Conservation Programme rewards future conservationists

[Wayne Harrison]

BP Conservation Programme rewards future conservationists
23-05-2006

The BP Conservation Programme (BPCP) has awarded 27 winning teams from 21 different countries with a total of $475,000. The Awards will support teams carrying out practical research projects on a wide range of globally threatened species and habitats around the world - from surveying chameleons in Madagascar and conserving sharks in Brazil, to studying rare frogs in Tobago and working with local communities to protect birds in the Philippines.

This year, 19 teams were awarded “Future Conservationist Awards,â€