The Natural World Book Prize was an award organised by

The Wildlife Trusts The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney. The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after more than 2, ...

, and presented to recognise environmental literature. Considered the premier environmental book prize in the UK, it was sometimes referred to as the 'green Booker'. It was formerly known as the BP Natural World Book Prize (after its sponsor, BP), and in origin it was a merging of two previous awards, BP's Sir Peter Kent Book Prize, and a competition run by ''The Natural World'', the magazine of the Wildlife Trusts.

Winners

*1987 -

Chris Baines Chris Baines (born 4 May 1947) is an English naturalist, one of the UK's leading independent environmentalists.

- ''The Wild Side of Town'' *1988 - Jeremy Purseglove - ''Taming of the Flood'' *1989 - Philip Wayre - ''Operation Otter'' *1990 -

Jonathan Kingdon Jonathan Kingdon (born 1935 in Tanzania) is a zoologist, science author, and artist; a research associate at the University of Oxford. He focuses on taxonomic illustration and evolution of the mammals of Africa. He is a contributor to The Oxford B ...

- ''Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Rare Animals and Plants'' *1991 -

George Monbiot George Joshua Richard Monbiot ( ; born 27 January 1963) is a British writer known for his environmental and political activism. He writes a regular column for ''The Guardian'' and is the author of a number of books. Monbiot grew up in Oxfordsh ...

- ''

Amazon Watershed ''Amazon Watershed : the new environmental investigation'' is a 1991 book by British writer and environmental and political activist, George Monbiot. Synopsis The book is an investigation into the expulsion of peasants from their homes and th ...

'' *1992 -

Iain Douglas Hamilton Iain Douglas-Hamilton (born 16 August 1942) is a British zoologist known for his study of elephants. He earned both a BSc in biology and a D.Phil. in zoology from Oriel College, Oxford, and he is the recipient of the 2010 Indianapolis Prize fo ...

, Oria Douglas Hamilton - ''Battle for the Elephants'' *1993 -

Edward O. Wilson Edward Osborne Wilson (June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, naturalist, entomologist and writer. According to David Attenborough, Wilson was the world's leading expert in his specialty of myrmecology, the study of ...

- ''The Diversity of Life'' *1994 -

Oliver Rackham Oliver Rackham (17 October 1939 – 12 February 2015) was an academic at the University of Cambridge who studied the ecology, management and development of the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and wood pasture. His books incl ...

- ''The Illustrated History of the Countryside'' *1995 -

Colin Tudge Colin Hiram Tudge (born 22 April 1943) is a British biologist, science writer and broadcaster. Tudge was born and brought up in south London and attended Dulwich College, from where he won a scholarship to Peterhouse, Cambridge, studying zool ...

- ''The Day Before Yesterday'' *1996 -

David Quammen David Quammen (born February 24, 1948) is an American science, nature, and travel writer and the author of fifteen books. His articles have appeared in ''Outside Magazine'', ''National Geographic'', '' Harper's'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''The New York ...

- ''The Song of the Dodo'' *1997 - Graham Harvey - ''The Killing of the Countryside'' *1998 -

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 ...

- ''

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'' *1999 -

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- '' Almost Like a Whale'' *2000 -

Brian Clarke Brian Clarke (born 2 July 1953) is a British painter, architectural artist and printmaker, known for his large-scale stained glass and mosaic projects, symbolist paintings, set designs, and collaborations with major figures in Modern and conte ...

- ''The Stream'' *2001 - ''No Award'' *2002 -

- ''The Future of Life''

Sources

List of winners
from The Booklist Center, accessed 14 May 2009

Michael McCarthy, ''

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'', 30 November 1998
BP Natural World Book Prize
design of one of the logos, accessed 14 May 2009 {{BP Environmental awards British non-fiction literary awards Awards established in 1987 1987 establishments in the United Kingdom

Winners

See also

Sources