The Indianapolis Zoological Society honors primatologist Fanny Cornejo with inaugural Emerging Conservationist Award.
Fanny Cornejo, the leader of an organization working to develop healthy ecosystems for the rare yellow-tailed wooly monkey and other wildlife in Peru, is the winner of the inauguralThe new award recognizes and supports the work of an early career conservationist.
“There were still so many new species to describe, new species of monkeys out there,” Cornejo said, recalling her decision to refocus her major. “Peru is a dream place, it’s amazing but a little sad there is still so much to do. So, I shifted focus onto the wildlife of Peru and the Amazon and Andes.”
“It’s the largest animal and probably critically endangered,” Cornejo said. “It lives in the most disturbed ecosystem in Peru: the tropical Andes.” It can be easy to talk about how they can help communities, but what is most satisfying to Cornejo is Yunkawasi’s ability to give communities the tools and leadership to continue conservation initiatives as her organization hands over the reins.
Winning the inaugural Emerging Conservationist prize through the Indianapolis Prize will help Cornejo and Yunkawasi to scale up and show the world they can make it happen, she said.
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