The Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation is a biennial award sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman "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."
The award consists of a diploma and a grant of US$70,000.00, which is financed by the interest on a US$250,000.00 donation by Sultan Qaboos Bin Said.
Laureates +YearLaureateCountry1991Instituto de Ecología, A.C.1993Jan Jenik1995Lake Malawi National Park1997Department of Environmental Sciences, Alexandria UniversityForest Department1999Charles Darwin Foundation2001Chad Association of Volunteers for the Protection of the Environment 2003Center for EcologyPeter Johan Schei2005Great Barrier Reef Marine Park AuthorityErnesto Enkerlin 2007Institute of Biodiversity ConservationJulius Oszlányi2009Autonomous Authority for National Parks (OAPN)2011Institute for Forest Research of Nigeria2013State Forests National Forest HoldingEndangered Wildlife Trust2015Fabio A. Kalesnik, Horacio Sirolli and Luciano Iribarren of the Wetlands Ecology Research Group of the University of Buenos Aires2017The National Parks Board of Singapore2019Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)Ashoka Trust (India) to receive 2019 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation2021Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)University for International Cooperation (UCI)2024Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET)
See also
List of environmental awards
External links UNESCO: Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation
References