Sir David Attenborough Receives Conservation Award
September 13, 2012
This week, Sir David Attenborough was honored with one of the highest awards within conservation, the IUCN John C. Phillips Memorial Medal, which has been presented at every IUCN General Assembly and Congress since 1963. Awarded in memory of the life and work of Dr. John C. Phillips, a pioneer of the conservation movement and specialist in species classification and genetics, it is in recognition of outstanding service in international conservation. Former recipients of this medal include Indira Gandhi, Professor E. O. Wilson and Dr. Luc Hoffmann.
A British naturalist and broadcaster, Sir David has reached the masses with his captivating programs on natural history, creating awareness of the natural world and its vulnerability, and, over the course of the last fifty years, inspiring generations to protect and conserve our planet.
“IUCN is an organization of enormous importance for all of us who care about the natural world. There is no other international organization quite like it, none which is quite so scientifically based, none whose compliments I would value more highly”, says Sir David in a recorded video message to the IUCN Congress.
To find out more about the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress click HERE.
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