Bonn, 19 October 2011 - The Report on the 2011 UNEP/CMS Thesis Award on Migratory Species Conservation has been published.

The report includes a summary of the top fourteen theses submitted for consideration. In total, 61 theses were received from 25 different countries representing five continents. The winning thesis authored by Dr. Lucy King dealt with the interaction between the African elephant and the African honeybee. Dr. Franziska Tanneberger with her thesis on the Aquatic Warbler, Dr. J. Grant C. Hopcraft findings on herbivores in the Serengeti and Dr.Christiane Trierweiler’s research on the Montagu Harrier were recognized as laureates.

The Award with its first prize of €10,000 was sponsored by Deutsche Lufthansa, the German airline, and was organized by the CMS Secretariat and the Zoological Museum, Alexander Koenig in Bonn.

Click here for the Report