The 2018 Lifetime of Conservation Award has gone to Atticus Fleming, former Chief Executive of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, the world’s largest private owner of land for conservation.
Jade Hameister is the AG Young Adventurer of the Year for the second time after becoming the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick.
Overcoming an almost fatal injury, Steve Plain’s incredible completion of the Seven Summits in record time has landed him the Adventurer of the Year award.
Legendary Antarctic explorer Syd Kirkby has won the Lifetime of Adventure award, the AG Society’s highest honour.
Paul Pritchard has taken out this year’s Spirit of Adventure award for his determination to overcome all physical barriers.
Earlier this year 15-year-old Sophia Skarparis started a petition to ban plastic bags in New South Wales.
Working hard to save Dryandra’s numbats, one of only two natural populations of the endangered marsupial left, the Numbat Task Force is this year’s Conservationists of the Year.
One of our most stunning birds urgently needs your help. The regent honeyeater was once plentiful along Australia’s east coast from Brisbane to Adelaide. Now critically endangered, it’s disappeared from SA, is rarely spotted in Queensland and is clinging to survival in small areas of remnant woodland in NSW and Victoria. The main reason for… View Article
Dick Smith AC, patron, David Haslingden, chair, and the trustees and members of the advisory council of the Australian Geographic Society invite you to join them for the 2018 Australian Geographic Society Awards.
The NSW Government’s program committed to securing the future of threatened species across the state is supporting our Conservationist of the Year Award in 2018.