To recognize individuals who have made outstanding global contributions to the management and protection of the environment.
Entry Requirements
Nominees can be associated with any field of the environment. A nomination form must be completed for each nominee and include name, professional and home mailing address, present occupational title and institutional affiliation and date of birth. Each nomination must also include the nominee’s curriculum vitae and a 500-word summary of his or her achievements.
Entry Fee
None
Criteria Summary
The nominator must provide:
1.A detailed explanation of the contributions;
2.Explain why each contribution is valuable and effective;
3.Describe how each achievement was accomplished;
4.Mention any significant involvement of others;
5.Provide three referees who can be contacted by the Selection Committee
The Secretariat must receive a letter supporting the nomination from each of the referees by the deadline of 30 April every year
Judges
Lord Clinton-Davis, Life Peer of the House of Lords (United Kingdom)
Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, Chair of People for Animals, the Committee on the Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals and of the Delhi Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and Patron of Greenline and of the SPCA
Ms. Adriana Elisabeth Hoffman Jacoby (Chile)
Professor Hiroyuki Ishi (Japan)
Professor Wangari Maathai, Coordinator, Greenbelt Movement and Assistant Minister of Environment, Republic of Kenya
Dr. David Suzuki, David Suzuki Foundation (Canada)
Sponsors
The Nippon Foundation
Cash Value
US$200,000
RSA Accredited
No
Established
No date entered
Last Award
27/10/2003
Next Award
No date entered
Closing Date
30/04/2005
Previous Winners
2004 - No award given in 2004 2003 - Xie Zhenhua, China and Dener Jose Giovanini, Brazil 2002 - Mr. Ashok Khosla, Development Alternatives 2001 - Mr. Huey D. Johnson 2000 - Dr. Michel Batisse 1999 - Professor Mario J. Molina, Massachussetts Institute of Technology 1998 - Mr. Ian Bruce Carrick Kiernan, Clean Up the World 1997 - Ms. Barbara Pyle 1996 - Dr. Triloki Nath Khoshoo 1995 - Dr. Norman Myers, Dr. Peter Raven and Professor Canaganayagan Suriyakumaran 1994 - Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation and Anne and Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University 1993 - Dr. Mostafa K. Tolba 1992 - Professor Qu Geping, Committee of Environmental and Natural Resource Conservation and Professor Yuri Izrael 1991 - Drs Wolfgang Burhenne and Francoise Burhenne Guilmin 1990 - Mr. Francisco ‘Chico’ Mendes, Instituto de Estudos Amazonicos e Ambiente 1989 - Dr. Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute 1988 - World Commission on Environment and Development and Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia 1987 - Professor Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Professor Nicholas Polunin 1986 - Mweka College of African Wildlife Management 1985 - Mr. Hassan Asmaz, Turkish Association for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and Professor Gilbert White, Institute of Behavioural Science, University of Colorado 1984 - Dr. Aurelio Peccei
