2025 Awards

We are delighted to announce the 2025 CIEEM Awards shortlist. We look forward to our awards ceremony on Friday 20 June 2025.

Award
Project/Individual
In Practice

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Do survey licenses for otter support best practice? by Pat White FCIEEM and Melanie Findlay MCIEEM
Distance effects on detection rates in wind farm vantage point surveys and their implications for collision risk modelling by Tom Gittings MCIEEM
Archaeological Discovery: An Ecologist’s Perspective from Scotland by Peter Cosgrove FCIEEM

Postgraduate Student Project

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Hugo Hunt
Joshua McIlroy
Linda Butterfield

Higher Education Programme of the Year

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BSc Zoology, University of Derby
MSc Wildlife and Conservation Management, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

Promising Professional

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Alan Yap
Charlie Lee
Poppy McDermott ACIEEM
Sky Wallis ACIEEM

Member of the Year

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Steve Pullan CEnv CEcol FCIEEM
Dr Tim Graham MCIEEM

NGO Impact

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National Forest Improvement Grant Scheme funded by Severn Trent’s Great Big Nature Boost
Unlocking Biodiversity

Climate and Nature Action 2030

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 Martina Girvan CEcol FCIEEM
The Royal Parks Grassland Monitoring Study

Best Practice Innovation

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Biodiversity Net Gain and Reptiles
Optimising invasive non-native plant management in large projects: HS2 in the Colne Valley
Project Juniper
The Royal Parks Grassland Monitoring Study

Best Practice Stakeholder Engagement

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Co-creating Readings Climate Emergency response 2025-2030
TBC

Best Practice Knowledge Sharing

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Beyond Biodiversity Net Gain
HS2 – High-frequency noise recording for evidence-based bat impact assessments
Red Kites and Welsh Wind Farms
Site Safety Training For Ecologists

Best Practice Small-Scale Practical Nature Conservation

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Deptford Pink Conservation – Former DERA Site Chobham Common
TBC

Best Practice Large-Scale Practical Nature Conservation

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Clough Woodlands
Community Green Grant
Unstead Wetland Nature Reserve at Godalming Sewage Treatment Works

Best Practice Small-Scale Project Mitigation, Compensation and Enhancement

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Kinneil Kerse Landfill Restoration
TBC

Small Consultancy of the Year

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Focus Environmental Consultants
NatureBureau Ltd
O’Donnell Environmental Ltd
Wildwood Ecology

Medium Consultancy of the Year

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Bowland Ecology Ltd
BSG Ecology
JBA Consulting Ltd

Large Consultancy of the Year

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AECOM
AtkinsRéalis
RSK Biocensus Ltd
Tetra Tech

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