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Whitley Gold Award
Dr. Fernando Trujillo, atual presidente da SOLAMAC, foi um dos ganhadores do prêmio em 2007. Veja uma das matérias sobre o assunto:
"Whitley Awards were developed to recognise conservation leaders from around the world who are applying sustained effort to conserve the natural environment. Our scope of interest has in the past included, but is not limited to: protecting endangered ecosystems and species, promoting sustainability, and influencing environmental policies."
Para mais informações: http://www.whitleyaward.org/display.php?id=116 -
Oliver P. Pearson Award
Dr. Eduardo R. Secchi, editor chefe da LAJAM, recebeu o prêmio Oliver P. Pearson em 2007.
"This award honors Oliver P. Pearson's remarkable six
decades of work in Latin America and his continual, steadfast support for Latin
American mammalogists of all ages and degrees of professional development. The
award offers financial support to young professional mammalogists who hold
academic or curatorial positions in Latin America, to help them establish or
consolidate their research programs. A single award in the sum of $5,000 will be
given each year. Up to an additional $2,000 are offered for the recipient to
attend the mammal meetings of the year following the award. The funds may be
used to carry out field work, purchase supplies or specialized equipment, attend
scientific meetings, visit collections or other academic institutions, and other
research-related activities.
Applicants may be of any nationality. At the time of application, he or she must
have the following qualifications:
1) a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree conferred within the previous 5 years.
2) an academic (post-doctoral, teaching, curatorial, or other comparable
research-oriented) position in a Latin American institution.
3) membership in the American Society of Mammalogists."
Para mais informações: http://www.mammalsociety.org/committees/indexlatin.asp
Society for Marine Mammalogy's Wood Award
Dra. Susana Caballero received the F.G. Wood Memorial Scholarship for the best student manuscript published in Marine Mammal Science during the past two years. The Award was specifically made for her paper entitled “Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for ‘Tucuxi’ (Sotalia fluviatilis) and ‘Costero’ (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins”, published in April 2007 with co-authors F. Trujillo et al.
"This award is given in honor of Forest
G. Wood, a founder of the Society for Marine Mammalogy who was noted for his
editorial skills. "