Roger Samba named the winner of the 2008 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership

Posted by at Oct 28th, 2008 in Activism

Filed under: News , Activism The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced that Roger Samba, the president of a remote Madagascan village, was selected as the recipient of the 2008 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership. This prestigious award recognizes community leadership, and has a prize of $200,000. Among his many achievements, Mr. Samba organized the world’s first no-take zone for octopus, which helped to protect the species and the marine wildlife on which the local economy depends. His work has been used as a model for similar community efforts, raised global awareness and influenced national legislation. Even more impressively, he’s accomplished all of this without any formal training in conservation. It’s huge honor to be recognized for your work, but I’m willing to bet Mr. Samba is just as excited to be able to use that prize money to work for his village. He’s using it to establishing fellowships for students to pursue graduate work in conservation-related fields. He sounds like a pretty amazing guy, and a deserving honoree. Roger Samba named the winner of the 2008 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership originally appeared on Green Daily on 2008-10-28T17:33:00 00:00. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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