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Accolades
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Conservation Follow up Award:
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AERF’s Program Co-ordinator Mr. Sameer Punde received the prestigious ‘Young Conservationist Award’ from CLP in 2007 for his project on creating community buffer around Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary. Conservation Leadership Program (CLP) is partnership among the five International Conservation Organizations in the World. These are Birdlife International (BI), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Conservation International (CI), Flora & Fauna International and British Petroleum. CLP supports young conservationists from developing countries by providing them financial aids
In 2009, CLP awarded Mr. Sameer Punde again with the ‘Conservation Follow up’ award for implementing Conservation Agreement Module in Bhimashankar WLS
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Whitley Fund for Nature, UK:
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The Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is a UK registered charity offering a range of Awards and grants to outstanding nature conservationists around the world. WFN identifies effective national and international leaders and supports by funding projects founded on good science, community involvement and pragmatism. Dr. Archana Godbole, the founder director of AERF received the Whitley Associate Award to scale up the restoration in 10 new priority sites. WFN, UK, has supported the scaling up of sacred groves conservation work for 2007-2008.
For more information please refer to
http://www.whitleyaward.org |
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Conservation Leadership Programme 2007:
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Sameer Punde a conservation practitioner at AERF and his team received the Young Conservationist Award jointly awarded by Flora and Fauna International (FFI), Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bird Life International and British Petroleum in recognition of his commitment to conservation and his plans to initiate a community based project at Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary in Pune district of Maharashtra state.
For more information please see http://conservationleadershipprogramme.org |
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Aloca Fellowship for Conservation and Sustainability
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There are many serious and challenging sustainability issues facing the world today—climate change, energy, water management, accelerated growth and development in emerging countries—that have the potential to impact our world for generations to come. In response, Alcoa Foundation has created a global program that will make a significant contribution to improving knowledge and building leaders in the field of conservation and sustainability. |
Jayant Sarnaik received the Alcoa fellowship in 2008 to conduct a resource assessment of two tree species in the coastal districts of Ratnagiri and Sidhudurg in India's Maharashtra state. This study will determine the present conservation status of these species in the region and bring out crucial information about the possibility of sustainable use of these resources in the development of biofuel.
For more information see http://www.alcoa.com |
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| Rufford Small Grant:
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Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation (RSGs) are aimed at conservation programs and pilot projects which could have ground breaking effects in nature conservation in the developing world. Sameer Punde received the Rufford Small Grant (RSG) for Nature Conservation in 2006 for a study on Conservation Assessment of rare medicinal tree species restricted to the traditionally protected forest fragments of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. The project also highlights the importance of traditionally protected forests as viable conservation areas.
For more information please see
http://www.ruffordsmallgrants.org |
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Global Village Energy Partnership:
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The GVEP International Action Programs Fund (GAP fund) is a grants program administered through the World Bank (ESMAP) and managed by Winrock International. The fund supports innovative projects in the field of rural energy services. AERF was awarded this grant for its project on development of decentralized bio-diesel resource centers to improve rural energy services and reduce poverty in India. The project focuses on creating awareness about the potential of renewable energy sources to meet rural energy demands as well as create non-farm livelihood opportunities at the village level. Rural income generation opportunities will be created through the development of decentralized bio-diesel centers in the selected villages; these centers will not only cater to local demand for crop irrigation, but the communities can also sell the by-products.
For more information please see http://www.gvepinternational.org |
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Allachy Award:
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The fund has been established - the Allachy Fund for Livelihoods from Wild Plants - to provide grants for capacity-building in community-based plant conservation of medicinal plants in developing countries. AERF is one amongst the four organizations from India to receive the Allachy Award to build capacity for the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants. This project was selected as it has community-based approach to medicinal plant conservation.
For more information please see http://www.plantlife.org.uk |
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| IDRC Agro BioDiversity Award: |
AERF had taken up participatory research project with the financial assistance from IDRC through Using Agro Biodiversity Research Award Program [1998-2000]. The research last for two years and showed that improved fallow management practices could provide supplementary benefits to the communities, hence ensuring sustainable practice. |
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