威廉王子在伦敦主持第14届 Tusk 保育奖：三名非洲一线保育人士获奖，合计投入22.5万英镑
第14届 Tusk 保育奖11月11日晚在伦敦的 Raffles 酒店（The OWO）举行，威尔士亲王威廉王子到场，为三名在非洲一线工作的保育人士颁奖。
本届三个奖项分别颁给了三个人：威廉王子非洲保育奖颁给 Colleen Begg 博士，她是莫桑比克 Niassa 狮子项目的共同创始人；Tusk 非洲保育奖颁给 Raabia Hawa，她创办了肯尼亚的 Ulinzi 非洲基金会；Tusk 野生动物巡护员奖颁给 Daniel Yiankere，他是肯尼亚 Loisaba 保护区的安全经理，有30多年巡护经验，任内保护区保持零盗猎纪录，并参与把极度濒危的东黑犀牛重新引入保护区。三个奖项合计为获奖者所在机构投入22.5万英镑。
威廉王子自2005年12月起担任保育组织 Tusk 的皇家赞助人，这是他最早结下的赞助职务之一。他在颁奖时表示，尽管保育工作艰难、而且往往危险，仍有更多濒危物种可以被拯救。自2011年以来，至少565名非洲巡护员在履职中殉职，目前只有约一半巡护员有保险、约四成受过足够的安全培训，典礼上设有荣誉名册纪念殉职的巡护员。
Tusk 保育奖2013年设立以来已表彰61名获奖者，为其机构提供超过200万英镑资助，受益工作覆盖23个非洲国家的60多个物种。当晚典礼由自然节目主持人 Liz Bonnin 主持，威廉王子的两位表妹 Eliza Spencer 女士与 Amelia Spencer 女士也到场支持。
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Prince William Presents the 14th Tusk Conservation Awards in London: Three African Conservationists Honoured, £225,000 Invested in Their Organisations
The 14th Tusk Conservation Awards were held at Raffles London at The OWO on the evening of November 11, with William, Prince of Wales, presenting awards to three conservationists working on the front line in Africa.
The Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa went to Dr Colleen Begg, co-founder of the Niassa Carnivore Project in Mozambique. The Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa went to Raabia Hawa, founder of the Ulinzi Africa Foundation in Kenya. The Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award went to Daniel Yiankere, security manager at Loisaba Conservancy in Kenya, who has more than 30 years of experience, has kept a zero-poaching record at the conservancy, and helped reintroduce the critically endangered eastern black rhino there. The three awards together invest £225,000 in the winners' organisations.
Prince William has been Royal Patron of the conservation charity Tusk since December 2005, one of his earliest patronages. Presenting the awards, he said more endangered species could be saved despite conservation work being hard and often dangerous. Since 2011, at least 565 African rangers have been killed in the line of duty; only about half of rangers have insurance and only some 40 per cent have adequate safety training, and the ceremony's Roll of Honour remembers those who have died.
Since the awards began in 2013, 61 winners have received more than £2 million in grants for their organisations, improving protection for more than 60 species in 23 African countries. Natural history broadcaster Liz Bonnin hosted the evening, and the prince's cousins Lady Eliza Spencer and Lady Amelia Spencer attended in support.
(Source: Tusk)
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图片来源：图：威尔士亲王威廉王子（资料图）。Ian Jones 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: William, Prince of Wales (file photo). By Ian Jones, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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