Fred M. Packard Award

The IUCN WCPA Fred M. Packard Award is an international merit award which is made by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to individuals or groups in recognition of "outstanding service to protected and conserved areas" across the globe.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The award is named for the individual who served as the Secretary to the World Commission on Protected Areas in the early 1970s. Packard initially established the award in recognition of the "valour" of field wardens fighting and at times losing their lives to poachers in the course of conservation work, mostly in the developing world. At the third World National Parks Congress in Bali, 1982 the award was expanded to include people and organisations who have "contributed to protected areas far above and beyond the call of duty".[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Packard Recipients was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Conservation award: collective recognition for protected areas work in Brazil and worldwide". WWF. Oct 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Dr Graeme Worboys, May 6, 1950 - September 28, 2020". Canberra Times. September 2020.
  4. ^ "Conservationist wins international award for his work". Calgary Herald. November 2014.
  5. ^ "A Walk in the Park". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. December 2004.
  6. ^ "CCAE Co Chair David (Dave) Mackinnon received the IUCN WPCA Fred M. Packard International Award". The Canadian Council of Ecological Areas. April 2021.
  7. ^ IUCN (1991-11-01). "International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - 18th General Assembly, 1991". Proceedings of the IUCN Annual General Assembly. 18: 205.