Recipients
1978
* Luc Jean-François Debecker, France. Explore prehistoric lifestyles and beliefs through the study of European cave paintings. * Billy Lee Lasley, United States. Facilitate the breeding of endangered birds by developing a non-invasive method to identify their sex. * Kenneth Lee Marten, Ethiopia. Save the Abyssinian wolf in Ethiopia by developing a conservation programme. *1981
* Rodney M. Jackson, Nepal. Protect the endangered Himalayan snow leopard through radio-tracking and study. * Eduardo Llerenas, Mexico. Trace and record Mexico’s traditional folk music to preserve the country’s rich musical heritage. * Delia Owens and Mark Owens1984
* Martine Fettweis-Viénot, Guatemala. Create the first complete catalogue of Mayan wall paintings to study their role in Mayan society. * Kenneth W. Hankinson, Antarctica. Undertake the first over-winter stay in tents in Antarctica’s Brabant Island and make pioneering studies. * Donald R. Perry, Costa Rica. Design an ‘aerial tram’ with a system of ropes and pulleys to open the tropical forest canopy to observation. * Thean Soo Tee, Malaysia. Help prevent soil erosion and create a new cash crop by introducing asparagus to his country. * Michel Terrasse, France. Reintroduce vultures to the Cévennes region of France to ensure their survival.1987
* Jacques Luc Autran, Maldives. Bring medical and technical aid by ship to isolated communities on the islands of the Indian Ocean. * Stephen W. Kress, United States. Develop new techniques for the successful conservation of endangered seabirds. * Pierre Morvan, Nepal. Study ground beetles to improve understanding of what triggers evolutionary change. * Nancy L. Nash, China. Broaden the understanding of conservation by researching and applying Buddhist precepts on nature. * Johan Gjefsen Reinhard, Peru. Preserve the patrimony of the Andean people through high-altitude cultural anthropology and archaeology.1990
* John F. Asmus, China. Pioneering use of lasers in art preservation. * Suryo Wardhoyo Prawiroatmodjo, Indonesia. Establish Indonesia’s first environmental education centre and pioneer an innovative model for this field. * Les Stocker, United Kingdom. Create Europe’s first-ever wildlife teaching hospital in England to care for injured wild animals. * Anita Studer, Brazil. Develop a long-term reforestation and environmental education programme.1993
* Nancy M. Abeiderrahmane-Jones, Mauritania. Develop the world’s first industrial production of camel cheese. * Antonio De Vivo, Mexico. Explore the underground rivers and caves of the Rio La Venta Canyon in southern Mexico. * Steven Lurie Garrett, United States. Develop a sound-powered, CFC-free refrigerator to help reduce depletion of the ozone layer. * Aldo Lo Curto, Brazil. Produce a practical, illustrated health education manual for the Indians of the Brazilian Amazon. * Forrest Marion Mims III, United States. Design and develop a device that monitors ultraviolet radiation and ozone levels.1996
Laureates
* Gilbert A. Clark, United States. Enable students worldwide to access a network of professional telescopes and operate them by remote control. * Sanoussi Diakité, Senegal. Invent a fonio-husking machine to revive cultivation of this healthy, inexpensive cereal in Africa. * Royce O. Hall, Tanzania. Build an eye hospital in Tanzania and bring state-of-the-art surgery procedures to the African countryside. *Associate Laureates
* Sabine Cotte, Bhutan. Produce a manual of simple conservation techniques for the monks at Bhutan’s fortified monasteries. * Eric Gilli, France. Study traces of ancient earthquakes in caves to develop a new methodology for predicting earthquakes. * Gorur R. Iyengar Gopinath, India. Expand ecological silk-farming in India to preserve the environment and improve living standards. * Hans Hendrikse, South Africa. Produce a low-cost rolling water drum to allow efficient and easy water transport in developing countries. * Norberto Luis Jácome, Argentina. Pioneer efforts to protect the Andean condor – store reproductive material of endangered species in a genetic bank. * Nabil M. Lawandy, United States. Develop an inexpensive photodynamic treatment for certain forms of cancer. * Mario Robles del Moral, Spain. Establish a national reforestation programme in Spain in light of a major soil-erosion problem. * Jun’Ichi Shinozaki, Japan. Research the environment in the mountains of the Pacific Rim to determine pollution levels. *1998
Laureates
* Cristina Bubba Zamora, Bolivia. Recover stolen Bolivian ceremonial weavings and return them to their original Andean communities. * Wijaya Godakumbura, Sri Lanka. Replace makeshift kerosene-oil bottle lamps with safe lamps to prevent severe burns. * Rafael Guarga, Uruguay. Protect crops from frost with an innovative, inexpensive cold-extracting chimney. * Louis Liebenberg, South Africa. Develop a hand-held computer that modernizes ancient tracking skills and improves wildlife management. * Jean-François Pernette, Argentina and Chile. Explore and map the Earth’s southernmost underground caves on remote islands of Patagonia.Associate Laureates
* Catherine Abadie-Reynal, Turkey. Excavate two ancient cities on Turkey’s Euphrates before the area is flooded by an artificial lake. * Erna Alant, South Africa. Expand a programme of non-oral communication for the disabled in South Africa’s poor, rural areas. * Irina Chebakova, Russia. Hold annual marches to boost public support to save Russia’s protected natural areas. * Tomas Diagne, Senegal. Save Senegal’s endangered land tortoises, Africa’s biggest, through a breeding sanctuary. * Peter Knights, China. End the consumption of products from endangered species through public awareness campaigns. * Karel Kolomaznik, Czech Republic. Improve technology to recover and recycle potentially toxic wastes from the leather industry. * Adli Qudsi, Syria. Preserve Aleppo’s Old City from decay and modern development. * Valerio Sbordoni, Mexico. Explore the remote caves and potholes of southern Mexico to discover new species. * Alexander Stannus, United Kingdom. Develop an interactive circumnavigation of the planet’s inland waterways. * Amanda Vincent, Philippines. Protect seahorses in the Philippines and develop an alternative livelihood for fishing communities.2000
Laureates
*Associate Laureates
* Luc-Henri Fage, France. Save ancient cave paintings in the caves of eastern Kalimantan, Borneo. * Bernard Francou, France. Study a glacier to find the key to El Niño and global warming. *2002
Laureates
* Michel André, France. Create a system to protect whales from collisions with ships. *Associate Laureates
* Sebastian Chuwa, Tanzania. Lead a massive reforestation project with the African blackwood to preserve the natural environment. * Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, India. Use traditional and modern knowledge to save camels in Rajasthan while protecting the Raika way of life. * Makoto Murase, Japan and Bangladesh. Recycle rainfall to solve urban water shortages and provide a safe, sustainable supply of water. *2004
Laureates
* Lonnie Dupre, United States. Raise awareness of global warming through an Arctic crossing. * Claudia Feh, Switzerland. Reintroduce the endangered Przewalski horses to their native habitat in Mongolia and improve life for the local nomadic people. * David Lordkipanidze, Georgia. Transform thought on human evolution through archaeological discoveries. * Teresa Manera Argentina. Save a unique collection of prehistoric animal footprints. * Kikuo Morimoto, Japan. Revive silk production in war-ravaged Cambodia.Associate Laureates
* Pisit Charnsnoh, Thailand. Prevent the endangered dugong from vanishing from Thai waters by preserving its habitat. * Laury Cullen Jr., Brazil. Transform farmers into conservationists to save the Atlantic Forest and its fauna in eastern Brazil. * Shekar Dattatri, India. Save wild India through films by raising public and policy-makers’ awareness of environmental issues. * Dora Nipp, Canada. Use oral testimonies to reconcile Canada with its social history. * Jo Thompson, Congo (RDC). Rebuild a war-ravaged field base in the Congo to continue community-based conservation of the bonobo.2006
Laureates
* Alexandra Lavrillier, Siberia. Establish a travelling school to revive a vanishing culture. * Brad Norman, Australia. Create a system of identification to protect the whale shark. * Pilai Poonswad, Thailand. Save threatened hornbills and their habitat in Thailand. * Chanda Shroff, India. Revive traditional hand embroidery to create a sustainable income for women. * Rory Wilson, United Kingdom. Use mobile technology to track how wild animals use energy.Associate Laureates
* Cristian Donoso, Patagonia. Gather vital new knowledge about the little-known western Patagonia region. * Zenón Gomel Apaza, Peru. Transform Andean communities through traditional agriculture. * Shafqat Hussain, Pakistan. Develop a livestock insurance and ecotourism in Pakistan. * Runa Khan, Bangladesh. Develop a “living museum” of traditional boats to preserve this national craft. * Julien Meyer, France. Revive whistled and drummed languages from remote areas.2008
Laureates
* Talal Akasheh, Jordan. Help conserve ancient Petra from the ravages of time and tourism. * Tim Bauer, The Philippines. Reduce pollution from motorized tricycles in Asian cities. * Andrew McGonigle, Italy. Develop a way to predict volcanic eruptions using a remote-controlled helicopter. * Andrew Muir, South Africa. Provide training and jobs to young people orphaned by AIDS. * Elsa Zaldívar, Paraguay. Combine loofah and plastic waste to make low-cost housing.Associate Laureates
* Alexis Belonio, The Philippines. Turn rice husks into cheap, clean energy for cooking. * Arthur González, Mexico. Explore submerged caves to discover and study remains from the Ice Age. * Rodrigo Medellín, Mexico. Save endangered bats through protection and education. * Moji Riba, India. Safeguard the heritage of the people of Arunachal Pradesh. * Romulus Whitaker, United Kingdom/India. Establish a network of rainforest research stations across India.2010
Young Laureates
* Jacob Colker, United States. Enable smartphone users to become volunteers by donating spare minutes to charitable, scientific and community organizations. * Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, The Philippines. Help impoverished women earn a decent wage by2012
Laureates
* Sergei Bereznuk, Russian Federation. Protect the last of the Siberian tigers in Russia's Far East. * Barbara Block, United States. Track marine predators, such as tuna, and protect the oceans. * Erika Cuéllar, Bolivia. Train local people in the Chaco region of South America to protect the biodiversity of this environment. * Mark Kendall, Australia. Revolutionize vaccinations with a needle-free Nanopatch to save millions of lives. * Aggrey Otieno, Kenya. Build a telemedicine centre in a slum to save the lives of mothers and babies.Young Laureates
* Karina Atkinson, United Kingdom. Foster research and responsible tourism in a bio-diversity hotspot. * Selene Biffi, Italy. Revive traditional storytelling to craft a new narrative for Afghanistan. * Maritza Morales Casanova, Mexico. Build a park for environmental education in the Yucatán. * Sumit Dagar, India. Develop a Braille smartphone to improve life for India's blind people. * Arun Krishnamurthy, India. Restore urban lakes in India2014
Young Laureates
* Neeti Kailas, India, Develop a system to carry out mass screenings of newborns in resource-poor settings to monitor hearing loss. * Olivier Nsengimana, Rwanda, Save Rwanda's Grey Crowned Crane, which faces increasing threats, in order to conserve the country's biodiversity. * Francesco Sauro, Italy, Lead a team to explore ancient caves in table-top mountains between Venezuela and Brazil and uncover the secrets of the planet's evolution. * Arthur Zang, Cameroon, Invent Africa's first medical computer tablet to help diagnose people with heart disease. * Hosam Zowawi, Saudi Arabia, Develop faster laboratory tests for superbugs and raise awareness of antibiotic resistance in the Gulf States through an education campaign.2016
Laureates
* Andrew Bastawrous, Ireland. Transform eye care in sub-Saharan Africa using a smartphone-based, portable eye examination kit. * Sonam Wangchuk, India. Assist farmers inYoung Laureates
* Joseph Cook, United Kingdom. Explore and communicate how polar ice micro-organisms help shape our world. * Oscar Ekponimo, Nigeria. Minimize food waste through an application that manages the end of shelf life, allowing food to be sold at a discount. * Christine Keung, United States. Empower rural women to tackle rural pollution in northwest China with a system for disposing of toxic waste. * Junto Ohki, Japan. Improve communication among deaf people by expanding a crowdsourced, online sign-language dictionary that will become a global platform. * Sarah Toumi, Tunisia. Fight desertification caused by climate change and reduce poverty among farmers through reforestation.2019
Laureates
* João Campos-Silva, Brazil. Recover giant arapaima populations and ensure sustainable development in the Amazon. * Grégoire Courtine, France. Reverse paralysis in humans by re-establishing communication across spinal cord injury using an electronic bridge. * Brian Gitta, Uganda. Develop a low-cost diagnostic test for malaria that does not require a blood sample. * Krithi Karanth, India. Improve human-wildlife interactions by engaging communities and mitigating threats from wildlife. * Miranda Wang, United States. Recycle the unrecyclable by producing useful by-products from plastic waste.Associate Laureates
* Emma Camp, Australia. Pioneer new hope for the world’s fast-vanishing corals through reef recovery. * Pablo García Borboroglu, Argentina. Conduct research, education and management activities to advance penguin conservation. * Yves Moussallam, Melanesia. Explore how remote Pacific volcanoes affect the world's climate. * Sara Saeed, Pakistan. Empower female doctors in Pakistan to digitally deliver healthcare to impoverished communities. * Topher White, Ecuador. Use mobile technology to protect rainforests and fight climate change.2021
Laureates
* Felix Brooks-church, Tanzania. Eradicate malnutrition through a ‘dosifier’ adding micronutrients to fortify staple foods. *2023
Laureates
* Beth Koigi, Kenya. Extract water from the air with atmospheric water generators to alleviate drinking water shortages. * Inza Koné, Côte d’Ivoire. Protecting Africa's forests with community-managed natural reserves. * Liu Shaochuang, Mongolia and China. Monitoring critically-endangered wild camels herds in the Gobi Desert with satellite technology. * Constantino Aucca Chutas, Peru. Community-led reforestation in the High Andes. * Denica Riadini-Flesch, Indonesia. Traditionally crafted clothing from materials grown using regenerative agriculture.See also
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