Top conservation awards open for entries

Organised by South African National Parks (SANParks) in partnership with First National Bank (FNB), it offers companies, individuals and community groups to display their work around environment and conservation of natural resources.

According to SANParks' head of communications, Paul Daphne, entering the awards programme holds tangible benefits for entrants. "In addition to receiving a thorough summary of all comments by judges, whether positive or negative, finalists and winners receive widespread exposure, which gives them a definite competitive edge to their peers, particularly around their passion for our parks and to be recognised as the best in the conservation of our biodiversity."

"It is for this reason that we need to celebrate these achievements by paying tribute to those who worked effortlessly in putting our parks on the forefront of conservation."

Five categories

The awards will be made in five different categories.
• Corporate Contribution to Conservation Award
• Environmental Media Contribution to Conservation
• Community Contribution to Conservation
• Environmental Education/Capacity Building award
• Website Community Choice award - this is not adjudicated by the Kudu Awards panel as the SANParks forum moderators create an online poll where the public can vote for the nominees online.

The final date for entries is 26 July 2013. The award winners will be announced at a function in Gauteng in October.

For more information, go to www.sanparks.org/events/kudu_awards.