Welcome to the Biodiversity Leadership Awards Web site. The site and the awards recognize and reward efforts by researchers, scholars, and advocates to protect Earth's most valuable resource — its biological diversity. The awards are made by The Bay and Paul Foundations, Inc..

Eight new winners of Biodiversity Awards

     A fourth round of Biodiversity Leadership Award winners was chosen in late July 2004. The eight—who work in the Americas, the Philippines, New Caledonia, Ethiopia, and Madagascar—join the thirteen others who previously received recognition for excellence in protecting the natural world.

     The new winners share US$900,000, one of the largest and most prestigious awards for environmental stewardship.  The current round of awards brings the total of Biodiversity Leadership Awards made since 1996 to US$3,240,000.

     Two new awards. In 2004, for the first time, two of the winners are designated Biodiversity Emerging Leaders. They were chosen from many who, in the words of The Bay and Paul Foundations, “have shown early achievements and creative excellence in solving problems relevant to conserving biodiversity or otherwise contributing to a greater scientific understanding for the protection of our natural world.”

     The winners' names, along with thumbnail descriptions of their work, appear on the following pages. In addition, this site will contain updates on the work and lives of previous winners. See the small type below to learn how to keep up to date with changes to the site.

  On the pages that follow, you will find articles and photographs about the US$180,000 awards themselves, the most recent winners and their work, and the original, second, and third rounds of winners, who received their awards in 1996, 1999, and 2002. There is also information about the selection process and the Foundation.

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About the site. At the bottom of each page, there are linkages to this page (the Home Page) and to a guide (Site Map) that allows easy access to any section of the report. The site has been tested on Internet Explorer versions 4 through 6 and Mozilla Firefox version 1.5. Please report any difficulties to the author. 

This Web site was written and designed by Fred Powledge. If you'd like to receive an e-mail notice when the content changes, or if you have comments about the site, send an e-mail to editor-bayweb@earthlink.net. A 34-page printed report on the current awards is available from the Foundation.

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Photographs, Left to Right: Bolivian Amazon; hibiscus, Bolivia; zebra, Zimbabwe (all © 1999 Fred Powledge); maize virus (© Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK).
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Site last modified 30-Apr-2006

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