Overview
Biodiversity loss can lead to human extinction. Unfortunately, this threat has not attracted enough leadership, public and media attention to generate a concerted effort to halt the rate of biodiversity loss. This lack of awareness is attributed to the dearth of information campaigns and materials on the values of biodiversity. To help fill this gap, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), the ASEAN Foundation (AF), the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), the European Union (EU), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity.
The ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity is a recognition program for ongoing projects on biodiversity Conservation and advocacy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam). The award is aimed at generating greater leadership, public and media awareness of the problems facing the region’s rich but highly threatened biodiversity and the need a concerted effort in biodiversity conservation and advocacy.
Specifically, the award aims to:
- Recognize ongoing projects of the private/corporate sector, media, and youth which have a clear impact on biodiversity conservation in the ASEAN region;
- Identify leaders among the private/corporate sector, media, and youth from which a cadre of champions will be selected to serve as Ambassadors of Goodwill for biodiversity;
- Promote awareness of the values of biodiversity among ASEAN leaders and the public in general;
- Promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) in biodiversity conservation and advocacy; and
- Encourage the private sector, youth, and media to participate in biodiversity conservation and advocacy.
What are the Award Categories?
Three awards will be given:
Business/Corporations – Most Outstanding Biodiversity Conservation and/or Advocacy Project by a Private Business/Corporation
Youth – Most Outstanding Biodiversity Conservation and/or Advocacy Project by a Youth Organization
Media – Most Outstanding Biodiversity Reportage by a Media Organization
Who are eligible to be nominated?
When nominating candidates, nominators should ensure that the following minimum requirements are met by the nominees:
Corporate/Business Most Outstanding Biodiversity Conservation and/or Advocacy Project by a Private Sector Organization The corporation:
• Should have an ongoing biodiversity conservation and/or advocacy project that is duly recognized by the community where it operates
• Should be based in any of the 10 ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam)
Youth Most Outstanding Biodiversity Conservation and/or Advocacy Project by a Youth Organization The youth organization:
• Should have an ongoing biodiversity conservation and/or advocacy project that is duly recognized by the community where it operates
• Should be based in any of the 10 ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam)
Media Most Outstanding Biodiversity Reportage and Advocacy by a Media Organization The media organization:
• Should have an existing section, segment, or program devoted to biodiversity conservation and/or advocacy
• Should have comprehensive reports on biodiversity conservation between 2008 and 2009
• Should be based in any of the 10 ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam)
What is the duration of the award?
Nomination begins on 05 March 2010 and ends on 15 July 2010.
What are the prizes?
The winners from each of the three categories will be appointed by ACB as Ambassadors of Goodwill who will be the faces of outstanding Biodiversity Conservation work in the ASEAN region. They will be known as the ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity.
Awardees shall receive token cash prizes and certificates.
The winners will be recognized in October 2010 in time for the Tenth Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The awarding ceremonies will be held in the Philippines.
The representatives of the winning organizations will be featured as speakers during a forum that will be conducted during the day of the awarding ceremonies. After the awarding ceremonies in 2010, winners will be given opportunities to speak before business, youth, and media leaders during ACB-sponsored workshops and conferences in ASEAN Member States.
The awardees will also be featured in ACB’s website and various international publications such as the ASEAN Biodiversity Magazine, the ASEAN Biodiversity Updates e-news, and brochures. They will also be featured in the websites of the project sponsors.
How to apply ?
Methods of Submission
Nominations may be submitted only to the Secretariat of the ASEAN Biodiversity Champions.
The preferred mode of submission is via post office (snail mail) or courier services. If this is not possible, nominators may submit via e-mail.
By mail or courier services:
The files should be sent in both hard and soft copies.
Soft copies of documents should be sent in CD. Videos should be submitted in CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD.
– Microsoft Word, WordPerfect , Adobe Acrobat PDF, RTF
Photos or Graphics – JPEG, TIFF or EPS
Videos – MOV (Quicktime), WMV (Windows Media Video), MPEG
Sound recordings – MP3, WMA (Windows Media Audio), MOV (Quicktime)
Please provide three sets of documents (hard and soft copies).
By e-mail:
Documents should be sent as attachments to champions@aseanbiodiversity.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with “ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity” in the subject line. Please take note of the acceptable file formats.
Please address all entries to:
The Secretariat
ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
3/D ERDB Building, Forestry Campus, University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Philippines
http://www.aseanbiodiversity.org
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity
Biodiversity loss can lead to human extinction. Unfortunately, this threat has not attracted enough leadership, public and media attention to generate a concerted effort to halt the rate of biodiversity loss. This lack of awareness is attributed to the dearth of information campaigns and materials on the values of biodiversity. To help fill this gap, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), the ASEAN Foundation (AF), the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), the European Union (EU), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity.
The ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity is a recognition program for ongoing projects on biodiversity Conservation and advocacy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam). The award is aimed at generating greater leadership, public and media awareness of the problems facing the region’s rich but highly threatened biodiversity and the need a concerted effort in biodiversity conservation and advocacy.
Specifically, the award aims to:
- Recognize ongoing projects of the private/corporate sector, media, and youth which have a clear impact on biodiversity conservation in the ASEAN region;
- Identify leaders among the private/corporate sector, media, and youth from which a cadre of champions will be selected to serve as Ambassadors of Goodwill for biodiversity;
- Promote awareness of the values of biodiversity among ASEAN leaders and the public in general;
- Promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) in biodiversity conservation and advocacy; and
- Encourage the private sector, youth, and media to participate in biodiversity conservation and advocacy.
What are the Award Categories?
Three awards will be given:
Business/Corporations – Most Outstanding Biodiversity Conservation and/or Advocacy Project by a Private Business/Corporation
Youth – Most Outstanding Biodiversity Conservation and/or Advocacy Project by a Youth Organization
Media – Most Outstanding Biodiversity Reportage by a Media Organization
Who are eligible to be nominated?
When nominating candidates, nominators should ensure that the following minimum requirements are met by the nominees:
Corporate/Business Most Outstanding Biodiversity Conservation and/or Advocacy Project by a Private Sector Organization The corporation:
• Should have an ongoing biodiversity conservation and/or advocacy project that is duly recognized by the community where it operates
• Should be based in any of the 10 ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam)
Youth Most Outstanding Biodiversity Conservation and/or Advocacy Project by a Youth Organization The youth organization:
• Should have an ongoing biodiversity conservation and/or advocacy project that is duly recognized by the community where it operates
• Should be based in any of the 10 ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam)
Media Most Outstanding Biodiversity Reportage and Advocacy by a Media Organization The media organization:
• Should have an existing section, segment, or program devoted to biodiversity conservation and/or advocacy
• Should have comprehensive reports on biodiversity conservation between 2008 and 2009
• Should be based in any of the 10 ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam)
What is the duration of the award?
Nomination begins on 05 March 2010 and ends on 15 July 2010.
What are the prizes?
The winners from each of the three categories will be appointed by ACB as Ambassadors of Goodwill who will be the faces of outstanding Biodiversity Conservation work in the ASEAN region. They will be known as the ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity.
Awardees shall receive token cash prizes and certificates.
The winners will be recognized in October 2010 in time for the Tenth Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The awarding ceremonies will be held in the Philippines.
The representatives of the winning organizations will be featured as speakers during a forum that will be conducted during the day of the awarding ceremonies. After the awarding ceremonies in 2010, winners will be given opportunities to speak before business, youth, and media leaders during ACB-sponsored workshops and conferences in ASEAN Member States.
The awardees will also be featured in ACB’s website and various international publications such as the ASEAN Biodiversity Magazine, the ASEAN Biodiversity Updates e-news, and brochures. They will also be featured in the websites of the project sponsors.
How to apply ?
Methods of Submission
Nominations may be submitted only to the Secretariat of the ASEAN Biodiversity Champions.
The preferred mode of submission is via post office (snail mail) or courier services. If this is not possible, nominators may submit via e-mail.
By mail or courier services:
The files should be sent in both hard and soft copies.
Soft copies of documents should be sent in CD. Videos should be submitted in CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD.
– Microsoft Word, WordPerfect , Adobe Acrobat PDF, RTF
Photos or Graphics – JPEG, TIFF or EPS
Videos – MOV (Quicktime), WMV (Windows Media Video), MPEG
Sound recordings – MP3, WMA (Windows Media Audio), MOV (Quicktime)
Please provide three sets of documents (hard and soft copies).
By e-mail:
Documents should be sent as attachments to champions@aseanbiodiversity.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with “ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity” in the subject line. Please take note of the acceptable file formats.
Please address all entries to:
The Secretariat
ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
3/D ERDB Building, Forestry Campus, University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Philippines
http://www.aseanbiodiversity.org
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity
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