The Fleming Award is an environmental science award bestowed every three years by the

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, which recognises "protection, maintenance, management, improvement or understanding of the environment, in particular the sustainable management of the New Zealand environment". It comprises a medal, a cash prize, and a public lecture tour in the year following the award. The award was established in 1988 to commemorate the life and work of conservationist, scientist, and former President of the RSNZ Sir Charles Fleming.

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Royal Society of New Zealand
* 1989:

Don Merton Donald Vincent Merton (22 February 193910 April 2011) was a New Zealand conservationist best known for saving the black robin from extinction. He also discovered the lek breeding system of the kākāpō. When Merton began his work as a conser ...

and the

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* 1992: Ian A. E. Atkinson * 1995: Brian Molloy * 1998: David A. Thom * 2001: John Craig * 2004: Stephen Dawson and Elisabeth Slooten (jointly) * 2007: Mick Clout * 2010: Sir

Alan Mark Sir Alan Francis Mark (born 19 June 1932) is a New Zealand botanist and environmentalist. He was an initial member of the Save Manapouri campaign and the inaugural chair of the Guardians of Lake Manapouri for 26 years. Biography Mark was born ...

* 2013:

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* 2016: Bruce Clarkson * 2019: David Towns * 2022:

Ann Brower Ann Brower is an environmental geographer from New Zealand. A survivor of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, she successfully lobbied for a law change to the Building Act, which was passed in 2016 as the Brower Amendment. Brower was promoted to f ...

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{{reflist Environmental awards New Zealand science and technology awards Royal Society of New Zealand 1988 establishments in New Zealand

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