝 We are also delighted to hear that the training allowed him to make connections with other early-career conservationists around the world who are facing similar challenges, which we hope will provide a unique peer-to-peer network for him to support his ongoing conservation efforts.
#WeAreCLP #ConservationTraining #ConservationLeadership
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👋 📽️ Conozca a Morgan Pendaries, uno participante en nuestro reciente taller de formación en Gestión y Liderazgo en Conservación (CML) en Ruanda.
🌎 El proyecto CLP de Morgan se enfoca sobre la conservación de un roedor poco estudiado: el Chinchillón Anaranjado.
🫶 Tras asistir a nuestra formación en Ruanda, Morgan ha regresado a Argentina equipado con nuevos conocimientos y herramientas que le ayudarán a avanzar en su proyecto.
🤝 También estamos encantados de saber que la formación le permitió ponerse en contacto con otros conservacionistas de todo el mundo que se enfrentan a desafíos similares, lo que esperamos que le brinde una red única para apoyar sus esfuerzos de conservación.
📽️ "En realidad, una de las cosas que más me gustó de la formación fue conocer a los demás participantes. Tenemos gente de Sri Lanka, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Colombia... lugares a los que nunca fui. Es genial escucharlos hablar de sus especies y sus programas de conservación. Además, a veces tenemos problemos muy parecidos.
Vaishnavi y Sarika trabajan en la India con geckos y mariposas, pero tienen los mismos desafios que yo en la Patagonia. Viven muy lejos, pero tienen las mismas problemáticas como trabajar con especies poco conocidas y lugares remotos. Así que es muy bueno hablar con ellos. Y me entusiasma saber cómo desarrollarán su proyecto en el futuro."
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to CLP alumnus, Cedrick Fogwan, on his recent "Science on a Shoestring" Award from @marinemammalogy.
This award recognizes groundbreaking, low-cost ideas that are having a major impact on marine conservation around the world.
🌊 Cedrick`s award honours his work with the @ammco_siren SIREN Citizen Science Program, an innovative, cost-effective approach to bridging data gaps and conserving marine wildlife in Africa.
Cedrick and the five other winners were presented with their awards on-stage at last month`s SMM conference in Perth, Australia.
In addition to receiving the award, Cedrick was selected to participate in a prestigious panel discussion where he shared insights into the development and implementation of the SIREN Citizen Science Program.
Cedrick said: "What an honour to be part of the "Science on Shoestring" panel, sharing our work with the real heroes – the fishermen who report their sightings through our Siren Citizen Science Program. It was also inspiring to learn about other shoestring conservation initiatives from around the world."
🥳 Please join us in congratulating Cedrick and the other 2024 winners: Wint Hte, Vu Long, Federico Secunzu, Nester Brix and Carlos Yaipen-LLanos.
🐸 Cedrick was first supported by CLP in 2022, through one of our Future Conservationist Awards, for his work protecting the goliath frog, an Endangered species being over-hunted for food and the pet trade in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
👉 Through his CLP award, including participation in our Conservation Management & Leadership training, plus a subsequent Kate Stokes Memorial Award for CLP alumni, Cedrick has persuaded several hunters in the Mount Nlonako Reserve, Cameroon, to become citizen scientists and record sightings of the goliath frog, and worked with local groups to help set up snail farming to provide an alternative food source. These efforts have led to rescuing multiple individuals of the goliath frog, and the species is now returning to new rivers in the reserve 🎉
#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeadershipProgramme #ConservationLeadership
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to CLP alumnus, Cedrick Fogwan, on his recent "Science on a Shoestring" Award from @marinemammalogy.
This award recognizes groundbreaking, low-cost ideas that are having a major impact on marine conservation around the world.
🌊 Cedrick`s award honours his work with the @ammco_siren SIREN Citizen Science Program, an innovative, cost-effective approach to bridging data gaps and conserving marine wildlife in Africa.
Cedrick and the five other winners were presented with their awards on-stage at last month`s SMM conference in Perth, Australia.
In addition to receiving the award, Cedrick was selected to participate in a prestigious panel discussion where he shared insights into the development and implementation of the SIREN Citizen Science Program.
Cedrick said: "What an honour to be part of the "Science on Shoestring" panel, sharing our work with the real heroes – the fishermen who report their sightings through our Siren Citizen Science Program. It was also inspiring to learn about other shoestring conservation initiatives from around the world."
🥳 Please join us in congratulating Cedrick and the other 2024 winners: Wint Hte, Vu Long, Federico Secunzu, Nester Brix and Carlos Yaipen-LLanos.
🐸 Cedrick was first supported by CLP in 2022, through one of our Future Conservationist Awards, for his work protecting the goliath frog, an Endangered species being over-hunted for food and the pet trade in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
👉 Through his CLP award, including participation in our Conservation Management & Leadership training, plus a subsequent Kate Stokes Memorial Award for CLP alumni, Cedrick has persuaded several hunters in the Mount Nlonako Reserve, Cameroon, to become citizen scientists and record sightings of the goliath frog, and worked with local groups to help set up snail farming to provide an alternative food source. These efforts have led to rescuing multiple individuals of the goliath frog, and the species is now returning to new rivers in the reserve 🎉
#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeadershipProgramme #ConservationLeadership
👉 CLP Training Feedback! 🌟
Over the last month, our 2024 Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) workshop participants completed a post-training survey anonymously to give us their honest thoughts ...
👀 🙌 ...we are delighted to say that their responses were overwhelmingly positive 💫
✨ All survey respondents rated the training as "Excellent"
✨ One described it as a "truly transformative experience"
✨ Another testified to the "enormous learning" and "unique opportunity" provided by the training
🙌 As one survey respondent said – “I think there will be a before/after in my career, I’m so motivated” – our participants have now returned home from Rwanda equipped with renewed confidence, motivation and knowledge to embark on their vital conservation work.
🤝 Some have told us they have already started passing on what they learned to their team members to help them effectively deliver their CLP projects.
👍 Others are making changes to the way they run their own workshops as a result of the training: "I will integrate the skills and knowledge gained from the CLP training into [my institution`s] workshops, ensuring that participants benefit from practical, hands on learning experiences that can enhance their capacity in conservation and project management."
ℹ️ Follow our #LinkInBio to read more
We are incredibly grateful to the @hempelfoundation, the March Conservation Fund, Fondation Segré and Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin – for their support.
We are also thankful to our partnership of @birdlife.international, @faunafloraint and @thewcs.
Last (but by no means least), we would like to thank our 2024 CML participants for taking time to give us their feedback; for their enthusiasm and dedication during the training; as well as the support, friendship and encouragement they have given each other throughout the journey 💚
📸All photos feature landscapes and wildlife from the wonderful training venue of @savinggorillas, Rwanda.
#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeadershipProgramme #Conservation #Training #Rwanda #ConservationManagement #ConservationLeadership
👉 CLP Training Feedback! 🌟
Over the last month, our 2024 Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) workshop participants completed a post-training survey anonymously to give us their honest thoughts ...
👀 🙌 ...we are delighted to say that their responses were overwhelmingly positive 💫
✨ All survey respondents rated the training as "Excellent"
✨ One described it as a "truly transformative experience"
✨ Another testified to the "enormous learning" and "unique opportunity" provided by the training
🙌 As one survey respondent said – “I think there will be a before/after in my career, I’m so motivated” – our participants have now returned home from Rwanda equipped with renewed confidence, motivation and knowledge to embark on their vital conservation work.
🤝 Some have told us they have already started passing on what they learned to their team members to help them effectively deliver their CLP projects.
👍 Others are making changes to the way they run their own workshops as a result of the training: "I will integrate the skills and knowledge gained from the CLP training into [my institution`s] workshops, ensuring that participants benefit from practical, hands on learning experiences that can enhance their capacity in conservation and project management."
ℹ️ Follow our #LinkInBio to read more
We are incredibly grateful to the @hempelfoundation, the March Conservation Fund, Fondation Segré and Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin – for their support.
We are also thankful to our partnership of @birdlife.international, @faunafloraint and @thewcs.
Last (but by no means least), we would like to thank our 2024 CML participants for taking time to give us their feedback; for their enthusiasm and dedication during the training; as well as the support, friendship and encouragement they have given each other throughout the journey 💚
📸All photos feature landscapes and wildlife from the wonderful training venue of @savinggorillas, Rwanda.
#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeadershipProgramme #Conservation #Training #Rwanda #ConservationManagement #ConservationLeadership
📽 Two of our 2024 awardees, Vaishnavi Apte and Ahirbudhnyan M, both from India, have a chat during our recent Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training in Rwanda, at the incredible @savinggorillas campus💫
Vaishnavi explains to Ahir how she thought the training was "amazing" - particularly because of the fresh perspectives she gained from learning about other participants` projects and approaches, and the potential collaborations that have been kickstarted through this unique networking opportunity 🙌🤝
🦎 Vaishnavi and her team at @ncf.india are leading a CLP project to protect the Critically Endangered Satara gecko in the Western Ghats- a little-understood species found in only one unprotected lateritic plateau. The team is identifying key threats to this mysterious gecko and its unique habitat, and working with local people to formulate a conservation plan for the species.
🪶 Ahir and his team at @kscste_kfri are also undertaking a CLP project in the Western Ghats, but on a very different species: the Malabar grey hornbill (categorised as Vulnerable). A key seed disperser inhabiting unprotected forests and plantations, this species nests in the same tree cavities year after year, so the team is working with local people and landowners to tag this hornbill`s nesting trees and sites to protect them from logging and habitat loss.
#WeAreCLP
📽 Two of our 2024 awardees, Vaishnavi Apte and Ahirbudhnyan M, both from India, have a chat during our recent Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training in Rwanda, at the incredible @savinggorillas campus💫
Vaishnavi explains to Ahir how she thought the training was "amazing" - particularly because of the fresh perspectives she gained from learning about other participants` projects and approaches, and the potential collaborations that have been kickstarted through this unique networking opportunity 🙌🤝
🦎 Vaishnavi and her team at @ncf.india are leading a CLP project to protect the Critically Endangered Satara gecko in the Western Ghats- a little-understood species found in only one unprotected lateritic plateau. The team is identifying key threats to this mysterious gecko and its unique habitat, and working with local people to formulate a conservation plan for the species.
🪶 Ahir and his team at @kscste_kfri are also undertaking a CLP project in the Western Ghats, but on a very different species: the Malabar grey hornbill (categorised as Vulnerable). A key seed disperser inhabiting unprotected forests and plantations, this species nests in the same tree cavities year after year, so the team is working with local people and landowners to tag this hornbill`s nesting trees and sites to protect them from logging and habitat loss.
#WeAreCLP
Meet 2023 CLP awardee Simon Ojodomo, from Nigeria, who joined us at our recent Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda.
Simon is a team member of a CLP project focused on conserving the rare flowering plant, Dombeya ledermannii, which is found only in Nigeria and Cameroon.
This plant is losing its habitat and is being unsustainably exploited for bast fibre (a material used in the production of textiles, rope, twine, bagging materials and industrial fabrics), making it Critically Endangered on the #IUCNRedList.
To try to protect this species from further decline, Simon and his team set out to involve the local community in collecting ecological information on this plant and have already trained 25 people through their collaborators @aplori_org and @nigerianmontaneforestproject.
They have also developed a predicted distribution map, which has identified an interesting new location for D. ledermannii - the Obudu Plateau, where this species had not been reported to occur before.
The team now continue their vital work, helped by the valuable lessons Simon brought back with him from our CML workshop.
#WeAreCLP
Meet 2023 CLP awardee Simon Ojodomo, from Nigeria, who joined us at our recent Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda.
Simon is a team member of a CLP project focused on conserving the rare flowering plant, Dombeya ledermannii, which is found only in Nigeria and Cameroon.
This plant is losing its habitat and is being unsustainably exploited for bast fibre (a material used in the production of textiles, rope, twine, bagging materials and industrial fabrics), making it Critically Endangered on the #IUCNRedList.
To try to protect this species from further decline, Simon and his team set out to involve the local community in collecting ecological information on this plant and have already trained 25 people through their collaborators @aplori_org and @nigerianmontaneforestproject.
They have also developed a predicted distribution map, which has identified an interesting new location for D. ledermannii - the Obudu Plateau, where this species had not been reported to occur before.
The team now continue their vital work, helped by the valuable lessons Simon brought back with him from our CML workshop.
#WeAreCLP
❓"What does `leadership` mean to you?"
This is what we asked our trainees on the last day of our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) workshop, which took place from 8-17 October in Kinigi, Rwanda.
👀 We think these brilliant responses from CML trainees @ezra_mremi @wild_notebook and @mawuseplay will inspire and resonate with many of you!
Our 18 trainees joined us at the incredible @savinggorillas campus committed to learn and develop as conservation leaders 💫
They left Rwanda equipped with new knowledge, tools and support to help them in their extraordinary efforts to save some of the world`s rarest and least understood species 🙌
We are grateful to the @hempelfoundation, the March Conservation Fund and Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.
As ever, we thank our wonderful partnership of @birdlife.international, @faunafloraint and @thewcs.
#WeAreCLP
❓"What does `leadership` mean to you?"
This is what we asked our trainees on the last day of our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) workshop, which took place from 8-17 October in Kinigi, Rwanda.
👀 We think these brilliant responses from CML trainees @ezra_mremi @wild_notebook and @mawuseplay will inspire and resonate with many of you!
Our 18 trainees joined us at the incredible @savinggorillas campus committed to learn and develop as conservation leaders 💫
They left Rwanda equipped with new knowledge, tools and support to help them in their extraordinary efforts to save some of the world`s rarest and least understood species 🙌
We are grateful to the @hempelfoundation, the March Conservation Fund and Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.
As ever, we thank our wonderful partnership of @birdlife.international, @faunafloraint and @thewcs.
#WeAreCLP
[Spanish translation 👇] 💚🌱 Meet Carolina S. Ugarte, a 2024 CLP award-winner, who is one of 18 early-career conservationists who joined our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda.
🐈 Carolina`s CLP project is focused on the conservation of the guigna, the smallest wildcat in the Americas. In the Los Lagos region of Chile, this tiny felid is facing the loss of its forest home.
🐔 As the guigna increasingly comes into contact with people in these human-dominated landscapes, the species now faces another threat: retaliatory killings due to its predation on poultry.
💚Carolina and her team are working with the local communities to promote peaceful coexistence and to reduce poultry predation by guignas, including testing an innovative auditory deterrent.
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Conozcan a Carolina S. Ugarte, ganadora del premio CLP 2024, una de los 18 conservacionistas principiantes que se han unido a nuestro taller de formación en Manejo y Liderazgo en Conservación (CML) en Ruanda.
El proyecto CLP de Carolina se centra en la conservación de la güiña, el gato silvestre más pequeño de América.
En la región de Los Lagos, Chile, este pequeño felino se enfrenta a la pérdida de su hábitat debido.
Como la güiña entra cada vez más en contacto con la gente en estos paisajes dominados por humanos, la especie se enfrenta a otra amenaza: la caceria en represalia por su depredación a aves de corral.
Carolina y su equipo están trabajando con las comunidades locales para promover la coexistencia entre humanos y güiñas y reducir la depredación de aves de corral por parte de las güiñas, lo que incluye probar un innovador disuasor auditivo.
[Video: Spanish translation] Este es mi primer curso en liderazgo en conservación y manejo y estoy muy feliz de hacerlo, he aprendido mucho sobre liderazgo, manejo y diseño de proyectos, comunicación. Para mi la parte del manejo y diseño de proyectos me ha abierto la mente sobre cómo puedo llevar a cabo mi proyecto y cómo yo, cómo líder del equipo puedo trabajar con mi equipo y con los tomadores de decisiones. También cómo puedo tomar ventajas sobre mi personalidad para llevar a cabo un buen proyecto
#WeAreCLP
[Spanish translation 👇] 💚🌱 Meet Carolina S. Ugarte, a 2024 CLP award-winner, who is one of 18 early-career conservationists who joined our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda.
🐈 Carolina`s CLP project is focused on the conservation of the guigna, the smallest wildcat in the Americas. In the Los Lagos region of Chile, this tiny felid is facing the loss of its forest home.
🐔 As the guigna increasingly comes into contact with people in these human-dominated landscapes, the species now faces another threat: retaliatory killings due to its predation on poultry.
💚Carolina and her team are working with the local communities to promote peaceful coexistence and to reduce poultry predation by guignas, including testing an innovative auditory deterrent.
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Conozcan a Carolina S. Ugarte, ganadora del premio CLP 2024, una de los 18 conservacionistas principiantes que se han unido a nuestro taller de formación en Manejo y Liderazgo en Conservación (CML) en Ruanda.
El proyecto CLP de Carolina se centra en la conservación de la güiña, el gato silvestre más pequeño de América.
En la región de Los Lagos, Chile, este pequeño felino se enfrenta a la pérdida de su hábitat debido.
Como la güiña entra cada vez más en contacto con la gente en estos paisajes dominados por humanos, la especie se enfrenta a otra amenaza: la caceria en represalia por su depredación a aves de corral.
Carolina y su equipo están trabajando con las comunidades locales para promover la coexistencia entre humanos y güiñas y reducir la depredación de aves de corral por parte de las güiñas, lo que incluye probar un innovador disuasor auditivo.
[Video: Spanish translation] Este es mi primer curso en liderazgo en conservación y manejo y estoy muy feliz de hacerlo, he aprendido mucho sobre liderazgo, manejo y diseño de proyectos, comunicación. Para mi la parte del manejo y diseño de proyectos me ha abierto la mente sobre cómo puedo llevar a cabo mi proyecto y cómo yo, cómo líder del equipo puedo trabajar con mi equipo y con los tomadores de decisiones. También cómo puedo tomar ventajas sobre mi personalidad para llevar a cabo un buen proyecto
#WeAreCLP
Hurry- there`s only TWO days left to apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards! The deadline is Friday 18th October ⏰
Here`s one of our 2023 award-winners, Sarika Baidya, reminding you to apply!
Sarika`s CLP project is focusing on the conservation of the beautiful Bhutan Glory butterfly in India. She has joined us in Rwanda for the last two weeks to participate in our Conservation Management & Leadership workshop (as she didn`t manage to join it last year).
As one of 18 participants, Sarika has been immersed in interactive training sessions on Leadership, Project Planning and Management, Fundraising, Communications and Behaviour Change.
Our Team Award winners have the opportunity to join this training, connect with other conservationists around the world, and develop as conservation leaders.
So if you`ve started an application to our 2025 Team Awards, then don`t forget to finish it and click SUBMIT by the deadline! We look forward to reading your application- good luck!
Hurry- there`s only TWO days left to apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards! The deadline is Friday 18th October ⏰
Here`s one of our 2023 award-winners, Sarika Baidya, reminding you to apply!
Sarika`s CLP project is focusing on the conservation of the beautiful Bhutan Glory butterfly in India. She has joined us in Rwanda for the last two weeks to participate in our Conservation Management & Leadership workshop (as she didn`t manage to join it last year).
As one of 18 participants, Sarika has been immersed in interactive training sessions on Leadership, Project Planning and Management, Fundraising, Communications and Behaviour Change.
Our Team Award winners have the opportunity to join this training, connect with other conservationists around the world, and develop as conservation leaders.
So if you`ve started an application to our 2025 Team Awards, then don`t forget to finish it and click SUBMIT by the deadline! We look forward to reading your application- good luck!
It was a pleasure to receive a visit from a special guest today at our Conservation Management & Leadership workshop in Rwanda! 🙌
Kasper Agger, Regional Community and Safeguards Coordinator at the @thewcs Kigali office, joined us at the @savinggorillas Campus in Volcanoes National Park to meet our trainees, see our Behaviour Change training in action, and deliver a talk on his team`s work in the Sudano-Sahel region of Africa.
It was fascinating to hear about the amazing work Kasper and his team are doing to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the region, including safeguarding the mental health of Protected Area rangers.
We are so grateful to Kasper for visiting us and inspiring our future conservation leaders 💫
#WeAreCLP
It was a pleasure to receive a visit from a special guest today at our Conservation Management & Leadership workshop in Rwanda! 🙌
Kasper Agger, Regional Community and Safeguards Coordinator at the @thewcs Kigali office, joined us at the @savinggorillas Campus in Volcanoes National Park to meet our trainees, see our Behaviour Change training in action, and deliver a talk on his team`s work in the Sudano-Sahel region of Africa.
It was fascinating to hear about the amazing work Kasper and his team are doing to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the region, including safeguarding the mental health of Protected Area rangers.
We are so grateful to Kasper for visiting us and inspiring our future conservation leaders 💫
#WeAreCLP
Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay so we`ve been talking to one of our 2024 award-winners, Bayron Calle-Rendón, about the crucial role of Indigenous People in conservation (English translation below).
Bayron`s CLP project is preserving the biocultural diversity in the indigenous community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, by using the Vulnerable lowland tapir as a "Landscape Species".
Bayron is currently with us at the @savinggorillas
Campus in Rwanda participating in our Conservation Management & Leadership training workshop.
He explains that his project, which is led by Musuiuiai Community member, José Jarol Muchavisoy, is following a biocultural approach to strengthen the Musuiuiai`s self-governance, monitor tapirs, and engage neighbouring communities in conservation efforts.
[English translation of the video] "To consider Indigenous People in conservation projects is relevant not only because they know which animals and plants exist, but it`s also the fact that for millennia they have interacted with nature and this has allowed then to learn how to manage it so it can be preserved throughout time.
But this also has to be done jointly with cultural preservation. I believe that, as long as culture is preserved, then the rules that Indigenous People have used for millennia to protect nature will also be preserved. Therefore, whenever working with Indigenous People, although it`s really important to conserve nature, an effort should be made so that every conservation project includes cultural aspects."
#WeAreCLP
Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay so we`ve been talking to one of our 2024 award-winners, Bayron Calle-Rendón, about the crucial role of Indigenous People in conservation (English translation below).
Bayron`s CLP project is preserving the biocultural diversity in the indigenous community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, by using the Vulnerable lowland tapir as a "Landscape Species".
Bayron is currently with us at the @savinggorillas
Campus in Rwanda participating in our Conservation Management & Leadership training workshop.
He explains that his project, which is led by Musuiuiai Community member, José Jarol Muchavisoy, is following a biocultural approach to strengthen the Musuiuiai`s self-governance, monitor tapirs, and engage neighbouring communities in conservation efforts.
[English translation of the video] "To consider Indigenous People in conservation projects is relevant not only because they know which animals and plants exist, but it`s also the fact that for millennia they have interacted with nature and this has allowed then to learn how to manage it so it can be preserved throughout time.
But this also has to be done jointly with cultural preservation. I believe that, as long as culture is preserved, then the rules that Indigenous People have used for millennia to protect nature will also be preserved. Therefore, whenever working with Indigenous People, although it`s really important to conserve nature, an effort should be made so that every conservation project includes cultural aspects."
#WeAreCLP
2024 CLP awardee Thony Churcher is an amphibian conservationist in Ghana, working with NGO @herp_ghana to safeguard threatened populations of the Critically Endangered intermediate puddle frog 🐸
Thony is currently participating in our Conservation Management & Leadership training workshop at the @savinggorillas Campus near Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda 🙌
Today is Day 5 of the training, and, so far, Thony and 17 other early-career conservation leaders like him, from 13 different countries, have been exchanging ideas and participating in our interactive training sessions on Leadership, Communications, Project Planning and Fundraising.
We`re so pleased to hear Thony`s enthusiasm about the training and how it will help him develop as a conservation leader 😌🌱
#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeaders #ConservationTraining #Ghana #Amphibian #Conservation #Rwanda #ConservationLeadershipProgramme
2024 CLP awardee Thony Churcher is an amphibian conservationist in Ghana, working with NGO @herp_ghana to safeguard threatened populations of the Critically Endangered intermediate puddle frog 🐸
Thony is currently participating in our Conservation Management & Leadership training workshop at the @savinggorillas Campus near Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda 🙌
Today is Day 5 of the training, and, so far, Thony and 17 other early-career conservation leaders like him, from 13 different countries, have been exchanging ideas and participating in our interactive training sessions on Leadership, Communications, Project Planning and Fundraising.
We`re so pleased to hear Thony`s enthusiasm about the training and how it will help him develop as a conservation leader 😌🌱
#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeaders #ConservationTraining #Ghana #Amphibian #Conservation #Rwanda #ConservationLeadershipProgramme
It`s Day 4 of our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda!
We`ve brought together 18 early-career conservationists at the incredible field station of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund near Volcanoes National Park.
We`re happy to say they have already made meaningful connections, planned collaborations, and fully immersed themselves in our interactive training sessions on Leadership and Communications.
And today, they are delving into effective project design, including understanding stakeholder analysis and creating problem trees to inform and enhance their projects.
Our CML participants are all CLP Team Award recipients- so if you want a chance to join next year`s CML training, apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards!
But you must hurry as the call for applications is only open for another week, until the 18th October, 2024. Apply now via our #linkinbio
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It`s Day 4 of our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda!
We`ve brought together 18 early-career conservationists at the incredible field station of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund near Volcanoes National Park.
We`re happy to say they have already made meaningful connections, planned collaborations, and fully immersed themselves in our interactive training sessions on Leadership and Communications.
And today, they are delving into effective project design, including understanding stakeholder analysis and creating problem trees to inform and enhance their projects.
Our CML participants are all CLP Team Award recipients- so if you want a chance to join next year`s CML training, apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards!
But you must hurry as the call for applications is only open for another week, until the 18th October, 2024. Apply now via our #linkinbio
#WeAreCLP #Conservation #Training #ConservationAwards #ConservationLeadershipProgramme #ConservationLeadership
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CLP is a partnership working to promote the development of future biodiversity conservation leaders.
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It is absolutely brilliant to see TWO CLP alumni named as Nominees of the 2025 Future For Nature Awards! Congratulations Gabriela Ochoa and Kumar Paudel on receiving this very well-deserved recognition for your incredible conservation efforts 🎉 🎉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQa_QMH0L_Q
🦈 Gabriela was first supported by CLP in 2019 for her work implementing an education campaign focused on shark conservation in the Miskito Cays region of Honduras. A CLP Follow-Up Award in 2023 enabled her to build on this by increasing capacities of local stakeholders to contribute directly to the conservation of sharks in the same region. ℹ️ www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/project/creating-capacities-for-the-conservation-of-shark...
🌳 Kumar's first CLP Team Award in 2018 allowed him to conduct the first conservation status assessment of Maire's yew tree in Nepal - revealing the species was being unsustainably harvested for its cancer-treating properties. A CLP Follow-Up Award in 2022 built on this work, focusing on restoring wild populations of this threatened tree and gaining support from local stakeholders in its conservation. ℹ️ www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/project/restoring-wild-maries-yew-nepal/
👏 Congratulations to all the 2025 Future For Nature Award nominees!
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Fantastic to see this wonderful Mongabay article out featuring conservation efforts by one of our 2024 award-winning teams in Colombia! 🎉 🎉
The article describes an indigenous-led project in the community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, to obtain data on the threatened lowland tapir’s presence and understand the environmental factors affecting the species.
Led by a member of the Musuiuiai, José Jarol Muchavisoy, the project team - which includes Bayron Calle-Rendón, a participant of our recent international training workshop - will work hand-in-hand with other members of the community to preserve their biocultural diversity.
Having declared their lands a Territory of Life- Indigenous and Community Conserved Area (ICCA), the Musuiuiai now hope to reduce tapir hunting in neighboring tribes through outreach and collaboration.
The article describes the fascinating origins of the community's spiritual beliefs about the tapir's sacred status and how this supports conservation efforts.
news.mongabay.com/2024/11/indigenous-guardians-embark-on-a-sacred-pact-to-protect-the-lowland-tap...
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Indigenous guardians embark on a sacred pact to protect the lowland tapir in Colombia
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In the forest’s fecund gloom, José Muchavisoy leads the guardians of the territory as they scan the undergrowth for trails left by their target. Strangely splayed paw prints, dung among the leaf li...1 CommentComment on Facebook
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👋 📽️ Meet Morgan Pendaries, a participant of our recent Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda.
🌎 Morgan’s CLP project is focused on the conservation of a little-studied rodent in Argentina– the Wolffsohn’s viscacha. Read more: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/project/unravelling-wolffsohns-viscacha-conservation-of-a...
🫶 Having attended our CML training, Morgan has returned to Argentina equipped with new knowledge and tools to help him advance his project.
🤝 We are also delighted to hear that the training allowed him to make connections with other early-career conservationists around the world who are facing similar challenges, which we hope will provide a unique peer-to-peer network for him to support his ongoing conservation efforts.
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👋 📽️ Conozca a Morgan Pendaries, uno participante en nuestro reciente taller de formación en Gestión y Liderazgo en Conservación (CML) en Ruanda.
🌎 El proyecto CLP de Morgan se enfoca sobre la conservación de un roedor poco estudiado: el Chinchillón Anaranjado.
🫶 Tras asistir a nuestra formación en Ruanda, Morgan ha regresado a Argentina equipado con nuevos conocimientos y herramientas que le ayudarán a avanzar en su proyecto.
🤝 También estamos encantados de saber que la formación le permitió ponerse en contacto con otros conservacionistas de todo el mundo que se enfrentan a desafíos similares, lo que esperamos que le brinde una red única para apoyar sus esfuerzos de conservación.
📽️ "En realidad, una de las cosas que más me gustó de la formación fue conocer a los demás participantes. Tenemos gente de Sri Lanka, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Colombia... lugares a los que nunca fui. Es genial escucharlos hablar de sus especies y sus programas de conservación. Además, a veces tenemos problemos muy parecidos.
Vaishnavi y Sarika trabajan en la India con geckos y mariposas, pero tienen los mismos desafios que yo en la Patagonia. Viven muy lejos, pero tienen las mismas problemáticas como trabajar con especies poco conocidas y lugares remotos. Así que es muy bueno hablar con ellos. Y me entusiasma saber cómo desarrollarán su proyecto en el futuro."
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📢 New year, new conservation grant? Here's an exciting new grants programme for 2025!
The 'On the Edge Fund' aims to increase conservation attention and raise the profile of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species in the plant, fungi and animal kingdoms.
The fund was created to help emerging conservationists take the next step and give storytellers an opportunity to influence behaviour change locally.
The twist? Storytellers and conservationists are paired up to maximise impact on the ground.
On the Edge will be awarding a minimum of six new conservation grants of up to £30,000 (open from January 1st, 2025) and six new storytelling grants of between £5,000 - £15,000 (open from April 1st, 2025).
ℹ️ All the details can be found via the link below.
Reconnect with nature | On the Edge
www.ontheedge.org
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Except the human beings, rest all the species are evolutionary distinct Conservation Leadership Programme On the Edge World Land Trust Rainforest Trust IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
What a great opportunity for us as the conservationists who are working on ground community level
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🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to CLP alumnus Cedrick Fogwan on his recent "Science on a Shoestring" Award from the Society for Marine Mammalogy.
This award recognizes groundbreaking, low-cost ideas around the world that are having a major impact on marine conservation.
🌊 Cedrick's award honours his work with the African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization - AMMCO and its SIREN Citizen Science Program, an innovative, cost-effective approach to bridging data gaps and conserving marine wildlife in Africa.
Cedrick and the five other winners were presented with their awards on-stage at last month's SMM conference in Perth, Australia.
In addition to receiving the award, Cedrick was selected to participate in a prestigious panel discussion where he shared insights into the development and implementation of the SIREN Citizen Science Program.
Cedrick said: "What an honour to be part of the "Science on Shoestring" panel, sharing our work with the real heroes – the fishermen who report their sightings through our Siren Citizen Science Program. It was also inspiring to learn about other shoestring conservation initiatives from around the world."
🥳 Please join us in congratulating Cedrick and the other 2024 winners: Wint Hte, Vu Long, Federico Secunzu, Nester Brix and Carlos Yaipen-LLanos.
🐸 Cedrick was first supported by CLP in 2022, through one of our Future Conservationist Awards, for his work protecting the goliath frog, an Endangered species being over-hunted for food and the pet trade in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
👉 Through his CLP award, including participation in our Conservation Management & Leadership training, plus a subsequent Kate Stokes Memorial Award for CLP alumni, Cedrick has persuaded several hunters in the Mount Nlonako Reserve, Cameroon, to become citizen scientists and record sightings of the goliath frog, and worked with local groups to help set up snail farming to provide an alternative food source. These efforts have led to rescuing multiple individuals of the goliath frog, and the species is now returning to new rivers in the reserve 🎉
Read more about Cedrick's CLP-supported work:
ℹ️https://www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/project/goliath-frog-cameroon
ℹ️https://www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/project/working-with-the-community-to-save-the-goliath-frog-in-cameroon
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Thank you for the warm congratulations. It was also a wonderful opportunity to meet and connect with so many new friends, including Sandra Teoh, another CLP alumna and National Geographic Explorer. Sandra studies the social ecology of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in Langkawi, Malaysia.
This is great, congratulations and more strength.
Congratulations to you Cedrick, for the marvelous work you continue to do on in your profession
👉 CLP Training Feedback! 🌟
Over the last month, our 2024 Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) workshop participants completed a post-training survey anonymously to give us their honest thoughts ...
👀 🙌 ...we are delighted to say that their responses were overwhelmingly positive 💫
✨ 100% of the survey respondents rated the training as "Excellent"
✨ One described it as a "truly transformative experience"
✨ Another testified to the "enormous learning" and "unique opportunity" provided by the training
🙌 As one survey respondent said – “I think there will be a before/after in my career, I’m so motivated” – our participants have now returned home from Rwanda equipped with renewed confidence, motivation and knowledge to embark on their vital conservation work.
🤝 Some have told us they have already started passing on what they learned to their team members to help them effectively deliver their CLP projects.
👍 Others are making changes to the way they run their own workshops as a result of the training: "I will integrate the skills and knowledge gained from the CLP training into [my institution's] workshops, ensuring that participants benefit from practical, hands on learning experiences that can enhance their capacity in conservation and project management."
ℹ️ Read more about our 2024 CML training and how it has helped our participants to grow personally and professionally: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/news/cml-2024/
We are incredibly grateful to the Hempel Foundation, the March Conservation Fund, Fondation Segré and Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin – for their support.
We are also thankful to our incredible partnership of BirdLife International, Fauna & Flora and Wildlife Conservation Society.
Last (but by no means least), we would like to thank our 2024 CML participants for taking time to give us their feedback; for their enthusiasm and dedication during the training; as well as the support, friendship and encouragement they have given each other throughout the journey 💚
📸All photos feature landscapes and wildlife from our wonderful training venue of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund campus, Kinigi, Rwanda.
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I did the training in 2022. The training was an incredible experience. In addition to getting to know a country with incredible biodiversity and culture and making new friends from different parts of the world, some of whom I keep in constant contact and collaboration with to this day, I also learned skills and competencies that I use to this day and have greatly improved many conservation and resource raising practices. Besides, leading a CLP funded project gave me a great experience in the conservation sector helping me achieve one of my big dreams: be selected for a job in a research institute for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. It was really life changing. CLP is really doing great work!
❓"What does 'leadership' mean to you?"
This is what we asked our trainees on the last day of our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) workshop, which took place from 8-17 October in Kinigi, Rwanda.
👀 We think these brilliant responses from CML trainees @ezra_mremi @wild_notebook and @mawuseplay will inspire and resonate with many of you!
Our 18 trainees joined us at the incredible @savinggorillas campus committed to learn and develop as conservation leaders 💫
They left Rwanda equipped with new knowledge, tools and support to help them in their extraordinary efforts to save some of the world's rarest and least understood species 🙌
We are grateful to the @hempelfoundation, the March Conservation Fund and Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.
As ever, we thank our wonderful partnership of @birdlife.international, @faunafloraint and @thewcs.
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Conservation leaders for tomorrow 👍👍👍👍👍
After Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean conservationists at the front line of recovery 💫
In June, CLP ran a training course in Saint Lucia for 16 early-career Caribbean conservationists, just before Hurricane Beryl devastated parts of the region.
The trainees included Kennon Providence (Union Island Environmental Alliance), Camar Green Clarke (Treasure Beach Turtle Group) and Stephan Hornsey (St Vincent and the Grenadines Environment Fund) who returned home to witness Beryl's life-changing impact.
Co-facilitator of the training, CLP Programme Officer, Eleanor Glass, has shared their stories of recovery💪
She writes: "The resilience of these Caribbean conservationists serves as a powerful testament to the human spirit and our capacity for adaptation."
👉Read the full article on our website: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/news/after-hurricane-beryl-caribbean-conservationists-at-...
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It's Day 4 of our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda!
We've brought together 18 early-career conservationists at the incredible field station of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
We're happy to say they have already made meaningful connections, planned collaborations, and fully immersed themselves in our interactive training sessions on Leadership and Communications.
And today, they are delving into effective project design, including understanding stakeholder analysis and creating problem trees to inform and enhance their projects.
Our CML participants are all CLP Team Award recipients- so if you want a chance to join next year's CML training, apply for a 2025 Team Award! But you must hurry as the call for applications is only open for another week, until the 18th October, 2024. Apply now: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/grants/grant-overview/future-conservationist-award/
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Great to be part of this workshop
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🎉 Eeek, it's happening next weeeeek!! 🎉
We are super excited to be running our Conservation Management & Leadership (CML) training workshop in Rwanda next week! 🎉
🌍 We are bringing together 17 early-career conservationists from countries all over the world - from Chile and Colombia, to Tanzania and Madagascar, to India and Sri Lanka (to name just a few) - providing a unique opportunity for these emerging leaders to exchange ideas and forge new connections across a global professional network.🌱
🙌 We'll be running interactive training sessions to help our participants hone their skills in conservation leadership, project planning and fundraising, communications and behaviour change- and much more.
👀As you can see, our participants are looking forward to many aspects of the training. We can't wait to get started. Stay tuned for further updates!
👉 Did you know that all of our trainees are recipients of CLP Team Awards? If you'd like a chance to take part in our CML training next year, apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards (click the link in our bio to learn more). But you must hurry as the application deadline is fast-approaching on 18 October.⏰ Good luck!
We are grateful for our partnership of @birdlife.international @faunafloraint and @thewcs
We also thank the Hempel Foundation, the March Conservation Fund, and Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin - for their support.
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Is there any age restrictions in this training skills
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📢 Our latest Annual Report is out! 🎉
We were rather busy in 2023...from supporting our 17 award-winning teams in 12 countries worldwide and facilitating a Learning Exchange in South America, to training 12 early-career conservationists in Conservation Management & Leadership skills... and much more!
📖 ➡ Discover exactly what we were up to in 2023: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/media/2024/09/CLP-Annual-Report-2023-1.pdf
A reminder that the call for applications to our 2025 Team Awards is open until 18 October, 2024: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/grants/grant-overview/future-conservationist-award/
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⏰WOW time flies! The deadline for applications to our 2025 Team Awards is in just ONE month!
In this video, CLP staff Karla G. Hernandez-Aguilar outlines guidance on our eligibility criteria to help you with your application (English translation below).
You can also visit our website where you can find more resources and information on how to apply: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/grants/grant-overview/future-conservationist-award/
[English translation]: "Hi, my name is Karla Hernandez-Aguilar and I am the CLP Programme Officer at BirdLife International.
Together with my colleagues at CLP, we are delighted to invite all early career conservation leaders from around the world to apply for one of our 2025 Team Awards.
As a CLP applicant, you might have the chance to gain a grant of up to 15,000 USD plus specialised training and unique mentorship opportunities. But – before applying it is important to check if your proposal is eligible!
To be eligible you need to consider the following:
• First, your project must focus on the conservation of at least one globally threatened species classified as Data Deficient, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
• Second, your project must take place in one of the eligible countries and last between 3 and 12 months.
• Third, your team should consist of at least three people – and all of them must be nationals of the country where the project is taking place- although one team member can be a non-national but this needs to be well justified in your application.
• Fourth, all team members must be at the beginning of their careers, this means they need to have no more than five years’ of experience working in conservation.
• Lastly, your project must be new rather than part of an ongoing project and go beyond academic research.
We’re really looking forward to receiving your applications - but before you apply, please visit our website where you will be able to find useful resources to check if you are eligible.
On behalf of the CLP Team we wish you all the best and don’t forget to submit your application by the 18 October!"
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I am interested in this programme
Exactly a month to wrap up Asime James Oba
💫 In Search of the Black Softshell Turtle - a story from the field by CLP alumna, Daisy Das
Originally published by @herp_club - this is a story like no other. Believe us when we tell you that this story will leave you feeling awestruck and inspired by the dedication and drive of our conservation leaders 💚
The story starts by sailing us along the mighty Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, a rich habitat home to a variety of wildlife including Pallas eagles, Ganges dolphins and ... one of the protagonists in this story... the black softshell turtle.
Previously declared extinct in 2002, these turtles were - amazingly - still found to exist in a few temple ponds (changing its status to Critically Endangered).
These freshwater reptiles had been brought to the temples in the 1800s. Treated as sacred and respected by the public, devotees would take them from the wild and donate them to temples for blessings. Yet poaching and illegal trade had also decimated the wild populations.
This is where we meet conservationist and CLP alumna, @phoenix_daisy13. Supported by CLP in 2021, Daisy and her team set out to search for what she calls "wild treasure" - the rare and elusive black softshell turtle - in a survey that covered the entire 200km stretch of the Brahmaputra-Subansiri River.
Did wild populations still exist? And if they did, where were they and in what numbers? What was the survey like and what other "wild treasures" did the team find?
Visit our website to find out and read the rest of Daisy's story, including the very satisfying ending (see if you can spot the clue in the photos).
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Nice. Please , What is the scientific name?
If you are a 2025 CLP Team Award applicant, don't forget to contact one of our Alumni Reviewers to get help with your application!
Our Alumni Reviewers are previous CLP award-winners and experienced conservationists from various countries who have volunteered their time to offer valuable feedback on your proposals, including insights on clarity, grammar, feasibility, and research design.
Feedback from Reviewers may enhance your proposal but it is not mandatory to contact Reviewers for feedback. Your proposals can be sent to Alumni Reviewers until September 23, 2024.
Visit our website to find more information, including specific details and Alumni Reviewers' profiles: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/grants/grant-overview/future-conservationist-award/
Please review these profiles to find the Reviewer who best matches your proposal before contacting them. Please contact only one Reviewer at a time.
Good luck!
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Many congratulations to CLP alumna @leticia.benavalli on her prestigious Marsh Award 🎉 👏 🎊
Every year, the Marsh Charitable Trust selects inspirational individuals for its Marsh Awards to celebrate the work being done to preserve and protect the planet's biodiversity.
CLP nominated Leticía for the Marsh Award for Early Career Conservation through our partner @faunafloraint to recognise the remarkable steps she's taken to conserve jaguar and other large mammals in the Cerrado (a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in central Brazil) - despite still being relatively early in her career.
The Cerrado provides crucial habitat for not just jaguar but also lowland tapir, puma and giant anteaters, which are threatened by climate change, habitat loss and conflict with local people in the region.
As part of a 2023 CLP project, Leticía and her team at her recently established NGO, the Pró-Onça Institute, have been conducting camera trap surveys in both Pirineus State Park and Brasilia National Park in the state of Goiás, central Brazil.
These surveys have revealed information critical to large mammal conservation in this region:
🐆 The first documented evidence of jaguar breeding in Pirineus State Park
🐆 Jaguar entering unprotected areas around Pirineus State Park more frequently than previously thought - showing how important it is to work with private landowners and other local community members to gain their understanding and support
🐆 An abundance of typical prey for jaguar, including tapir, marsh deer, giant armadillo and peccary, as well as evidence that giant anteaters and pumas are successfully breeding in Pirineus State Park
🐆 Unexpected footage of multiple jaguars in Brasilia National Park revealing an urban jaguar population resurgence in the region
Letícia's NGO, the Pró-Onça Institute, is not just dedicated to large carnivore conservation, but also to women’s empowerment in science and climate change mitigation across Latin America. Read more about her NGO here: proonca.org/
On selecting Letícia for the award, the Marsh Award Selection Panel commented: "Letícia’s clear focus on helping the mammals and local communities in the Brazilian Cerrado is admirable, and she has made great strides in allowing for both the protection of wildlife and a peaceful coexistence between predators and local farmers."
Read more about her CLP project here: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/project/local-communities-empowerment-as-a-driver-to-medi...
Please join us in congratulating Letícia and the other winners of the 2024 @marshawards, Ercilio Chauque and Dominggus Sami Kalami!
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Congratulations Leticia
Congratulations!!!! Letícia Benavalli👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Très intéressant
📢 Introducing our 2024 Conservation Follow-Up Awards 🏆
👉📽 Leap into Action: Saving Ghana's Puddle Frog 🐸
Building on a previous CLP project and the rediscovery of the Critically Endangered intermediate puddle frog in the Ankasa Conservation Area in Ghana, Francis Osei-Gyan and his team at Herp Conservation Ghana will combine scientific research with community involvement to protect the last population of this species and its only home.
"Important outcomes of this project include 20-acres of restored frog habitat, the first global population assessment of the species, a conservation needs assessment, and a conservation action plan." - Francis Osei-Gyan, Team Leader
Visit our website to learn more about this and our other 2024 award-winning projects: www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/our-projects/latest-projects-2024
We thank Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin - for supporting this project.
We are also grateful to the CLP partnership of BirdLife International, Fauna & Flora and Wildlife Conservation Society.
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