This report on the results of the "UNEP/CMS Thesis Award 2005" (winner elected 27 July 2005) in Bonn was compiled by Muriel M. Mannert (UNEP/CMS, Bonn) and Dr. Klaus Riede (GROMS, Bonn).
The UNEP/CMS Thesis Award is supported by National Geographic Deutschland and Deutsche Lufthansa. The evaluation of the UNEP/CMS winner was supported by Forschungsmuseum Koenig, Bonn (http://www.museumkoenig.de).