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The Rufford Foundation, formerly the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation, is a trust based in the United Kingdom that funds nature conservation projects by small or medium-sized organizations in developing countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Foundation )〕 ==History== The present foundation was the result of a merger in August 2003 between the Rufford Foundation and the Maurice Laing Foundation. Sir Maurice Laing (1918–2008) established the Maurice Laing Foundation in June 1972, while his son John Hedley Laing established the Rufford Foundation in June 1982. The Maurice Laing Foundation used to support research into complementary health treatments. This is no longer an area of focus for the present foundation.〔 The Rufford Small Grants Foundation provides Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Foundation )〕 It was established in 2007, providing grants of up to £25,000 for small programs and pilot projects in developing countries that conserve nature and biodiversity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rufford Small Grants Foundation )〕 John Laing founded both the Rufford Foundation and the Rufford Small Grants Foundation. In 1999 his Rufford Foundation began to support the annual Whitley Awards and in 2000 he became a founder trustee of the Whitley Fund for Nature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Staff and Trustees )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rufford Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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