This year the Estonian Fund for Nature (SA ELF) granted the Young Conservationist Award (Noore Looduskaitsja Auhind) to Renno Nellis. He has been characterized as a person, who is living and operating for (not off) nature conservation and thus being one of very few of this kind in Estonia.
Renno Nellis (30) is a specialist in conservation biology, Chair of Animal Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu University. His former positions have been as a species conservation specialist in State Nature Conservation Centre, Hiiu-Lääne Region and a nature conservation specialist in State Forest Management Centre. Apart of this Renno Nellis is active in Estonian Ornithological Society (EOÜ) as the chairperson of Monitoring Commission, with special interest in protection of Goshawk (inventories, species protection sites) and monitoring of woodpeckers and shore-based counts. He has actively participated in the workgroup of raptor species monitoring and in the successful project of Tawny Owl – the species of the year 2009.
Furthermore he was coordinating transect counts, analysis and field studies for Breeding Bird Atlas (in preparation). Renno is also coordinating the Estonian Ornithological Society’s point counts project, that is giving the overview of more common birds of Estonia as well.
The purpose of the Young Conservationist Award is to promote viable and conceptual nature conservation in Estonia from generation to generation. This award has formerly been granted to Asko Lõhmus, Peep Mardiste, Marek Sammul, Tarvo Valker, Murel Merivee, Ulvar Käärt and Indrek Tammekänd.
The award was determinated by the Jury, called by Estonian Fund for Nature (Aleksei and Kaja Lotman, Tiit Randla, Mart Jüssi and Indrek Tammekänd). The award is supported by Estonian Nature Tours and Aleksei & Kaja Lotman.
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