INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Winner: Whitley Fund For Nature Awards 2024
Charity Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, presented the Whitley Award to Naomi Longa on 1 May at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
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Sir David Attenborough, Whitley Fund for Nature Ambassador and a long-term supporter of the charity, said the growing network of winners represents some of the best conservation leaders in the world: “Whitley Award winners combine knowing how to respond to crises yet also bring communities and wider audiences with them.”
UK charity the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) recognises Naomi Longa from Papua New Guinea, a biologist, and co-director of NGO, Sea Women of Melanesia.
Click here is watch Naomi Longa’s speech from the awards ceremony
“It is important to work with the local communities and women because they possess deep connections and traditional knowledge of the marine ecosystem.”
