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Yukon Biodiversity Awareness Month...all April
For current information on Biodiversity in the Yukon, go to the Environment Yukon website
Call for nominations for the 2009 Yukon Biodiversity Awareness Award...
deadline, Monday March 16th 2009The Yukon Biodiversity Working Group is soliciting nominations for deserving persons to receive the 2009 Yukon Biodiversity Awareness Award.
Consider nominating individuals who you think have promoted biodiversity awareness and stewardship in Yukon.
Please provide a short, written description of 250-500 words outlining the contribution your nominee has made and send it to the awards secretary, Scott Gilbert (email at sgilbert@yukoncollege.yk.ca). Deadline for nominations is Monday March 16th and one or more recipients will be chosen by secret ballot by the committee at their late March meeting. The award will be presented at the Biodiversity Forum on Saturday, April 4th, 2009.
Background (see also pdf backgrounder)
The Yukon Biodiversity Working Group has recognized seven recipients of the Yukon Biodiversity Awareness Award in recent years:
2001 Helmut Grünberg.
2001 Robert Frisch (posthumously)
2002 Charlie Peter Charlie
2005 Phil Caswell (posthumously)
2006 Bill Cody
2007 Manfred Hoefs
2008 Dave Mossop
Guidelines:
The goals of the award are to recognize people who have promoted biodiversity awareness and stewardship in the Yukon. Their efforts may have:
- provided contributions that benefit the Yukon
- increased biodiversity awareness and education, and , or
- made a significant contribution that is well demonstrated.
There is no requirement that nominees be Yukon residents however there is an expectation that their contribution benefited Yukon. We request short, written nominations and appreciate any anecdotes or details that nominators can supply that will help us understand the full impact of the nominee's work. Members of the BWG who may be nominated will be considered but will be asked to excuse themselves from the portion of the meeting dealing with the award. More than one annual award may be given.
Listen to an info clip on Yukon biodiversity here (MP3, 363K).
For further information on biodiversity follow some of the links listed below:
Related links (Yukon):
"The Importance of Biodiversity" Your Yukon article
EENorth: Online Guide to Environmental Education Resources for Canada's North
Yukon Department of Environment
Teaching About Biodiversity
Canadian Forestry Association School Kit
Biodiversity...Bio-What? Download overheads and a lesson plan that illustrate six reasons to protect biodiversity.
Why preserve biodiversity? lesson plan (Grades 6-9??)
Biodiversity Basics Downloadable lesson plans (games) from the World Wildlife Federation.
Windows on the Wild Publications Lots more materials from the WWF
Backyard Biodiversity and Beyond Yukon learning resource
Ology: Biodiversity, Everything Counts Kid's page from American Museum of Natural History
Related links (Other):
Convention on Biological Diversity
International Biodiversity Day May 22
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canadian Biodiversity Information Network (CBIN)
Canadian Centre for Biodiversity (Museum of Nature)
Canadian Endangered Species Coalition homepage
Canadian Nature Federation Homepage:
Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS)
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada
International Sites:
Conservation International website
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Convention on Biological Diversity Website
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