Burgers’ Zoo gelooft in de kracht van getalenteerde jonge natuurbeschermers die in de natuurlijke leefgebieden van de dieren met hun passie een verschil voor het behoud van diersoorten kunnen maken. Sinds een aantal jaren is Burgers’ Zoo daarom verbonden aan de stichting Future For Nature. Deze stichting reikt jaarlijks de Future For Nature Awards uit aan drie jonge, succesvolle natuurbeschermers die aansprekende resultaten hebben geboekt op het gebied van natuurbescherming. Zij ontvangen elk een aanmoedigingsprijs van €50.000 voor de voortzetting van hun project. Jaarlijks worden tientallen projecten aangemeld die door een internationale vakjury worden beoordeeld.
Daarnaast organiseert het dierenpark jaarlijks het Future For Nature Award event, waarbij de prijswinnaars hun inspirerend verhaal houden voor zo’n 500 gasten. Via de media wordt nog meer aandacht gegeven aan de geëngageerde natuurbeschermers. Op die manier worden de natuurbeschermers en hun projecten breed gepromoot, waardoor hopelijk nog meer support ontstaat. De afgelopen jaren hebben beroemde natuurbeschermers en/of internationaal bekende wetenschappers de Future For Nature Awards uitgereikt, zoals Sir David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, Frans de Waal en Redmond O’Hanlon. Saba Douglas-Hamilton, BBC-documentairemaakster en voorzitter van ons Internationale Selectie Comité, is elk jaar de gastvrouw.
De Future For Nature Academy is een landelijk netwerk van studenten en jong-afgestudeerden met een passie voor natuurbehoud, opgericht door ecoloog Ignas Heitkönig van de Universiteit van Wageningen en PhD-student Rascha Nuijten na aanleiding van de Future For Nature Awards in 2016. Door het organiseren van dit event lezingen, workshops, en documentaire avonden en allerlei andere activiteiten in verschillende steden in Nederland biedt de Academy een platform aan jonge mensen om elkaar te ontmoeten, te discussiëren en samen plannen te maken voor een betere toekomst voor de natuur.
De uitreiking van de Future For Nature Awards vond in 2018 voor de elfde keer plaats. Daarmee zijn er al meer dan 30 jonge, getalenteerde natuurbeschermers gesteund met een bedrag van 50.000 euro. Velen van hen hebben indrukwekkende resultaten geboekt. Hieronder vindt u de artikelen die wij hebben gepubliceerd over de awards en haar winnaars.
Wilt u meer weten over de stichting, haar activiteiten en de mogelijkheden van doneren? Bezoek de website van Future For Nature.
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