The 2022 Dissertation Award was given to Victor Hyde who obtained a 1st in his BSc (Hons) Environmental Science degree at Bournemouth University.
Victor’s dissertation was entitled “An analysis and review of the monitoring and assessment of macronutrient pollution in English Rivers. Case study: The Lower Hampshire Avon.”
Victor’s dissertation focused on nutrient pollution of rivers and concentrated on the Hampshire Avon chalk river. He addressed a fundamental research gap in this field, examining the state of nutrient pollution monitoring and assessment in English rivers.
Previous awards…
VCT Conservation Award 2022
The VCT Conservation Award 2022 was awarded to Wessex Rivers Trust & Wild Trout Trust, for their Upper River Test River Restoration Project.The Wessex Rivers Trust and Wild Trout Trust were jointly recognised for a project aimed at significantly improving habitat...
VCT Conservation Award 2021
We were delighted to award Dennis Bright the VCT Conservation Award 2021, for his work in Barn Owl Conservation.Dennis Bright has always had a real interest in birds and nearly 30 years ago, when moving to Hampshire, he followed his life-long passion by volunteering...
VCT Conservation Award 2019
Angus Menzies was the proud winner of the 2019 VCT Conservation Award in recognition of his services to fresh water ecology, particularly through the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative.Previous awards...