By Diana Rodrigues | Communications and Membership Support
The IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 (WPC) in Sydney, Australia will be the stage for the next awards ceremony.
WCPA members and individuals working in protected areas are eligible to nominate people working in protected areas who have demonstrated innovative approaches with recognized global impact in communications, planning and managing, finance and economics, assessment, monitoring and evaluation, learning and capacity development, and/or governance.
Previous Kenton Miller Award laureates include Dr Heliodoro Sánchez in 2007 for his approach to restoring mangrove forests, Dr Marc Hockings in 2008 for his contribution to management effectiveness of protected areas, and Dr Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich in 2009 for his outstanding achievements and innovations in wilderness area establishment. Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley were recognized in 2010 for their instrumental role in highlighting how important protected areas are to people and the winner in 2012 was Oscar Loayza (not for his innovative approach to indigenous peoples’ participation in protected area management.
(*all the names mentioned above are not the beneficiaries of our project).
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