The fourth round

           The newest winners

In August 2004, winners of eight new Biodiversity Leadership Awards were announced by the Foundations and their panel of nominators. Together, the eight scientists and environmental activists shared US$900,000.

The winners search for, find, catalog, and defend diversity in species-rich and biologically endangered parts of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Madagascar, New Caledonia, the Philippines, and the United States. Their awards bring the total sum of Leadership Awards since 1996 to US$3.1 million.

Two of the winners, who are at early stages of their careers, were named as Biodiversity Emerging Leaders.

Click on the names below to find out more about the 2004 winners.

Maria Marta Chavarria, of Costa Rica (Leadership Award)

Graham (Guillermo) Harris, of Argentina (Leadership Award)

Mengistu Wondafrash, of Ethiopia (Leadership Award)

Three nominees tied for a fourth Leadership Award. They are:

Christopher Birkinshaw, U.K. citizen working in Madagascar

Steven M. Goodman, U.S. citizen, also in Madagascar

Curt Meine, of the United States

The two winners of Emerging Leaders Awards are:

Nina Ingle, U.K. citizen working in the Philippines

Hubert Geraux, French citizen working in New Caledonia

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