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EuroNatur Award for Environmental Excellence

The EuroNatur Award for Environmental Excellence shall honour an outstanding commitment in the field of nature conservation, the preservation of our environment, environmental education and the support of sustainable development. The award shall be presented to personalities who have committed themselves in an exemplary manner to the preservation of natural resources over a long period of time.

The EuroNatur Award for Environmental Excellence was awarded for the first time in 1992. Ever since several outstanding public figures have been honoured for their private, social, economical or political activities in the field of nature conservation. The festive award-ceremony accompanied by an international public relations campaign emphasized the merits of the laureats and the special needs of nature conservation.

Proposals for the EuroNatur Award for Environmental Excellence can be made by environmental NGOs, the members of the board of trustees and the chairmanship of EuroNatur, former prize winners and in special cases national and regional governments. Self-nomination is not possible.

List of Laureates



2009

Island of Tilos (Dodecanese). The award was accepted by mayor Dr. Anastasios Aliferis on behalf of the citizens of Tilos.



2008 

Prof. Dr. Herbert Sukopp, professor emeritus for ecosytem research at the Technical University of Berlin



2007 

Luc Hoffmann, head of Mava Foundation



2005 

Roland Emmerich, film director and producer

 



2005 

Dr. Hans Bibelriether, former director of Bavarian Forest National Park



2004 

Nelson Mandela, first democratic president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize winner 1993



2003 

Michail Gorbatschow, former president of the Soviet Union and  Nobel Peace Prize winner 1990



2002 

His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales



2001 

Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, founder of the Schweisfurth-Foundation and entrepreneur



2001 

Dr. Claus Hipp, entrepreneur



2000 

Volker Angres, Head of Environmental Department, ZDF (German TV)



2000 

Prof. Dr. Ernst Waldemar Bauer, nature documentary producer



1999 

Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer, former Executive Director of the UnitedNations Environment Programme (UNEP)



1998 

Matthias Platzeck, Prime Minister of Brandenburg



1997 

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Friedmann, former President and Member of European Court of Auditors



Other EuroNatur-Award winners:

1996 Arnulf Müller-Helmbrecht, General Secretary of the Bonn Convention and Ulf Doerner, engineer for environmental technology -
1995 Prof. Dr. h.c. Dieter Stolte, Director of Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (German television channel) - 1994 Jürgen Weber, Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Lufthansa - 1993 Matthias Kleinert, former General Manager of Political and Foreign Affairs of DaimlerChrysler - 1992 Eco-city partnership Sersheim (Germany) / Canale (Italy)