The Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation is a biennial award sponsored by the
(UNESCO) and the Sultan
Qaboos Bin Said
Qaboos bin Said Al Said ( ar, قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said ...
of
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...
"to afford recognition to outstanding contributions by individuals, groups of individuals, institutes or organizations in the management or preservation of the environment, consistent with the policies, aims and objectives of UNESCO, and in relation to the Organization's programmes in this field."
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The award consists of a diploma and a grant of
USD
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$70,000.00, which is financed by the interest on a
USD
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$250,000.00 donation by Sultan Qaboos Bin Said.
Laureates
Source
UNESCO* 1991: Instituto de Ecología, A.C. ().
* 1993:
Jan Jenik ().
* 1995:
Lake Malawi National Park ().
* 1997: Department of Environmental Sciences,
Alexandria University
Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an indepen ...
() and Forest Department ().
* 1999:
Charles Darwin Foundation
The Charles Darwin Foundation ( Spanish: ''Fundación Charles Darwin'') was founded in 1959, under the auspices of UNESCO and the World Conservation Union. The Charles Darwin Research Station serves as headquarters for The Foundation, and is use ...
()
* 2001: Chad Association of Volunteers for the Protection of the Environment ().
* 2003: Center for Ecology () and
Peter Johan Schei
Peter Johan Schei (5 January 1945 - 7 April 2022) was a Norwegian biologist and civil servant.
He was cand.real. by education. From 1989 to 1995 he served as director of the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management after four years as assistin ...
().
* 2005:
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities. It is a vast multiple-use Marine Park which supports a wide range of uses, including commercial marine tourism, fishing, ports an ...
() and
Ernesto Enkerlin ().
* 2007: Institute of Biodiversity Conservation () and
Julius Oszlányi
The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...
().
* 2009: Autonomous Authority for National Parks (OAPN) ().
* 2011: Institute for Forest Research of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
* 2013:
State Forests National Forest Holding of
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
() and South Africa’s Endangered Wildlife Trust ()
* 2015: Fabio A. Kalesnik, Horacio Sirolli and Luciano Iribarren of the Wetlands Ecology Research Group of the
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires ( es, Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is a public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and one of the most prestigi ...
, Argentina ()
* 2017: The National Parks Board of
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
* 2019: ''Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)''
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
''Ashoka Trust (India) to receive 2019 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation''
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See also
* List of environmental awards
This list of environmental awards is an index to articles about notable environmental awards for activities that lead to the protection of the natural environment. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors ...
External links
UNESCO: Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation
References
UNESCO awards
Awards established in 1991
Environmental awards
1991 establishments in Oman
Omani awards
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