Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society UK. He is a Panda Ambassador for Chengdu Panda Base in Sichuan Province, China. He is also a patron of The Great Fen Project for restoring vital wildlife habitat, Healthy Planet through which he adopted a plot of land for helping to create new wildlife habitats, and Vale Wildlife Hospital, company that treats injured wildlife in Gloucestershire, England. He is also a patron of the ORCA organization, which protects whales and dolphins in European waters. Many of his TV wildlife programmes also seek to highlight the conservation of nature and endangered species. For example, his series Panda Adventure provides a look at giant panda breeding program in Chengdu Panda Base in China and in San Diego Zoo in the US. In the third episode of Season 3 of Ten Deadliest Snakes, he covered the Kemp's ridley sea turtle conservation project in Tamaulipas, Mexico. In 2016, Nigel Marven produced and narrated a short film featuring the work of Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit, who are fighting against rhino poaching in South Africa. The film is available to watch via internet and is presented by animal campaigner Anneka Svenska. Awards and honours Nigel Marven was nominated for BAFTA TV Awards in 2000 for Best Features in his first presenter-led series, Giants. In 2015, he was nominated for Donald Gosling Award by Maritime Media Awards for his series Nigel Marven's Cruise Ship Adventures. In 2016, he received award from Cruise Lines International Association. In 2022, a species of Cretaceous spathiopterygid wasp described by Maxime Santer and his colleagues was named Diameneura marveni in honor of Nigel Marven "for his appearances in several palaeontology documentaries". Personal life Nigel Marven married Jenny Hull in September 1996, but they separated four years later. Nigel fathered Jane Braham's son, Theo, but went on to marry Gillian Impey on 1 May 2004. They also have a child. During The Wright Stuff on 14 July 2017 Nigel announced he is currently going through his second divorce. His children are one son Theo and daughter Eleonora. During a simulated dinosaur encounter in the third episode of Prehistoric Park, Marven declared himself a vegetarian. Throughout the series he applies the same term to naturally herbivorous animals. In the second episode of the Untamed China series, he says the team cooked vegetarian food especially for him. Nigel confirms he is a vegetarian on his official website by stating