(plaque stating relevance of the contribution of recipient)

• Award to recognize outstanding contributions in bryodiversity
• Given at each IAB meeting if someone has been selected
• Intended for bryologists who work in developing countries (see list below) and still manage to contribute significantly to the knowledge of bryodiversity in bryophyte-rich areas such as the tropics or smaller regions therein or in bryologically unexplored areas. Recognition should consider such evidence as published work, outside grants and support, and establishment of facilities and collections in areas of need.
• Evaluation committee should include at least three recognized specialists designated by IAB President with approval of Executive Committee, to be appointed at least one year before each IAB meeting.
• Award will be given at most every two years at IAB meeting if committee feels any person is worthy of award.
• Award can be granted only once for each individual.
• Award consist of plaque stating relevance of the contribution of recipient.
• Care should be taken to encompass all geographical areas, with emphasis on bryologists working in high diversity regions or where they are working in isolation and still producing good results.
• In addition to nominations by committee, nominations should be open to all IAB members through Bryological Times or email and must include supporting evidence for nomination.
• List of countries in which nominees should be professionally based: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Recipients:

• Claudio Delgadillo 2009
• Noris Salazar Allen 2011
• Celia Sergio 2013
• Rui-Liang Zhu, 2015. Rui-Liang Zhu, curator at the Biological History Museum (HSNU), and Director of the Department of Plant Sciences, East China Normal University, is one of the world’s leading liverwort experts. His expertise on the morphological evolution, diversity, taxonomy and systematics of liverworts is vast. He is especially recognized as a worldwide authority on the enigmatic leafy liverwort family Lejeuneaceae, which represents the largest liverwort family. During the last two decades he has published over 170 scientific publications, including the beautiful monograph of Lopholejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (Lejeuneaceae). Besides his scientific love for bryophytes he is also engaged in securing bryophyte resources in threatened habitats and promotes bryology as president of the Bryological Society of China as well as vice-president of IAB. In addition, he serves the bryological community as associate editor of various scientific journals such as Cryptogamie Bryologie as well as the flagship journal of IAB, Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution.
• Wagieh El-Saadawi 2017. Dr. El-Saadawii has made significant contributions to our knowledge of the bryophyte flora of the Mediterranean area, in particular of Egypt, Kuwait, UAE, Sudan, Libya, and has continuously promoted bryology in Egypt, by mentoring students and establishing a bryophyte herbarium at Ain Shams University (CAIA).
• Juan Larrain, 2019. Dr. Larraín has had an active field program in Chile for many years, with an emphasis on Chiloé Island, and contributions to the flora New Caledonia and Fiji. Dr. Larrain has worked on both mosses and hepatics. For many years, he has done general bryophyte identification with an emphasis on Chile. His doctoral dissertation was a revision of the Latin American species ofRacomitriumalong with a phylogeny of the genus. On his Field Museum post-doc he worked on the genus Frullania. His work stands out because he uses both specimen-based morphology as well as molecular data to reach conclusions. He actively publishes his results in peer-reviewed journals. Most recently Juan has had post-doctoral funding from the Chilean government. Throughout his time in Chile he has actively worked to improve the herbarium and its holdings at the University of Concepción.
• Li Zhang, 2021 (Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen, China). Dr. Zhang has extensively explored the bryophyte diversity in underexplored regions of China, especially the provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangzhou. In 2006, Dr. Zhang joined the Fairy Lake Botanical Garden and established the bryophyte herbarium, and its exchange program. His taxonomic work in China has included hornworts (Zhang et al. 2011, 2018), Frullania (Zhang in Wu et al. 2012), Fissidens (Zhang 1993, Zhang & Lin 1997, Zhang & Hong 2011), and Hypopterygium (Zhang et al, 2016). He has also published bryophyte floras of Macao (2010), Guangdong (including Hainan) (2013), and inventories of Macao (2009) and Hong Kong (1997, 2003). His publications include the books Higher Plants of China, Vol. 1. Bryophyta (2012) and Higher Plants of China in Color, Vol. 1: Bryophytes (2016), and the first field guide of bryophytes in China, Field Guide of Wild Plants of China: Bryophytes (2016), which are complemented by his superb photography. Dr. Zhang has worked tirelessly to document, communicate, and promote the diversity of bryophytes in China and Hong Kong. We congratulate Li Zhang for his exemplary contributions to Southeast Asian bryology.
• Manju C. Nair, 2023 (University of Calicut, Kerala, India). Dr. Nair has contributed significantly to our understanding of the diversity of the bryophyte flora of the State of Kerala, which currently comprises over 800 species, including 15 recently recognized as new to science, more than 35 new records of occurrence for India, 60 for Peninsular India and 70 for the State of Kerala. She has published more than 75 research papers in national and international journals, and four books, including “Bryophytes of Wayanad in the Western Ghats” and “Bryophytes of Kerala, Volume 1: Liverworts”.

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Stanley Greene Award

• Open only to IAB members.
• Amount normally up to $1,000 US per applicant.
• Grants may be made at any time provided funds are available.
• Grants to be announced on IAB website and BT.
• Priority will be given to projects focusing on rare species, habitats or bryophyte hotspots in high need of conservation actions.
• The proposal should contain: A. description of project; B. its rationale; C, activities; D, budget; E, expected outputs.
• The following points should be noted: Is the species, habitat or hotspot vulnerable, threatened or endangered? If not, does this study intend to collect data for identifying the status of a potentially endangered or threatened species, or is the study species used as a model for a threatened or endangered species, and, if so, please specify how the study will help conservation efforts. Is the species (and possible study) included in the IUCN SSC Bryophyte Action Plan (Hallingbäck & Hodgetts 2000)? Has the conservation significance, impact and outcome of the study been clearly identified and stated? Is there any other commentary on the nature of the threat and corrective action? Is the study, education plan, or other action proposed sound in respect to what is known about the species/ habitat/ people? Is there sound methodology in the proposal? Are there experienced project principals? Is there a training content involving local people?
• Grant applications should be sent to the Chair of the Conservation Committee.
• Additional information can be seen on the IAB website and Conservation Committee web pages.
• The Conservation Committee will recommend applications it deems suitable for funding; the IAB Council will make final approval.
• A Budget Report and Project Report must be submitted within 2 years to Conservation Committee. Any resulting publications must be sanctioned by IAB.
• If a member of the Conservation Committee wishes to apply, that person must have no involvement in the discussions.