UNESCO AWARDS RECOGNIZE YOUNG SCIENTISTS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIODIVERSITY

UNESCO AWARDS RECOGNIZE YOUNG SCIENTISTS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO
BIODIVERSITY UNESCO AWARDS RECOGNIZE YOUNG SCIENTISTS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIODIVERSITY
New York, Feb 18 2009 11:10AM
Young scientists from around the world working on projects ranging from
working to conserve mangrove forests in Iran to conserving orchids in Cuba
have been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
(<"http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=29011&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI
ON=201.html">UNESCO) for their work on biodiversity.

Eleven people have been selected as winners of UNESCO's 2009 Man and the
Biosphere (MAB)
<"http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=44591&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTIO
N=201.html">Young Scientist Awards, and they will each receive a cash price
of up to $5,000 for their research on ecosystems and biodiversity focusing
on sustainable interaction between people and their environment.

One of this year's award recipients, Khalid Osman Hiwytala of Sudan, was
recognized for his work on the impact of the Umbararow tribe's border
migration on Dinder Biosphere Reserve, a biosphere reserve situated along
the border to Ethiopia.

Two other winners, Paula Irrazabal and Soledad Contreras of Chile, are being
honoured for their research on the effect of habitat disturbances on mammal
species in Torres del Paine National Park and Biosphere Reserve.

Two scientists - Boshra Salem of Egypt and Gorshkov Yu of Russia - will also
share the Michel Batisse grant, awarded every two years for biosphere
reserve management case studies.

Biosphere reserves are sites taking innovative approaches to conservation,
ecological sciences and sustainable development which are recognized under
UNESCO's MAB Programme. Currently, there are 531 such sites in over 100
countries.

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