2024 AOS Conservation Practitioner Award to Nestor Fariña and Olga Esther Villaba

作者：Anna D. Chalfoun, Patricia A McGill, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Jeffrey R. Walters, Nicole L. Michel, Scott R. Loss, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Arvind O. Panjabi, Stanley E Senner, Kristen Ruegg, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Andrew J. F. Cox, Sarah W. Kendrick, Camila Gómez, Alejandra Martínez‐Salinas, Angelina Ruiz Sanchez · 发表于：Ornithological Applications · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1093/ornithapp/duae046 · 研究领域：Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond

Nestor Fariña Olga Esther Villaba The American Ornithological Society (AOS) Conservation Awards honor individuals or groups who have made exceptional contributions to conservation through applied research, on-the-ground conservation efforts, education, or partnership building. The Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award was initiated in 2005, and the Conservation Practitioner Award in 2023. These two awards allow the AOS to recognize a broader range of critical conservation activities, from science to action. Now in its second year since its inception, the AOS Conservation Practitioner Award recognizes individuals or groups of biologists at any stage of their career for outstanding work in government agencies (from municipal, state, provincial, federal, or international levels) or nongovernmental organizations to further the conservation of birds. This award acknowledges the planning, on-the-ground, or day-to-day work of dedicated professionals addressing avian conservation issues at a local or regional scale. Nestor Fariña and Olga Esther Villaba are jointly awarded the 2024 AOS Conservation Practitioner Award. Nestor Fariña graduated as a park ranger technician from the Faculty of Forest Sciences of the National University of Misiones (Argentina), and since then he has dedicated himself to participating in different research and conservation projects, including “Proyecto Selva de Pino Paraná” and “Proyecto Atajacaminos.” Currently and for 15 years he has been a park ranger at...