From the rolexawards.com:

The Laureates of the inaugural series of the Young Laureates Programme will be chosen in March 2010 by a panel of distinguished, highly talented individuals. The winners will be announced in April 2010.

Please visit the new Young Laureates programme website to meet the finalists in the inaugural series.

View the list of Jury members here.

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As part of Earthwatch Board of Directors, I visited the leatherback turtle and the sustainable coffee research projects in Costa Rica during January 2010. This group photo of the BOD is at the Golding Research Center where the turtle project is head-quartered. - Dr. Lowman

While in Sydney, Australia for the 3rd ESA Annual Conference, Meg Lowman appeared on ABC Radio National in a segment titled “Canopy explorer shares her story”.  The interview took place on December 4, 2008.

Below are video clips of the various tree canopy access methods.  (Note that the videos do not have sound.)

By Blimp:

By Climbing:

By Walkway:

By Raft:

From Calvin College - Inner Compass:

#819 THE LIFE OF A SCIENTIST MOM (Originally broadcast May 11, 2008)
Field biologist and January Series guest Margaret Lowman has balanced research and family in rainforest treetops around the world. Lowman, author of It’s a Jungle Up There: More Tales from the Treetops, tells host Shirley Hoogstra how her high-reaching adventures grounded her as a mother and advanced forest-canopy research for scientists, indigenous people groups, and the online student community.

Additional video and audio formats of this interview can be found here.

From the Calvin College January Series, Meg Lowman’s talk “It’s a Jungle Up There: Exploration of the Treetops” on 1/15/2008:

Additional video and audio formats of this talk along with more information

From June 2006 on WSLR-LP 96.5 Sarasota, Tim Flannery and Meg Lowman discuss climate change and the need for action.

Video segment from SNN about the problem with invasive reptiles locally, with footage from the recent Invasive Reptile Workshop organized by Dr. Lowman here in Sarasota. Video of the talks at the workshop are available here.

In 2007, Dr. Lowman was featured on the May 31st episode of A Gulf Coast Journal on PBS.  Here is that segment:

You can watch the full episode online here.  From Google Video:

Treetop Traveler: Most of her career has been up in the air–and with good reason. Meg Lowman—a.k.a. Canopy Meg—is a pioneer tree canopy scientist. For 20 years, Meg has traveled the world climbing trees to study the health of our environment from above. Meet this amazing author, educator, adventurer and single mom who helped design Myakka River State Park’s scenic canopy walkway so others can see nature from her point of view.

ABC 7 News did a segment about Ricardo’s visit to Sarasota and the Earth Day festival in April 2008. (Read more)