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The Laureates

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Information on past Blue Planet Prize laureates corresponds to their titles and positions at the time Prize was awarded.
Each year the prize winners give lectures at the "Blue Planet Prize Commemorative Lecture". Every five years, lectures together with essays are compiled and published in a book titled "A Better Future for the Planet Earth". Volume III includes lectures and essays of laureates up to 2006.
The video of the lectures are available only from 2009.

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2019
(28th)

Prof. Brian H. Walker

Prof. Eric Lambin (Belgium), 1962-)
Professor, Université catholique de Louvain
George and Setsuko Ishiyama Provostial Professor, Stanford University

 

He has clarified the land use changes taking place on a global scale, the effects on ecosystems and the effectiveness of policies, using satellite remote sensing technologies and his original method of time-series analysis. From early on, he has pointed out that land use changes are causing adverse effects globally on natural systems. He has explained the relationship between economic activities and land use by linking socioeconomic data. His research activities have significantly influenced how public authorities and private enterprises develop land use policies for conserving forests. Those research findings have provided scientific support for making the most of forest certification programs, for implementing green purchasing commitments, and for promoting green procurement. He has made great contributions by stimulating the adoption of concrete interventions and practices to improve the sustainability of socioeconomic activities from the individual to the global scales
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Prof. Malin Falkenmark

Prof. Jared Diamond (USA, 1937- )
Professor, Department of Geography University of California, Los Angeles
Historian, Non-fiction author

 

His ideas and arguments presented in his trilogy, Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and The World Until Yesterday, include civilization theory, organizational theory, and society theory, and were created as a result of his exceptional intellectual explorations. They provide deep insight into the roots of today's environmental issues from a very broad perspective, explaining the significance of environmental issues in the history of human civilization from a unique perspective. In Collapse, he has listed 12 items as major factors in global environmental issues. He has regarded environmental issues as fundamental to any study of human history. Based on this concept, he has influenced the consciousness of contemporary civilization across nations and generations toward a mindset of thinking about the next steps for civilization. These achievements of Professor Diamond are highly appreciated.
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2018
(27th)

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Prof. Brian H. Walker

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Prof. Brian Walker(Australia, 1940-)
Hon. Research Fellow of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Hon. Professor, Australian National University

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He has had a most significant influence on the development of the concept of resilience in social-ecological systems and has highlighted the need to increase it to maintain human society under changing circumstances. His ideas have exerted a significant influence as resilience has been introduced as a fundamental concept and developed in many fields, including environmental conservation, economics, protection, sustainable development and disaster prevention policy. Inspired by his research and leadership, studies on sustainability and resilience have expanded tremendously. He has produced significant achievements as a pioneer of resilience science and has had an enormous impact on society.
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Prof. Malin Falkenmark

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Prof. Malin Falkenmark (Sweden, 1925- )
Professor of Applied and International Hydrology Senior Researcher at Stockholm Resilience Center, Senior Scientific Advisor to the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

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She has been the most renowned global hydrologist for many years and has placed water problems onto the global policy agenda. Her novel ideas, such as seeing water as the bloodstream of the biosphere, and her wide-ranging activities for making the world more sustainable, have had an enormous impact on today’s thinking for solving environmental problems. The Falkenmark index is an essential indicator for comparative water analyses. Her green/blue water concept is currently a standard for analysis of agricultural production, which comprises a significant portion of the Planet’s consumptive water use. Since she noticed the relationship between poverty and hunger and water problems in Africa in the 1960’s, she has contributed analyses of both global water scarcity and other environmental challenges.
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2017
(26th)

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Prof. Hans J. Schellnhuber

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Prof. Hans J. Schellnhuber(Germany, 1950-)
Founder and Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Prof. Schellnhuber heads the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). He is also the founder of the Institute. He has helped establish a new field of science, “Earth System Analysis, Ewhich uses mathematical models to integrate interdisciplinary resources into providing a planet-wide view. His activities eventually created a torrent of measures against global warming worldwide, resulting in the 2-degree guardrail agreed upon by more than 190 countries at the UN climate summit COP21 in 2015. Prof. Schellnhuber and the PIK have played a central role in this field for many years.
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Prof. Gretchen C. Daily

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Prof. Gretchen C. Daily (USA, 1964- )
Bing Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Biology, Director of the Center for Conservation Biology, and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute, at Stanford University, Co-Founder and Faculty Director of the Natural Capital Project

 


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Prof. Daily has studied the effects of human activities on the biosphere, based on field work of many years. She has played the major role in the creation and development of a new interdisciplinary field of environmental science called “Countryside Biogeography. EShe is making significant contributions to our understanding of biodiversity, by predicting various species Elikelihood of surviving human impacts and analyzing the future of ecosystems and the implications for human well-being, especially from the standpoint of agricultural land use. She has incorporated environmental issues into business practices and public policies in worldwide.
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2016
(25th)

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Mr. Pavan Sukhdev

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Mr. Pavan Sukhdev (India, 1960-)
UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, Founding Trustee of Green Indian States Trust (GIST), Founder & CEO of GIST Advisory, Associate Fellow of Davenport College, Yale University

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Mr. Sukhdev is a pioneer in developing economic rationale and practical metrics for transition towards an inclusive green economy. He has drawn attention to the critical role of the Corporation in this transition. His work has shown how to mainstream the values of ecosystem services into improved public policies and business practises. By developing sustainability metrics for the corporate, provincial and national levels, he has driven momentum and capacity building to hasten the evolution to an inclusive green economy.
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Prof. Markus Borner

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Prof. Markus Borner (Switzerland 1945- )
Former Director of Frankfurt Zoological Society Africa Program, Honorary Professor of University of Glasgow, Adjunct Professor of The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania

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Prof. Borner has been at the forefront of conservation and management initiatives to protect endangered wildlife and protected-area ecosystems in Africa over the past 40 years. He was among the first to recognize that the conservation of individual species requires comprehensive conservation of entire ecosystems and the contributions and commitment of the Tanzania people to the conservation of their ecosystems. A guiding principle has been that wilderness, biodiversity and beauty are essential for the survival and health of our planet.
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2015
(24th)

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Sir Partha Dasgupta FBA FRS

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Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta FBA FRS (UK, 1942-)
Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

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Professor Dasgupta’s pioneering work on welfare economics and environmental economics unified the concepts of intergenerational equity and sustainable development and pointed to their equivalence. He also pioneered the study of rural poverty in developing countries in the context of a deteriorating environmental resource base; and thereby brought together previously disparate fields: development economics and environmental economics. In a wide ranging book on human well-being and the natural environment he showed that the coin by which economic progress should be judged is a comprehensive measure of a nation’s wealth, and not GDP or the many ad hoc indicators of well-being in common use today. He has used those findings to develop an ideal system of national economic accounts, which is being implemented in India and several other countries. His lifelong aim of bringing nature seamlessly into economic reasoning has had a huge impact on contemporary thinking.
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Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs

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Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs (USA 1954- )
Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

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Professor Sachs has an impressive record of helping economies to overcome economic crises and achieve sustainable development. He has furthered human equality by applying his interdisciplinary and innovative “clinical economics, Eto resolve issues of governance, poverty, public health, education and the environment, helping to promote smallholder agriculture, social services, and economic development to overcome extreme poverty. As a scholar, practitioner and senior advisor to governments and the United Nations he continues to have an enormous impact on the world.
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2014
(23rd)
Prof. Herman Daly Prof. Herman Daly (USA, 1938-)
Professor Emeritus, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

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Prof. Daly laid the foundations for ecological economics, which supports the principle of sustainability by incorporating elements of natural resources, local communities, quality of life and ethics into economics.
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Prof. Daniel H. Janzen/Costa Rican National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) Prof. Daniel H. Janzen (USA 1939- )
Professor, Department of biology, University of Pennsylvania
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)(Founded in Costa Rica, 1989-)

Prof. Daniel H. Janzen

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Prof. Janzen and INBio presented role models, providing invaluable wisdom to both advanced and developing countries through activities such as sustainable development initiatives and policy recommendations.
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Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)

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2013
(22nd)
Dr. Taroh Matsuno Dr. Taroh Matsuno (Japan, 1934-)
Principal Scientist, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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Dr. Matsuno has made a major contribution to international awareness of global warming and climate change. His paper, "Quasi-Geostrophic Motions in the Equatorial Area," which helped to explain the El Niño phenomenon and to elucidate climate change, is just one of many research accomplishments
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Dr. Daniel Sperling Professor Daniel Sperling (USA, 1951-)
Professor, University of California, Davis

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Prof. Sperling is recognized internationally as a leading expert on transportation, technology, fuels assessment, and policy, with a focus on energy and the environment. He has devoted his career to mitigating climate change and accelerating the global transition to cleaner, more efficient transportation and energy.
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2012
(21st)
(left)Professor William E. Rees / (right)Dr. Mathis Wackernagel Professor William E. Rees (Canada 1943- )
Professor, University of British Columbia,
FRSC (Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada)
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel (Switzerland 1962- ) (right)
President, Global Footprint Network
Professor William E. Rees

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Developing and advancing the Ecological Footprint, a comprehensive accounting system for comparing human demand on ecosystems to ecosystems' capacity to self-renew. Their approach measures human carrying capacity and helps assess the risks of overconsumption to planetary stability.
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Dr. Mathis Wackernagel

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Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy (USA 1941- )
Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
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Becoming the first person to clarify human caused habitat fragmentation damaged biodiversity and gave rise to environmental crisis. Since then, he has been influencing the world for environmental conservation.
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2011
(20th)
Dr. Jane Lubchenco Dr. Jane Lubchenco (USA 1947- )
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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For substantial contributions to the understanding of biodiversity and marine ecology and clear demonstration to the world of the importance of the social responsibility of scientists.
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Barefoot College Barefoot College (Founded in India 1972- ) PDF
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Having supported rural villagers in underdeveloped nations and created a model for autonomous regional social development through unique educational programs that emphasize traditional ideas and self-respect.
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Interview by NHK (NHK World TV) of Mr. Bunker Roy, Founder of the Barefoot College
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2010
(19th)
Dr. James Hansen Dr. James Hansen (USA 1941- )
Director at Goddard Institute for Space Studies ( NASA )
Adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University
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Having predicted global warming in the early stage and warned that it would very probably cause destructive results for life on Earth, he called on the governments and the public to take immediate action to reduce and mitigate the impact of climate change.
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Dr. Robert Watson Dr. Robert Watson (UK 1948- )
Chief Scientific Adviser of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Chair of Environmental Science and Science Director at Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, the University of East Anglia
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Having organized the famous scientific project to derive scientific evidence of the depletion of the Ozone Layer, he eventually endorsed the Montreal Protocol. Later as Chair of IPCC, he played a significant role in coordinating and bridging science and policy for protecting the world environment.
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2009
(18th)
Professor Hirofumi Uzawa Professor Hirofumi Uzawa (Japan 1928-2014)
Member of The Japan Academy
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
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As a theoretical framework for confronting environmental issues such as global warming, he has advocated the concept of Social Common Capital, which contributed to pioneering and highly original achievements from a very early stage.
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Lord Nicholas Stern Lord (Nicholas) Stern of Brentford (UK 1946- )
Professor, The London School of Economics
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Having reported the economic and social impact of and actions against climate change in The Economics of Climate Change with the approach of using cutting edge natural sciences and economics, he provided a clear cut polisy regarding the global warming, which has had a major impact on the world.
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2008
(17th)
Dr. Claude Lorius Dr. Claude Lorius (France 1932- )
Director Emeritus of Research, CNRS
Member of the French Academy of Sciences
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For his contribution in disclosing past climate change based on polar ice sheet core analysis and in discovering the relation between climate change during glacial and interglacial periods and atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, indicating its current unprecedentedly high level and warning a consequent global warming
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José Goldemberg Professor José Goldemberg (Brazil 1928- )
Professor, Institute of Electrotechnics and Energy, University of São Paulo
Former Rector, University of São Paulo
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For making major contributions in formulating and implementing many policies associated with improvements on energy use and conservation, in devising a pioneering concept of "technological leapfrogging" for the developing countries for their sustainable development and in exhibiting strong leadership in preparation for the 1992 Rio Earth Summit
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2007
(16th)
Professor Joseph L. Sax Professor Joseph L. Sax (USA 1936-2014 )
Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
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For drafting the world’s first modern environmental law based on public trust doctrine supporting citizen action for protection of the environment, and for his pioneering contributions in development of the theory of environmental protection law and in establishing environmental laws internationally
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Dr. Amory B. Lovins Dr. Amory B. Lovins (USA 1947- )
Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
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For his contributions to leading global energy strategy for protection of the global environment by efficient utilization of energy through his advocacy of the concept of the "soft energy path" and invention of the Hypercar
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2006
(15th)
Dr. Akira Miyawaki Dr. Akira Miyawaki (Japan 1928- )
Director, Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology (JISE)
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For establishing a theory to restore and to reconstruct forests based on the concept of "Potential natural vegetation" and by implementing the theory succeeded in reconstructing disaster-preventing environment-conserving forests and tropical forests, contributed in restoring the green on earth
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Dr. Emil Salim Dr. Emil Salim (Indonesia 1930- )
Professor, Faculty of Economics and Post Graduate Course, University of Indonesia
Former Minister of Population and Environment, Republic of Indonesia
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For contributing in establishing the concept of sustainable development and furthering global environmental policies through various United Nations' committees especially as the chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
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2005
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Prof. Sir Nicholas Shackleton Prof. Sir Nicholas Shackleton (UK 1937-2006)
Emeritus Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Former Head of Godwin Laboratory for Quaternary Research
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For contributions to palaeoclimatology, particularly in identifying the glacial - interglacial climatic cycles and identifying the role of carbon dioxide as well as changes in the Earth's orbit in causing them; this aids us in better predicting future climate change
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Dr. Gordon Hisashi Sato Dr. Gordon Hisashi Sato (USA 1927- )
Director Emeritus, W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center. Inc.
Chairman of the Board, A&G Pharmaceutical, Inc.
President, Manzanar Project Corporation
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For developing a new mangrove planting technology in Eritrea and through its utilization thus showing the possibility of building a sustainable local community in the poorest area of the world
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2004
(13th)
Dr. Susan Solomon Dr. Susan Solomon (USA 1956- )
Senior Scientist, Aeronomy Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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For pioneering work in identifying the mechanism that produces the Antarctic ozone hole and momentous contributions towards the protection of the ozone layer
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Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norway 1939- )
Chairman WCED (World Commission on Environment and Development)
Former Prime Minister of Norway
Director-General Emeritus, WHO
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For putting forward globally the innovative concept of sustainable development, an idea that aims to balance environmental conservation with economic growth
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2003
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(left)Dr. Gene E. Likens / (right)Dr. F. Herbert Bormann Dr. Gene E. Likens (USA 1935- )
President adn Director, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Dr. F. Herbert Bormann (USA 1922-2012) (right)
Oastler Professor of Ecosystem Ecology, Emeritus, Yale University
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For pioneering an approach that has become a model for the scientific world, and for the comprehensive understanding of ecosystems through long-term measurement of the flows of water and chemical substances in watersheds.
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Dr. Vo Quy Dr. Vo Quy (Vietnam 1929- )
Professor, Center for Natural Resouces Management and Environmental Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
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For investigating the war-damaged forests of Vietnam and for the dedication to its restoration and conservation, as well as for the development of environmental laws and the contributions to the conservation of wildlife.
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2002
(11th)
Dr. Harold A. Mooney Professor Harold A. Mooney (USA 1932- )
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
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For pioneering work in the field of plant physiological ecology, for providing objective measures of how plant ecologies are influenced by their environments, and for his conservation efforts.
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Prof. J. Gustave Speth Prof. J. Gustave Speth (USA 1942- )
Dean and Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
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For a lifetime of creative and visionary ledarship in the search for science-based solutions to global environmental problems and for pioneering efforts to bring these issues, including global climate change, to broad international attention.
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2001
(10th)
Lord (Robert) May of Oxford Lord (Robert) May of Oxford (Australia 1938- )
President of Royal Society of London
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For developing mathematical ecology, the means to predict changes in animal populations that serves as a fundamental tool for ecological conservation planning.
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Dr. Norman Myers Dr. Norman Myers (UK 1934- )
Honorary Visiting Fellow of Green College, Oxford University
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For ongoing leadership in warning about new environmental problems, such as the mass extinction of species, and stating the criteria for a society that attaches importance to environmental conservation
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2000
(9th)
Dr. Theo Colborn Dr. Theo Colborn (USA 1927-2014 )
Senior Scientist and Director, Wildlife and Contaminants Program, World Wildlife Fund
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For systematic research revealing the risk that "endocrine disruptors" pose to humans and wildlife and for warning about the threat of these synthetic chemicals
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Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt (Sweden 1947- )
Chairman of The Natural Step (NGO)
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For scientifically formulating the principles and theoretical framework required to establish a sustainable society and for enhancing the environmental awareness of business, municipalities and others
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1999
(8th)
Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich (USA 1932- )
Director of the Center of Conservation Biology, Stanford University
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For co-funding the new science of conservation biology, for co-authoring the theory of co-evolution and for promoting environmental conservation by warning of a population explosion
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Prof. Qu Geping Prof. Qu Geping (China 1930- )
Chairman of the Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People’s Congress of China
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For establishing the legal framework for environmental protection in China based on scientific research and for his conservation efforts throughout that vast country
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1998
(7th)
Prof. Mikhail I. Budyko Prof. Mikhail I. Budyko (Russia 1920-2001)
Head of the Division for Climate Change Research, State Hydrological Institute
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For founding the field of physical climatology, the quantitative analysis of climate change, and making early predictions of global warming
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チE��ビッド�ER・ブラウワー氁E width= Mr. David R. Brower (USA 1912-2000)
Chairman of the Earth Island Institute
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For pioneering in environmental activism, educating the general public about the science of environmental conservation and setting an important precedent of international environmental non-profit organizations
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1997
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Dr. James E. Lovelock Dr. James E. Lovelock (UK 1919- )
Honorary Visiting Fellow of Green College, Oxford University
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For Pioneering the detection and measurement of trace substances in the atmosphere in addition to formulating the Gaia Hypothesis of earth science, which has helped stimulate interest in the environment
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コンサベ�Eション・インターナショナル Conservation International (CI) (Headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA 1987- ) PDF
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For Protecting the earth's biological diversity through research into ways to conserve ecosystems while improving the lives of local people
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1996
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Dr. Wallace S. Broecker Dr. Wallace S. Broecker (USA 1931-2019 )
Newberry Professor of Geology, Lamont-Doherty Earth observatory of Columbia University
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For the discovery of the global ocean current known as the "great conveyor belt"and other pioneering research into global ocean currents, ocean chemical cycles, especially the carbon cycle, and the ocean's influence on global climate changes
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M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (Founded in India 1988- ) PDF
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For leading the way toward the realization of sustainable agriculture and rural development through research into soil improvement and genetic engineering of plant species and the application of these findings
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1995
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Dr. Bert Bolin Dr. Bert Bolin (Sweden 1925-2007)
Professor Emeritus at the University of Stockholm
Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (IPCC)
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For pioneering research into the carbon cycle, which affects the oceans, the atmosphere,and ecosystems, and major contributions to worldwide climate policy formation
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Mr. Maurice F. Strong Mr. Maurice F. Strong (Canada 1929-2015 )
Chairman of the Earth Council
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For international leadership in conceptualizing sustainable development and forming global-scale implementation strategies based on findings of scientific research into environmental problems
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1994
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オイゲン・サイボルト博士 Prof. Dr. Eugen Seibold (Germany 1918-2013)
Professor Emeritus at the University of Kiel
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Major contributions to the understanding of global environmental problems through research in the field of marine geology, including the analysis of ocean sediments, the study of the exchange of carbon dioxide between the oceans and the atmosphere, and predictions of regional desertification
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Mr. Lester R. Brown Mr. Lester R. Brown (USA 1934-)
Founder and President of the Worldwatch Institute
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Formulation of solutions to global environmental problems based on scientific analysis and contributions to international awareness of food shortages, sustainable energy resources, and the need for an "environmental revolution"
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1993
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Dr. Charles D. Keeling Dr. Charles D. Keeling (USA 1928-2005)
Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego
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Many years of research into atmospheric and oceanic carbon dioxide levels and their precise measurement and analysis, yielding a vast body of data on global warming
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IUCN-The World Conservation Union IUCN-The World Conservation Union (Headquartered in Switzerland 1948- ) PDF
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Outstanding research and the application of scientific strategies to the conservation of natural resources and the promotion of biological diversity on an international scale
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1992
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Dr. Syukuro Manabe Dr. Syukuro Manabe (USA 1931- )
Member of the Senior Executive Service of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Pioneering research for predicting climate change by numerical models and quantifying the effects of greenhouse gases
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International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Founded in the UK 1971- ) PDF
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Pioneering scientific research and implementation activities for the realization of sustainable development in a wide range of fields, including agriculture, energy and urban planning
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