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AWARDS

1999 SCB DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS:

Every year SCB presents its Distinguished Service Awards for outstanding contributions to conservation biology. Recipients are nominated by the SCB membership through the Awards Committee and are selected by the SCB Board of Governors. These awards will be presented at the 1999 meeting.

Institute for Ecological Research, Brazil

The Institute for Ecological Research is an innovative NGO devoted to applying sound science to solving pressing environmental problems in the southwestern Atlantic forest of Brazil. This award recognizes the combination of good science and realistic, powerful application that characterizes the work done by IPE and sets it apart as one of the most effective NGOs in Brazil. The organization promises to be a model for a new generation of Latin American NGOs.

John Craig

John Craig is founding director of the Centre for Conservation Biology at the University of Auckland and a leading proponent of conservation biology in New Zealand. This award recognizes the leading role Craig has played in applying the concepts of conservation biology to New Zealand's profound conservation challenges.

Tom Hobbs

Tom Hobbs, with Colorado State University and the Colorado Division of Wildlife, developed the Colorado Natural Diversity Information Source system, which provides data and analysis to enhance decisions on land use affecting Colorado's natural communities. This award recognizes the role Hobbs has played in developing the NDIS, which will become a model for other states and nations.

Lorena Calvo

Lorena Calvo is Executive Director of the Center for Conservation of Biodiversity of Guatemala and Guatemala project coordinator for Wildlife Preservation Trust International. In this role she works closely with the National Natural History Museum of Guatemala. Previously she was Director of La Aurora National Zoo. She is the founder of the Association of MesoAmerican Zoos and a pioneer in public education in Central America. This award recognizes her tremendous contributions to conservation and environmental education within the region.

ADMADE Program

Zambia's National Parks and Wildlife Service established the ADMADE (Administrative Management and Design) Program in areas surrounding the national parks with the objective of raising rural standards of living while conserving biodiversity. ADMADE has become one of Africa's most advanced community-based resource management programs. This award recognizes the path-breaking role that ADMADE is playing in management of wildlife and wild areas in Africa.

Peter Matthiessen

Peter Matthiessen is a novelist, short story writer, and nonfiction writer. He comes closer than virtually any other author to portraying the enchantment and mysteries of nature in a manner that matches the experiences of many conservation biologists, and he has conveyed those sensations to a broad public. This award recognizes the unparalleled contributions Matthiessen has made to increasing people's understanding of the wonders of the natural world and their obligations to that world.

EDWARD T. LAROE III MEMORIAL AWARD:

Chandler S. Robbins

The Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial Award is given annually to an individual who has been a leader in translating principles of conservation biology into real-world conservation. Preference is given to individuals who have spent at least part of their career in public service.

The recipient of the 1999 LaRoe award, which will be presented at the annual meeting, is Chandler S. Robbins. Chan Robbins has spent most of his career at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, where he initiated the Breeding Bird Survey, the largest bird monitoring program in the world. He is the author of the best-selling field guide to the birds of North America and was one of the first to bring the problem of the effects of habitat fragmentation on forest-interior birds to scientific attention.

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