Danni Parks

Passionate about grassroots wildlife conservation, Director @WhitleyAwards & Trustee of @WildTeamUK. Views & RT my own.

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

Applications for the #WhitleyAwards 2026 are OPEN 🎉

These aren't just grants – they're career changers. 🧵
👇 Here's what winners get:

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

🌍 Applications are open for the 2026 Whitley Awards!

Our #WhitleyAwards celebrate & fund grassroots conservation leaders protecting people, wildlife & the planet — local action into global impact.

Apply before 31 October: https://t.co/fKeHLAKhF4

#ConservationFunding

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

Join us in congratulating the 2024 Whitley Award winners; outstanding conservation leaders working to protect communities, wildlife and landscapes!
Meet this year's winners & learn more about their projects helping to safeguard our planet's #SharedFuture:
https://t.co/xQjOGNVN8c

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

📢 Less than four weeks to go until the 2024 Whitley Awards!
Tune in via livestream and join us in celebrating the newest cohort of inspiring award winners! 🏆
Watch the full ceremony live on our YouTube channel (@WhitleyAwards) - and follow along using #SharedFuture

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

Relive the key moments and outcomes of WFN’s #PeopleForPlanet Biodiversity Summit. A look back at the exciting the 2-day event, which brought together 11 of the world’s star conservationists and special guests at London’s @Ri_Science

https://t.co/xAgy48A8tA

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

Whitley Award winners put snow leopards and biodiversity on the agenda at @COP28_UAE. See how conservationists spotlighted the connection between nature and climate, as fossil fuel talks go into overtime:
https://t.co/y5mFS1FmNo

[EJ Milner-Gulland @EJMilnerGulland]

What an amazing vidication of #ConservationOptimism! The #saiga was today moved from Critically Endangered to Near-Threatened on the @IUCNRedList Here I share my thoughts on this milestone moment https://t.co/KmQIr2X678

[SCA @SaigaCA]

🌐 Big News: Saiga antelope reclassified from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened by IUCN

🦌 Kudos to @AltynDalaCI, @NABU_de, @TheWCS, @WWF_Mongolia, thanks to donors @USFWS, @PTES, @wildnetorg, @WhitleyNature.

https://t.co/WZLwlzLuoF

#SaigaConservation #ConservationWin

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

APPLY NOW to the 2024 #WhitleyAwards!
Are you a mid-career conservationist ready to scale up science-based, community-led projects in the Global South?

You could win:
🏆 £40,000 in funding
🌎Global recognition
🌐Peer network access

Closes 31 Oct 2023: https://t.co/QHzCFdPWZb

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

We’re pleased to announce our latest cohort of Continuation Funding grant recipients: 11 past #WhitleyAward winners who will receive a total of £700,000 in urgently needed project funding to scale up their work and address new challenges!
#MondayMotivation
https://t.co/3F4lBhvtEY

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

Introducing 'Transforming Conservation: A Practical Guide to Evidence & Decision Making', a new #OpenAccess book by Fellow Prof. @Bill_Sutherland launching TODAY.
We're delighted to have contributed to this important guide to evidence and decision making in conservation & beyond

[Bill Sutherland @Bill_Sutherland]

Delighted to be holding a copy of this book - so pleased with it.
Download free on Wednesday https://t.co/1143NtJ481.
Launch 4pm Wednesday with 6 ten-minute talks by Tony Juniper, Mark Burgman, Harriet Downey, Jonny Hughes, Nancy Ockendon, and me. https://t.co/5Yusjan8uT.

[Emily Lakdawalla @elakdawalla]

Ladyfriends and gentledorks, please allow me to present: this shirt.

[Dr Deborah Harkness (PhD, LHD) @DebHarkness]

As a historian of the first Elizabethan Age, I am overwhelmed to be in London at this historical moment. 16th-century Elizabethans would have looked for signs. This double rainbow appeared over Buckingham Palace just moments before the Queen's death was announced. 📷: Reuters

[Danni Parks @Danni_Parks]

Application to the @WhitleyAwards 2023 is now open! Apply below ⬇️ & join us for our 30th anniversary celebrations next spring 🎉 #WhitleyAwards #conservation #grants #funding #training #capacitybuilding

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

#WhitleyAward winners receive:

🏆 £40,000 project funding
🏆 International media spotlight
🏆 Training
🏆 Peer network of over 200 alumni in 80 countries
🏆 Eligibility for further funding

#Conservationists Find everything you need to apply here 👉 https://t.co/QHzCFdPWZb

[Danni Parks @Danni_Parks]

WFN is working with @ConservEvidence to support a culture of evidence use in #conservation. Take a 👀 at this short 📽️from @Cambridge_Uni ft @Bill_Sutherland & @WhitleyAwards winner @IroroTanshi on the importance of using evidence when designing & implementing enviro projects

[Conservation Evidence @ConservEvidence]

Our film featuring Sir David Attenborough, Iolo Williams, @Bill_Sutherland about the ‘evidence emergency’ and how evidence-based conservation can reverse this. Meet people already using and contributing to @ConservEvidence @ConservEvidJour @Cambridge_Uni https://t.co/GHKtSgLL3v

[Whitley Fund for Nature @WhitleyAwards]

⏰Tomorrow is our job app deadline! To realise our ambition of raising more money for south-south collaboration between 200 #WhitleyAward alumni we're hiring:

🟠Head of Communications
🟠Grants & Networks Officer
🟠Fundraising Officer
🟠Operations Manager

https://t.co/TchHQUw00y

[Danni Parks @Danni_Parks]

Proud to be supporting #Ukrainian @WhitleyAwards winner 🇺🇦@bohdan_prots & join him on @BBCRadio4's @Costingtheearth as he speaks to @tomheapmedia about the environment as a silent victim of war & his work to #rewild the #Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Listen: https://t.co/vA1avdP53Z

[Danni Parks @Danni_Parks]

Beyond the Ceremony @WhitleyAwards provide funding, training & profile to help winners forge connections with NGOs, supporters, WFN's team, & with each other. It's the start of our journey & we're looking forward to following their progress! A run down ⬇️ https://t.co/Ws507I3JMf

[Danni Parks @Danni_Parks]

A month later media coverage of the 2022 @WhitleyAwards winners is still flooding in, opening policy-making doors, accelerating careers, putting a spotlight on impt #conservation issues & helping catalyse impact. A summary of the top hits so far... https://t.co/eiuMczOdfK