Africa Wins Conservation Awards. (Environment)

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The largest award in this year's annual BP Conservation Awards went to a project in Kenya. Other African countries also featured strongly. Stephen Williams attended the awards ceremony.

The annual BP Conservation Programme Awards, an annual event and joint initiative between BP, BirdLife International and Fauna & Flora International, were presented in London on April 19. In total, almost 300 projects were appraised and 19 awards totalling [pounds sterling]125,000 ($180,000) were made. The awards, celebrating their 12th year in 2002, are open to students worldwide and are judged by an international panel of scientists and conservationists. All the projects placed a strong emphasis on the involvement of local communities.

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