Conservation Science Awards

BBVA PanelThe BBVA Foundation, sponsored by the BBVA bank group based in Madrid, Spain, annually awards an international prize worth 500,000 Euro. This prize for the best Scientific Research in Ecology and Conservation Biology recognizes the contribution of scientists who have significantly advanced the boundaries of theoretical, methodological, or empirical knowledge. The BBVA Foundation also sponsors an annual public scientific debate about key issues, which in 2007 was about trajectories of coastal ecosystems, hosted by Dr. Carlos Duarte. Dr. Bill Dennison contributed to the 2007 debate and has joined the international judging panel for the Scientific Research in Ecology and Conservation Biology prize and will be traveling to Madrid in January for deliberations on the 2008 prize.