The Indianapolis Prize also strives to elevate public understanding of conservationists as heroes. In 2014, Dr. Patricia C. Wright, founder of Centre ValBio, became the first woman awarded the Indianapolis Prize for her dedication to saving Madagascar’s famed lemurs from extinction. Unsubscribe at any time. As the Indianapolis Prize Winner, Mittermeier will receive the Lilly Medal and $250,000 — the largest international monetary award given exclusively for the successful conservation of endangered or threatened species. Mittermeier has lent his expertise to help make primate watching more accessible. Judy Mikovits videos are being taken down; is this censorship? I have a few existing holdings from years ago, but I have sold off most of the equities and now only purchase mutual funds and some ETFs. The Post-COVID Future of Seniors Housing Real Estate, Be An Early Bird To Grow As An Extraordinary Achiever, Leader, And CEO, Winning The Future: What Businesses Must Do To Prepare For 2021. Some of his most memorable primate sightings were from the early days of his career. “I am honored to be the 2018 Winner and applaud the Indianapolis Prize for giving a larger platform to conservationists doing important, significant work. “When I started working on primates there were about 180 species, and now there are 706 species and subspecies and counting,” said Mittermeier. Nearly a decade and two trips later, in 1983 Mittermeier returned to the Peruvian Andes and finally found yellow-tailed woolly monkeys in their natural habitat and filmed them for the first time. “Saving species is, Russ in giant baobab forest, near Morondava, Southwest Madagascar. It’s my hope that more people will be inspired by their heroic stories and moved to take actions that save species around the world.”. Indianapolis Prize The Indianapolis Prize recognizes and rewards conservationists who have achieved major victories in advancing the sustainability of an animal species or group of species. More information about the series Primates, as well as a blog written by Mittermeier is available on the BBC’s website. Dr. Carl Jones received the 2016 Indianapolis Prize for his species recovery success on the island of Mauritius, including the echo parakeet, pink pigeon and Mauritius kestrel. Hero for Primates and Champion of Biodiversity Receives $250,000 Indianapolis Prize, For immediate release June 12, 2018 Download photos. All Rights Reserved. I have five decades worth of detailed field notes full of observations of wildlife, and especially primates.

The award recognizes his major victories in protecting animal species and vital habitats. The Indianapolis Prize was created in 2006 to recognize practical conservation solutions, bring innovative ideas to scale, and reward the conservation heroes who have been the most successful in saving threatened or endangered species from extinction. And I thought, we can certainly get much more attention focused on primates by making primate-watching competitive and get people out to remote places to add to their life-lists and, in so doing, provide support to local communities.”. ValueWalk also contains archives of famous investors, and features many investor resource pages. Mittermeier began studying primates in 1969 and his long history of finding elusive primates started shortly thereafter in 1970, when he saw his first wild primate, a spider monkey, in the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala. Megadiversity Countries prioritize the 18 out of roughly 200 nations that are responsible for two-thirds of all global biodiversity. INDIANAPOLIS — Today, officials of the Indianapolis Prize — the world’s leading award for animal conservation — named biodiversity champion Dr. Russell A. Mittermeier the 2018 recipient. Rungwe in the Udzungwa range of Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. Mittermeier has been responsible for protecting hundreds of species and millions of acres of critical habitat around the world. © 2020 Global Wildlife Conservation. “The Finalists for the Indianapolis Prize are all amazing colleagues and good friends of mine, and to be considered for this award in their company is humbling,” said Mittermeier.

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