Sri Lanka Wildlife to Receive Equator Prize
The Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society is selected to receive a prestigious Equator Prize 2008 by the United Nations Development Programme
The Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society has been chosen by the UNDP’s Equator Initiative’s Technical Advisory Committee as one of 25 outstanding winners of the Equator Prize 2008. The Equator Prize is an international award that honors community-based projects that represent outstanding efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
In their award notification the UNDP states, “The level of competition for the prize was extremely high and the depth of nominations received was truly impressive. Among this year’s remarkable entries, you provided us with a strong demonstration of theinventiveness of community-based work currently being undertaken in the tropics, often against tremendous odds.
By receiving an EquatorPrize, the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society now joins an increasingly influential avant-garde of 78 previous Equator Prize winners that stand at the forefront of translating local action into global sustainable development.†According to Eileen de Ravin, the head of the Equator Initiative of the UNDP, the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society will now become an essential part of a core global network of Equator Prize winners whose work will be enhanced and promoted by the UNDP’s Equator Initiative.
The Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society states, receiving an Equator Prize reflects the tremendous support the Society has received from organizations such as the US Fish & Wildlife Service, CanadianInternational Development Agency (CIDA), International Elephant Foundation and several other organizations over the years. These are all organizations that share a similar vision to the Society’s, which is to develop a new paradigm for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation.
Ravi Corea, the founder president and CEO of the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society, will receive the award in Barcelona, Spain on behalf of the Society at an award ceremony that is been held during the IUCN World Conservation Congress taking place in Barcelona, from October 6-10th.
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