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13    CIC Markhor Award: Request for Proposals

Dr. Rolf Baldus 

The CIC invites nominations for the next Markhor Award

The CIC Administrative Office and the CIC Tropical Game Commission invite nominations for the next CIC Markhor Award. 

The Markhor Award recognizes and celebrates outstanding conservation performance by personalities, private and government institutions, enterprises or conservation projects that link the conservation of biodiversity and human livelihoods through the application of the principles of sustainable use, in particular hunting, as part of wildlife and ecosystem management. The award consists of a Markhor bronze statue and a financial reward. 

The Award will be officially handed over to the prize winner during the he tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties that will take place in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010. 

Proposals, in particular by CIC members and national delegations, must reach the Administrative Office before 15 March 2010. The nomination must be accompanied by a documentation of the achievements. Details of eligibility criteria and the necessary documentation can be obtained from the CIC Administrative Office. The Prize winner is selected on the basis of biodiversity achievement by an international selection committee of personalities from inside and outside the CIC.

For information on the 2008 Markhor Award see: www.cic-wildlife.org/index.php