Montreal, December 1, 2004 – ForestLeadership is pleased to announce a new Awards Program to recognize individuals and organizations demonstrating exceptional leadership, communication and collaboration skills.
The ForestLeadership Awards will honor individuals and organizations that inspire and encourage people committed to furthering sustainable forestry at the local, national or international level. The awards will be presented on
March 1, 2005, on the occasion of the ForestLeadership Conference in Toronto.
Awards will be presented for exceptional leadership, exceptional
communication, and exceptional partnership:
-The Leadership Award will recognize an individual for his/her superlative efforts and actions demonstrating leadership, innovation and initiative that further sustainable forestry.
-The Communication Award will recognize an individual who displays
exceptional abilities in articulating and communicating, in writing or verbally, ideas and concepts relating to sustainable forestry.
-The Partnership Award will recognize laudable collaboration between two or more organizations such as conservation groups and forestry corporations. These organizations will exemplify the critical importance of effective partnerships for broadening the practice of sustainable forestry.
Nominations can be made by any individual or organization and the nomination forms can be found and downloaded from the ForestLeadership.com website. For the 2005 awards, only individuals and organizations active in North America
are eligible for the awards. The deadline for nominations is December 31, 2004.
A jury composed of four respected experts in sustainable forestry will decide on the awards. The jury members are: William Rockwell, Partner, The Plum Line; Chair of the Working Group on Sustainability and Forest Certification of the Society of American Foresters; Yvon Poitras, President and CEO - New Brunswick Forest Products Association; former Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly and former government minister; Robin
Clark, Principal of Robin Clark Inc.; Founding Director of Sustainable Forestry & Certification Watch; and John Hagan, Senior Scientist at the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences in Maine.
For details, visit www.ForestLeadership.com