Prince William Presents the 14th Tusk Conservation Awards in London: Three African Conservationists Honoured, £225,000 Invested in Their Organisations
The 14th Tusk Conservation Awards were held at Raffles London at The OWO on the evening of November 11, with William, Prince of Wales, presenting awards to three conservationists working on the front line in Africa.
The Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa went to Dr Colleen Begg, co-founder of the Niassa Carnivore Project in Mozambique. The Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa went to Raabia Hawa, founder of the Ulinzi Africa Foundation in Kenya. The Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award went to Daniel Yiankere, security manager at Loisaba Conservancy in Kenya, who has more than 30 years of experience, has kept a zero-poaching record at the conservancy, and helped reintroduce the critically endangered eastern black rhino there. The three awards together invest £225,000 in the winners' organisations.
Prince William has been Royal Patron of the conservation charity Tusk since December 2005, one of his earliest patronages. Presenting the awards, he said more endangered species could be saved despite conservation work being hard and often dangerous. Since 2011, at least 565 African rangers have been killed in the line of duty; only about half of rangers have insurance and only some 40 per cent have adequate safety training, and the ceremony's Roll of Honour remembers those who have died.
Since the awards began in 2013, 61 winners have received more than £2 million in grants for their organisations, improving protection for more than 60 species in 23 African countries. Natural history broadcaster Liz Bonnin hosted the evening, and the prince's cousins Lady Eliza Spencer and Lady Amelia Spencer attended in support.
(Source: Tusk)
Source: Tusk
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Photo: 图：威尔士亲王威廉王子（资料图）。Ian Jones 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: William, Prince of Wales (file photo). By Ian Jones, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
