Biodiversity Alliance
Cleveland Botanical Garden | Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo/Cleveland Zoological Society | The Holden Arboretum
One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is finding an appropriate balance between the conservation of biodiversity and meeting the needs of a growing human population.
Biodiversity Alliance recognizes that ex situ conservation centers – botanical gardens, natural history museums, zoological parks, and arboreta – are uniquely positioned to conduct research necessary to conserve biodiversity and to educate a large audience about their role in the environment. By bringing together the resources of four Cleveland organizations with overlapping conservation, research, and educational goals, Biodiversity Alliance will provide a coordinated approach to research and education.
Biodiversity Alliance Mission
To conserve biodiversity and natural environments as part of the local and global conservation communities.
Biodiversity Alliance Vision
To become a national center of excellence for research and conservation that models how to leverage local institutional resources, inform professionals, students, and the general public and has significant environmental impact locally and globally.
To learn more about Biodiversity Alliance partners also visit:
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Cleveland Zoological Society
The Holden Arboretum
For more information about Biodiversity Alliance, please contact:
Cathi Lehn, Ph.D., Conservation Program Coordinator, clehn@cbgarden.org
Northeast Ohio Environmental Awards
Dominion Resources and Biodiversity Alliance are proud to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Northeast Ohio Environmental Awards. The awards program recognizes and honors the outstanding achievements of organizations, businesses and individuals in a wide range of environmental initiatives throughout the region and pays tribute to those that have demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence, leadership and accomplishment in their respective fields.
At an awards ceremony on Friday, October 2, 2009, awards will be offered in the following categories:
• Community
• Business
• Primary/Secondary Education
• Higher Education
The awards are open to any group, program, organization, business or individual located and working in Northeast Ohio. Nominations can be made by the person or persons involved in the activity or by a third party and must address activities or initiatives that were in place in 2008. Successful nominees will demonstrate some measure of results achieved and/or impact of the activities. All nominations will be evaluated by an independent panel of judges.
All finalists will be honored at an awards ceremony to be held at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Friday, October 2, 2009. Award winners will be presented with a plaque and a cash award of $2,500 during the ceremony.
Nomination Information
Visit www.biodiversityalliance.org for nomination materials and information about the 2007 and 2008 winners.