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2020 Programme
Welcome
Thank you for joining us for the conservation leaders dedicating
2020 Tusk Conservation Awards. their lives to preserving the natural
Now in its eighth year, this is world; each of them, extraordinary
the first time that the Awards individuals, who are winning important
ceremony is a purely virtual event conservation battles against the odds
on account of the restrictions across the African continent.
imposed by Covid-19.
As ever we owe a huge debt of
gratitude to our sponsors, in particular
This has been an extraordinary
our headline partner Ninety One. We
year for us all, a year in which we
would also like to recognise the very
have commemorated Tusk’s 30th
generous funding received from The
anniversary in the midst of a global
Nick Maughan Foundation, which has
pandemic and lockdowns. The turmoil
allowed us to more than double the
has had an unprecedented impact on
grant support that comes with each of
Africa; not so much from the virus
these awards. To all our co-sponsors
itself, but from the economic crisis
and donors, Land Rover, ISPS Handa,
it has precipitated, especially from
Fortemus Films and Maia Films, EJF
the collapse in tourism. Across the
Philanthropies, Patrick Mavros, Mantis
continent, our project partners have
Group, Shelton Fleming, Ethiopian
had to cut their budgets, reducing
Airlines and John Smith, we thank you
staffing and salaries, prioritising law
all for your invaluable support without
enforcement, and postponing vital
which these awards would not be
development projects.
possible.
We are incredibly grateful to all our
While we had hoped to be able to
supporters who have rallied behind
celebrate in person, we now have the
us and given generously to our Crisis
wonderful opportunity to bring the
Appeal and raised much needed funds
Tusk Awards to you, wherever you are
through the Wildlife Ranger Challenge
in the world. We hope you find it both
and the Virtual Lewa Safari Marathon.
entertaining and inspirational.
This support has provided a critical
lifeline to the men and women working
on the frontline of conservation.
Tonight with our Royal Patron, HRH
The Duke of Cambridge, we celebrate Charlie Mayhew MBE
and recognise some of Africa’s unsung Chief Executive, Tusk Trust
The Schedule
6.00pm GMT Award ceremony
hosted by BBC Presenter Kate Silverton
Introduction to the Tusk Conservation Awards 2020
Introduction to Tusk Award finalist George Owoyesigire
by Emma, Lady Bath
The Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award
introduced by Bear Grylls OBE and presented by
HRH The Duke of Cambridge, KG KT
Roll of honour and performance
by best-selling singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti
Introduction to Tusk Award finalist Ian Stevenson
by Beatrice Karanja
The Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa
presented by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, KG KT
Introduction to Tusk Award finalist John Kamanga
by Liz Bonnin
The Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa
presented by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, KG KT
6.50pm Closing remarks
by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, KG KT
7.00pm Ceremony ends
Watch the 2020 Tusk Conservation Awards Ceremony at
www.tuskawards.com and join in with #NotOnTheirWatch
The Awards
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The annual Tusk Conservation The Tusk Award for
Awards were established in Conservation in Africa
2013 in partnership with Ninety
Sponsored by Land Rover, this is for
One and in conjunction with
an individual who is judged to be an
HRH The Duke of Cambridge, to
emerging leading conservationist,
recognise and shine a spotlight in recognition of their outstanding
on the work of some truly success shown in their chosen field.
remarkable men and women The three finalists are previewed on
committed to preserving Africa’s the following pages. The winner will
unique natural heritage. be announced during the ceremony
and will receive a grant of £75,000
towards their work. The two finalists
The Prince William Award for will each receive a grant of £20,000,
Conservation in Africa one of which has been sponsored by
Sponsored by Ninety One, this is a EJF Philanthropies.
lifetime achievement award, given
to a distinguished individual for
their outstanding dedication and
exceptional continued contribution to
conservation in Africa. The winner will
be announced during the ceremony
and will receive a grant of £100,000
towards their work.
The Tusk Wildlife Ranger
Award
This award gives international
recognition to the dedication
and commitment of an individual
who works in the field to protect
Official WLTP Fuel Consumption Figures for the Defender range (excluding PHEV) in mpg
Africa’s wildlife. The award is being
(I/100km): Combined 22.0 - 32.8 (12.8 - 8.6). CO₂ Emissions 289 – 226 g/km. PHEV in mpg sponsored by The Nick Maughan
(l/100km): Combined 71.9 - 85.3 (3.9 - 3.3). CO₂ Emissions 88 - 74g/km. The figures provided Foundation. The winner will be
are as a result of official manufacturer’s tests in accordance with EU legislation. For comparison announced during the ceremony
purposes only. Real world figures may differ. CO₂ and fuel economy figures may vary according and will receive a grant of £30,000
to factors such as driving styles, environmental conditions, load, wheel fitment and towards their work.
accessories fitted.
George Ian
Owoyesigire Stevenson
Uganda Zambia
Tusk Award for Conservation
in Africa Finalist 2020
Starting as a Field Ranger, George
“
Poverty is one of the principal causes
of environmental degradation,
poaching and the illegal wildlife
trade. Unless people strike a balance
Tusk Award for Conservation
in Africa Finalist 2020
Ian Stevenson’s work and leadership
“
We’ve got to try to maintain those big
ecosystems without all the fences,
and without all the barriers and the
borders. Then, I think elephants have
”
Owoyesigire has risen the ranks between the costs and the benefits, in the Lower Zambezi has led to an got a very good possibility of survival
to Deputy Director for Community they won’t want to be helping wildlife. impressive and dramatic decline into the future.
Conservation at the Uganda Wildlife in elephant poaching. His passion
”
The issue we need to confront is
Authority. has seen him dedicate his life to
promoting livelihood enterprises.
conservation in the region, bringing
Throughout his career, he has been a together a team of capable Zambians
passionate and dependable advocate to help advance his vision as CEO of
for communities living near wildlife. His Conservation Lower Zambezi.
foremost intervention of bee-keeping
for human-elephant conflict mitigation Thinking beyond any single species,
has changed lives around Uganda’s his calling has been to protect and
Kibale National Park. Not only has it conserve the Lower Zambezi as an
deterred elephants from raiding crops ecosystem. Only then, he believes,
and destroying property, it has also will elephants and other iconic species
generated much-needed income for have a chance of survival. With
poor rural communities through the sustainability at the forefront of his
sale of honey, single-handedly turning efforts, Ian has built critically beneficial
around community attitudes towards linkages with Zambia’s Department of
conservation. National Parks and Wildlife, ensuring
thousands from communities
A versatile conservationist, he is as surrounding conservation areas can
comfortable in a community meeting benefit from tourism.
as he is drafting policy. He has been
key to the formulation of national His dedication has also seen him
policy for the management of human- establish environmental education
wildlife conflict, ensuring communities and community engagement
and wildlife can continue to co-exist programmes, reaching thousands of
with mutual benefit. students in some of the most rural
communities surrounding the Lower
Zambezi National Park.
John Hipólito
Kamanga Lima
Kenya São Tomé and Príncipe
Tusk Award for Conservation
in Africa Finalist 2020
John Kamanga is a grassroots
conservation leader who has dedicated
“
Communities have been, and will
continue to be, the custodians of
wildlife. However, we have to give
them the tools for today. We’re living
in the 21st century, where things
Prince William Award for
Conservation in Africa Winner
2020
The third son of one of the main sea
“My philosophy of life is to work hard
and to dedicate my life restoring
and preserving what my father once
destroyed to give a better life to my
family and to involve them in all sea
”
his career to developing a vision for turtle hunters in the north of São
”
have changed, where there are turtle conservation actions, in order
the co-existence of pastoralists and Tomé Island, Hipólito Lima spent
different economic pressures. to build a family of environmental
wildlife. His conservation philosophy his childhood watching his father
conservationists.
draws on indigenous traditions, while catch turtles, and eating their meat
incorporating modern realities and and eggs. Things changed when he
conservation opportunities. saw a turtle nesting for the first time.
Her persistence and vulnerability
As a founder and director of SORALO, motivated Hipólito to protect them.
a unique organisation representing
16 Maasai communities living across Hipólito has dedicated 26 years of
several million hectares in Kenya, his his life to sea turtle conservation as a
vision is helping protecting one of beach ranger, protecting females and
Kenya’s most critical conservation their nests, monitoring the beaches,
areas. In a country where a significant training local rangers, and empowering
amount of wildlife lives outside local communities to become turtle
protected areas, John’s work at guardians and conservation leaders.
SORALO has been a blueprint in
empowering communities and His leadership and communication
equipping them with the modern tools skills were crucial in getting the
to conserve wildlife. government to pass the first national
legal framework to protect sea turtles
John’s ability to promote and in 2014. This introduced a complete
articulate the role of communities in ban on the capture, possession, and
conservation has been second to sale of all sea turtle species and their
none. His vision of conservation in by-products, as well as disturbance of
Kenya is truly collaborative and driven nesting habitats.
by local communities safeguarding
some of Kenya’s most important
conservation areas.
Amos
The Nick Maughan
Foundation is proud
Gwema
to sponsor
Zimbabwe The Tusk
“
Wildlife Ranger
The Tusk Wildlife
Award Winner 2020
Ranger When I see wildlife endangered or
harmed I blame myself. I owe my Award 2020
”
great grandchildren this wildlife.
Over the past 15 years, Amos Gwema They should also enjoy it in their
has convicted more poachers of lifetime.
any other park officer in Zimbabwe. This year more than ever, the men and women
Through his integrity, persistence working on the frontlines of conservation need
and resolve, he has helped the
judicial authorities take wildlife crime our support. Tusk is doing exemplary work
seriously, arranging extra training for to ensure their efforts do not become
local magistrates and prosecutors. another casualty of the pandemic.
This has resulted in a remarkable
conviction rate of 68% (252 guilty
verdicts from 369 arrests) and a The Nick Maughan Foundation supports education,
substantial reduction in illegal wildlife the environment and disenfranchised communities
trade.
Amos’s greatest achievement has
been the significant reduction in
elephant poaching in Hwange
National Park. This vast reserve is
half the size of Belgium and home
to 35,000 elephants, yet is patrolled
by fewer than 50 active rangers.
However, Amos’s gathering of reliable
intelligence in the rural community
areas has helped him make the
necessary arrests. The two ringleaders
of organised elephant poaching in
Hwange are both now serving nine
years in jail, and elephant poaching
has reduced from over 300 in 2013 to #TuskAwards
25 in 2019. #NotOnTheirWatch
Jack
Savoretti
Jack Savoretti has earned
a reputation as one of the
UK’s standout male singer-
songwriters.
He has released six studio albums to
date, the last of which – Singing to
Strangers released last year – became
his first no.1 on the UK Albums Chart.
Prior to that he had two gold records
in a row, with both Written in Scars
(2015) and Sleep No More (2016)
achieving more than 100,000 sales. In
SUPPORTS 2018, he featured on Kylie Minogue’s
album Golden, where he dueted with
her on the song Music’s Too Sad
Without You.
Jack became Tusk Ambassador
after performing at Tusk’s 2017 Ball
in Camden’s Roundhouse, and we
are thrilled to have him perform again
tonight.
Today, we are confronted with the undeniable truth -
the vulnerability of nature, humanity, and our planet. Now
Dr Haruhisa Handa RT Hon Sir John Key Enda Kenny
more than ever, ISPS Handa is proud to support Tusk’s vital ISPS FOUNDER ISPS PATRON & ISPS PATRON &
work in conservation and education around the world, for the AND CHAIRMAN FORMER PRIME FORMER TAOISEACH
MINISTER OF OF IRELAND
protection of our most magnificent species. NEW ZEALAND
www.ispsinternational.com
#ISPSHANDA
Human-kind Acknowledgements
In a world often torn by division and
partisanship, the big challenges can
seem daunting. But when the chips
We can do this are down, the best in humankind
shines through.
Climate change and conservation
are two big challenges. The Tusk
conservation effort is a beautiful
example of individuals and
communities, the world over, We would like to thank the following individuals
going above and beyond. Coming
and companies for their very kind help and
together, when it really matters.
support with this event.
At Shelton Fleming, we believe in
humankind. We are proud to be Abercrombie & Kent Phil Granell Ninety One
helping Tusk and Ninety One get Clem Bartram Andrew Greener Imogen Patton
the climate and conservation
message across to the world.
Emma, Lady Bath Bear Grylls OBE Tristan Phipps
Liz Bonnin Shannon Harris Charlotte Pool
Rory Bremner Emily Hill Rhimani UK
Rob Brett Rob Hill Mary Rice
Visit www.sheltonfleming.com
James Bugden Alex Hobern Lorraine Rogers
Dr Susan Canney Ben Horsell Eavan Ryan
Amelia Clark Amy Hunting Kara Sahota
Capture Communications ISPS Handa Jack Savoretti
Teresa Crook Jaguar Land Rover Chris Sharland
David Yarrow Photography Katherine Jenkins OBE Shelton Fleming
Sam Davies Rob Jowers Rachel Riley
The Draycott Hotel Ali Kaka Kate Silverton
Hendrik du Toit Beatrice Karanja Harry Skeggs
EJF Philanthropies Saskia Leuchars Graham Smith
Sasha Ella Josephine Llewellen John Smith
Ethiopian Airlines Palmer Ed Stafford
Rachel Field Emily Lovell Steven Stone
Elaine Foran Mantis Group Alice Theobold
Fortemus Films and Maia Sarah Marshall Adam Vallance
Films The Nick Maughan Zoe Ware
Kindy French Foundation
Wendy Watta
Simone Friedman Alexander Mavros
Fallon White
Jeremy Gardiner Patrick Mavros
Nigel Winser
Paul and Abagail Gardiner Deborah Meaden
Laura Wood
Adrian and Shirley Niko Michault
Levison Wood
Gardiner Midori Miyazaki
Iain Graham Steve Mytton
Who is your
Conservation Hero?
Tusk Conservation Awards 2021
Do you know someone who The judges assess the nominees’
deserves recognition for the outstanding contribution towards
amazing conservation work any, or all, of the following areas:
wildlife and habitat conservation,
they do in Africa?
development and delivery of
Have the lives of the people and wildlife environmental education, and
of Africa been improved through their sustainable community development
leadership? Have they had a significant programmes designed to enhance
impact on wildlife population numbers? conservation. The closing date for
Do they provide mentorship? Have nominations is 20th March 2021.
their ideas been replicated across the
Nominations open in January at
continent, or should they be?
www.tuskawards.com
If the answer is yes to any of these then
nominate them for the Tusk
SIMPLY AFRICA Goma
Conservation Awards
2021.
Harare
ETHIOPIAN IS PROUD Beira
Bujumbura
Cairo
Malawi
Dar es Salaam
TO SUPPORT Lubumbashi
Gaborone
Djibouti
Entebbe
Kinshasa
Tusk Conservation Awards 2020 Brazzaville Hargeisa
Cape Town Juba
Johannesburg Kilimanjaro
Lilongwe Kigali
Lusaka Khartoum
Maputo Mombasa
Ndola Nairobi
Madagascar N'Djamena
Pointe-Noire Seychelles
Victoria Falls Zanzibar
Windhoek Mogadishu
Garowe
www.ethiopianairlines.comWe have helped pioneer a wide The collapse in tourism and other
range of successful conservation revenue is threatening rural livelihoods
initiatives across more than and conservation efforts, leading to
20 countries, increasing vital increased poaching and habitat loss.
protection for over 70 million With little chance of local economies
or tourism recovering for a long time,
hectares of land and more than 40
our project partners expect 2021 to be
threatened species.
Over 30 years, Tusk their hardest year yet.
The conservation projects we support
has supported forward- provide not just protection for Africa’s
We must do all we can to help them
protect jobs and livelihoods, and to
thinking and successful wildlife, but livelihoods and wellbeing continue their vital work.
for thousands. Sadly, the impact that
conservation work in COVID-19 is already having in Africa Donate now at
Africa.
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