Deadline: 22 January 2016
The National Geographic Society is currently soliciting nominations for the 2016 Buffett Award for Leadership in African Conservation.
Since 2002, the award has honored the unsung heroes of conservation, celebrating the recipient’s achievements and supporting ongoing work in conserving nature or culture in Africa. The award includes a $25,000 grant.
Past Awardees
Past recipients of the National Geographic Society/Buffett Award have conducted conservation research on elephants and the bush-meat trade in Tanzania, worked to ensure that local communities in Uganda benefit from conservation initiatives, developed sustainable agricultural practices for small farmers in Cameroon. Few Awardees are-
- Benezeth Mutayoba has engaged in challenging conservation research, especially on elephants and the bushmeat trade, and has mentored students to take action to protect their unique natural heritage.
- Zephaniah Phiri Maseko farmed and raised a family in one of the most arid and resource-poor lands in southern Africa, Zimbabwe’s Zvishavane District. Through his own ingenuity and despite political challenges, he has devised and propagated irrigation practices that have enabled subsistence farmers on marginal lands to prosper as they conserve scarce resources and practice sustainable farming.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants can be from anywhere in Africa and must be nominated by their organisation.
How to Apply
To submit a nomination, please complete the online nomination form below, including a description of achievements that merit the award. Be sure to include details about the nominee’s major conservation successes in the face of unique challenges.
Award recipients are chosen from nominations submitted to National Geographic. After nominations are screened by advisors and other conservation experts, a selection of names is forwarded to the Howard G. Buffett Foundation for review. Final selection is made by the National Geographic Society.
For more information, please visit Nominations.
