Cambridge University Reporter


Notice of a benefaction

15 June 2009

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that she has received with gratitude the following benefactions from the Arcadia Fund, each to be received over a period of five years:

(i) a benefaction of £333,500, of which both income and capital may be used, to support research into evidence-based conservation in the Department of Zoology;

(ii) benefactions totalling £1.834m, of which both income and capital may be used, to support the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), a collaborative partnership created by the University of Cambridge and leading conservation organizations including, the Cambridge Conservation Forum, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Fauna and Flora International, BirdLife International, Traffic International, Tropical Biology Association, the RSPB, British Trust for Ornithology, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature. A portion of the benefaction will be used to support the new position of Executive Director of CCI.