The Global 500 Roll of Honour was an award given from 1987 to 2003 by the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The award recognized the environmental achievements of individuals and organizations around the world. A successor system of UNEP awards called
Champions of the Earth
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established Champions of the Earth in 2005 as an annual awards programme to recognize outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors, and from civil society.
Award details
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started in 2005.
Awardees
Since the inception of the award in 1987, over 719 individuals and organizations, in both the adult and youth categories, have been honoured with the Global 500 award. Among prominent winners are:
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Anil Agarwal, prominent environmentalist from India.
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David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural histor ...
, producer of environmental television programmes.
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Idelisa Bonnelly, 1987 Dominican Republic marine biologist who created the first Humpback Whale Sanctuary.
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Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway.
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Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States. He later won the Nobel Peace prize.
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French marine explorer.
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Jane Goodall of the United Kingdom whose research on wild chimpanzees and olive baboons provided insight into the lives of non-human primates
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Annelisa Kilbourn
Annelisa Marcelle Kilbourn (27 June 1967 – 2 November 2002) was a British conservationist, veterinarian and wildlife expert. She worked in Malaysia guarding free-ranging elephants and orangutans and protecting Sumatran rhinoceros and in Madagasc ...
, British conservationist, veterinarian and wildlife expert.
* Gabriel Lewis-Charles, the prominent environmentalist from St Lucia.
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Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement,
a Kenyan grassroots environmental organisation. She later won the Nobel Peace prize.
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Harada Masazumi, Japanese medical researcher heavily involved in the study of
Minamata disease.
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Francisco "Chico" Mendes, the Brazilian rubber tapper who was murdered during his fight to save the
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...
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George Monbiot, British journalist and researcher.
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Stephen O. Andersen
Stephen Oliver Andersen (born 17 January 1948) is the Director of Research at the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) and former co-chair (1989–2012) of the Montreal Protocol Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) ...
, prominent US environmentalist, for efforts on stratospheric ozone protection
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Nikita Moiseyev, prominent Russian scientist, leading expert on consequences of nuclear war – "
nuclear winter
Nuclear winter is a severe and prolonged global climatic cooling effect that is hypothesized to occur after widespread firestorms following a large-scale nuclear war. The hypothesis is based on the fact that such fires can inject soot into th ...
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Ken Saro-Wiwa, the environmental and human rights activist from Nigeria who was executed for leading the resistance of the Ogoni People against the pollution of their Delta homeland.
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Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons (born 21 May 1984), better known by his ring name Andy Boy Simmonz, is a British professional wrestler. He is currently working in the independent circuit in the United Kingdom for several promotions. Simmons' most high-profile ...
, environmental activist and educator.
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Severn Suzuki
Severn Cullis-Suzuki (born 30 November 1979) is a Canadian environmental activist and writer. She has spoken around the world about environmental issues, urging listeners to define their values, act with the future in mind, and take individual r ...
, environmental activist.
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Lily Venizelos, Greek conservationist, founder and president of the Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles (MEDASSET).
See also
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Environmental Media Awards
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Global Environmental Citizen Award
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Goldman Environmental Prize
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Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment The Grantham Prize was an annual journalism award awarded between September 2005 and October 2012. It was established by Jeremy Grantham and Hannelore Grantham and the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting to annually recognize th ...
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Heroes of the Environment
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Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
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List of environmental awards
References
External links
Website of the Global 500 Laureate Roll of Honour{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528142935/http://www.global500.org/ , date=2020-05-28
Awards established in 1987
Environmental awards
United Nations Environment Programme