The 21st annual Whitley Awards Ceremony was held on 8 May 2014 at the Royal Geographical Society in London. The flagship event of UK-based charity the Whitley Fund for Nature was hosted by wildlife presenter Kate Humble, and saw eight conservation leaders from seven countries receive GBP 35,000 each in project funding over 1 year in support of their work. The Awards were presented by the charity's patron, HRH The Princess Royal.
A special Whitley Gold Award was presented to 2008 Whitley Award winner Jean Wiener of Haiti for his outstanding contribution to the conservation of coastal ecosystems with the help of Continuation Funding from WFN.
The 2014 Whitley Award Winners are Shivani Bhalla, Kenya; Marites Gatan-Balbas, Philippines; Monica Gonzalez, Ecuador; Melvin Gumal, Malaysia; Paula Kahumbu, Kenya; Fitryanti Pakiding, Indonesia; Stoycho Stoychev, Bulgaria; and Luis Torres, Cuba.
For more information on the Whitley Fund for Nature, the Whitley Awards and the winning projects, see http://www.whitleyaward.org/. See p. 467 for the call for applications for the 2015 Whitley Awards.
