THE STANFORD BRIGHT AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN HONOR OF MARIA AZHUNOVA (2020) AND INDIA LOGAN-RILEY (2021)

5:00 pm – Reception
5:30 pm – Award Presentation and Remarks
6:00 pm – Panel Discussion on Indigenous Conservation

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The panel discussion will focus on the challenges and opportunities around implementing Indigenous conservation approaches around the world, outlining a path forward that incorporates Indigenous rights and knowledge.  With climate changes already causing devastating impacts, and with over 80% of the world’s biodiversity occurring on Indigenous lands, respecting and reviving Indigenous conservation practices will be critical for protecting future ecosystem health and mitigating climate impacts.

 

Maria Azhunova 2020 Bright Award Winner Director of the Land of Snow Leopard Network and Program Director of the Baikal Buryat Center for Indigenous Cultures	India Logan-Riley 2021 Bright Award Winner Co-Founder of Te Ara Whatu	Greg Dalton (moderator) Founder and Host of Climate One	Brook Thompson Environmental Engineering Graduate student at Stanford and environmental justice activist

The Bright Award was created by a gift from Raymond E. Bright, Jr., JD ’59 in 2007 on behalf of his late wife, Marcelle, and himself. Mr. Bright died in 2011. Under the terms of his gift, the Bright Award is given annually to an “individual who has made significant contributions in the environmental preservation and sustainability area” and is awarded to an individual from one of ten rotating regions. The regions the winners have been chosen from since the award’s inception are: South Asia; the Middle East; West Asia; Africa; Europe; South America; and North America. For more information about the Stanford Bright Award, visit www.brightaward.edu.