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)
