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 started in 2005.
Awardees
Since the inception of the award in 1987, over 719 individuals and organizations, in adult and youth categories, have been honoured with the Global 500 award. Among prominent winners are:
Anil Agarwal, prominent environmentalist from India Seth Sunday Ajayi, African conservationist, Nigerian scholar and wildlife expert Stephen O. Andersen, prominent US environmentalist, for efforts on stratospheric ozone protection Sir David Attenborough, producer of environmental television programmes Idelisa Bonnelly, 1987 Dominican Republic marine biologist who created the first humpback whale sanctuary Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States; later won the Nobel Peace Prize Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French marine explorer Jane Goodall, of the United Kingdom, whose research on wild chimpanzees and olive baboons provided insight into the lives of non-human primates Annelisa Kilbourn, British conservationist, veterinarian and wildlife expert Gabriel Lewis-Charles, prominent environmentalist from St Lucia Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, a Kenyan grassroots environmental organisation; later won the Nobel Peace Prize Harada Masazumi, Japanese medical researcher heavily involved in the study of Minamata disease Francisco "Chico" Mendes, Brazilian rubber tapper who was murdered during his fight to save the Amazon rainforest George Monbiot, British journalist and researcher Nikita Moiseyev, prominent Russian scientist, leading expert on nuclear winter Ken Saro-Wiwa, 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 Andrew Simmons, environmental activist and educator Severn Suzuki, environmental activist Lily Venizelos, Greek conservationist, founder and president of the Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles
+ Prominent laureates Name Year Category Adult/youth Organization/individual CountryRobert Redford 1987 Adult Individual USNational Geographic Society 1987 Adult Organization US Soichiro Honda 1987 Adult Individual (deceased) Japan Green Belt Movement, Womenaid International 1987 Adult Organization United Kingdom Greenpeace International 1988 Adult Organization Netherlands Jimmy Carter 1988 Adult Individual US Calestous Juma 1993 Adult Individual US Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1994 Adult Individual United KingdomPaul Josef Crutzen 1996 Adult Individual Germany BBC World Service Education Department 1997 Adult Organization United Kingdom Jane Goodall 1997 Adult Individual United Kingdom The Nation 1997 Adult Organization Thailand Sylvia Earle 1998 Adult Individual US Greening Australia 1998 Adult Organization Australia Fyodor Konyukhov 1998 Adult Individual Russia Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov 1998 Adult Individual RussiaDon Merton 1998 Adult Individual (deceased) New Zealand Verna Simpson 1999 Adult Individual Australia Toyota Motor Club 1999 Adult Organization Japan Sreekumar Krishnan Nair 1999 Adult Individual India Fuji Xerox Australia 2000 Adult Organization Australia Conservation Volunteers Australia 2000 Youth Organization AustraliaNantawarrina, the first Indigenous Protected Area in the world 2000 Adult Organization AustraliaLaurel Springs School 1990 Adult Organization USPaul Winter 1987 Adult Individual USAnil Agarwal 1987 Adult Individual (deceased) IndiaDaphne Sheldrick1992AdultIndividual (deceased)United KingdomHaller ParkAdultOrganizationMombasaEnvironmental Investigation Agency2017AdultOrganizationUnited States / United Kingdom
See also Environmental Media Awards Global Environmental Citizen Award Goldman Environmental Prize Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment Heroes of the Environment Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement List of environmental awards
References
External links Website of the Global 500 Laureate Roll of Honour