📢 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.
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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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