From the very beginning, DICE’s mission has been to build capacity in the conservation sector by providing relevant and interdisciplinary training for the next generation of researchers and practitioners. We now have over 1,600 alumni from 106 countries, many of them playing important conservation roles across the world.
Prize winners
Our alumni have been awarded a number of national honours and international conservation prizes:
Dr Inogwabini Bila-Isia: UNESCO Young Scientist Award; National Geographic/Buffet Award for Leadership in African Conservation
Dr Erika Cuellar: Whitley Award for Nature
Dr Laury Cullen: Whitley Gold Award; Rolex Enterprise Award
Dr Arnaud Desbiez: Whitley Award for Nature
Dr Gerardo Garcia : Sabin Conservation Prize
Sanjay Gubbi: Carl Zeiss Wildlife Conservation Award; Whitley Award for Nature
Rachel Ikemeh: Whitley Award for Nature
Dr Winnie Kiiru: Order of the Grand Warrior
Daniel Letoiye: Whitley Award for Nature
Nick Marx: Royal Order of Sahametrei, Government of Cambodia
Dr Patrícia Medici: Harry Messel Conservation Leadership Award; Whitley Award for Nature; Future For Nature Award; Whitley Gold
Dr Cheryl Mvula: Member of the British Empire
Dr Benson Okita-Ouma: Moran of the Burning Spear, Kenya
Dr Susanna Paisley: Whitley Award for Nature
Edwin Sabuhoro: IUCN/WCPA Young Conservationist Award; President Obama, Young African Leader
Dr Samia Saif: Future For Nature Award
Dr Ian Singleton: Order of the British Empire
Belinda Stewart-Cox: Order of the British Empire
Simson Uri-Khob: Namibia Nature Foundation’s Environmental Award; Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa, Tusk Trust
Hugo van der Westhuizen: Bruno-H. Schubert Prize
Dr Diogo Verissimo: IUCN Commission on Communication and Education Young Professional Award