The 2014 award is supported by the Wildlife Conservation Network and Joy's family, to whom we are especially grateful.
 
The award supports individuals or teams, from government or from NGOs, who have shown particular dedication and outstanding success in combating saiga poaching over the last 12 months.
 
The applicants were of excellent quality and to recognise their extraordinary achievements we decided to give one main award of $1,000 and two runner-up awards of $750, to be used as the winners choose, to the following three nominees:
 
First prize:  the Anti-poaching team of the Irgiz-Turgay reserve, Kazakhstan

The tireless conservation work of the  Anti-poaching team of the Irgiz-Turgay reserve has contributed to consistent growth in the Betpak-Dala saiga population over the last 7 years.
 
Runner-up:  the Ranger team of the Stepnoi Reserve, Russia

The  Ranger team of the Stepnoi Reserve work in extremely difficult circumstances to provide a safe haven for saiga in the Northwest Pre-Caspian steppe.
 
Runner-up:  Batsaikhan Baljinnyam, State Environmental Inspector, Mongolia

Batsaikhan Baljinnyam's  strong and collaborative leadership has transformed Mongolia's saiga ranger network into a regionally recognised model of law enforcement.

Congratulations to all three winners!