Vojtech Novotny was awarded Marsh Award for Insect Conservation
Professor Vojtěch Novotný was awarded the Marsh Award for Insect Conservation for his outstanding contribution to insect conservation on the basis of lifetime achievement.
This Award is run by Marsh Christian Trust in partnership with the Royal Entomological Society and recognises an outstanding contribution to the field of insect conservation. The Award is given every year on the basis of ‘lifetime achievement’, or ‘considerable and exemplary contribution’ to a significant project or undertaking.
Vojtech Novotny is an entomologist at the Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences and internationally renowned tropical insect ecologist. He divides his time between the Czech Republic and the New Guinea Binatang Research Centre (BRC), near Madang, Papua New Guine (PNG), where he has led the conservation of large areas of tropical forest and supported local scientists and the community towards the sustainable support of the environment with its rich insect communities. Professor Novotny has directed BRC since the 1990's and has built the country's premier field research facility.
