(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Paris, 1 December-Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, today presented the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 2016 Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award, for her contribution to conservation. The ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace in London. Yolanda Kakabadse, President of WWF, said that 'Irina leads the way and shows us that protecting natural areas and ecosystems is not anti-development and that it's long-term, robust and sustainable development that benefits people and natural systems. We are not going to develop a just and prosperous future, nor defeat...
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