And the winner is …

… Sam Cruickshank!sam

Sam won the prize for the best student talk at the Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium (ACRS) with his talk: ““Testing whether conservation action works: does the creation of stepping-stone ponds increase dispersal?”. Criteria were the style of the presentation, the science and the relevance for real-world conservation.

Big congratulations, Sam!

Gabriele receives the ZGZ Price for Nature and Environmental Protection

This Tuesday, Dr. Gabriele Cozzi gave a public talk at the Zurich Zoological Society about his PhD work on wild dogs, hyenas and lions in Botswana, and in collaboration with  the University of Zurich and the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust :

“Mit Katzen (nicht) kommunizieren: ein Hundeleben”

“In (no) communication with cats: A dog’s life”

At the end of his talk, Gabriele received the prestigious Price for Nature and Environmental Protection (2013) in recognition of his contribution to wildlife conservation in Africa. Congratulations to Gabriele for this well-deserved award!

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