EuroNatur Prize
The EuroNatur Prize (formerly Euronatur Environment Prize) has been awarded by the nature conservation foundation EuroNatur since 1993. The prize is undoped and is awarded to people who have made an outstanding contribution to nature conservation. The foundation was established in 1987 and is based in Radolfzell on Lake Constance . The aim of the conservation projects selected across Europe is to preserve Europe's natural heritage in all its diversity.
Award winners
- 1992
- 1993
- Matthias Kleinert , Head of Politics and External Relations at DaimlerChrysler AG
- 1994
- Jürgen Weber , CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG
- 1995
- Dieter Stolte , ZDF director
- 1996
- Arnulf Müller-Helmbrecht , Secretary General of the Bonn Convention
- Ulf Doerner , Dipl.-Ing. for environmental technology
- 1997
- Bernhard Friedmann , former President of the European Court of Auditors
- 1998
- Matthias Platzeck , Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg
- 1999
- Klaus Töpfer , Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
- 2000
- Volker Angres , head of the ZDF environmental editorial team
- Ernst Waldemar Bauer , nature filmmaker
- 2001
- Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth
- Claus Hipp , manager
- 2002
- Charles Mountbatten-Windsor, Prince of Wales for his commitment to organic farming and his commitment to human and environmentally friendly architecture and the preservation of intact cultural landscapes
- 2003
- Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev , President of the International Green Cross Association , for his services to international environmental understanding
- 2004
- Nelson Mandela for his great commitment to peace with nature and the preservation of irreplaceable natural paradises
- 2005
- Roland Emmerich for his cinematic examination of the dangers of climate change
- Hans Bibelriether , head of the Bavarian Forest National Park, for his life's work
- 2007
- Luc Hoffmann in recognition of his lifelong work for the preservation of the European natural heritage
- 2008
- Herbert Sukopp , university professor at TU Berlin, for special services in nature conservation.
- 2009
- Tilos Island for its longstanding efforts to protect birds, especially for enforcing a hunting ban that has been in place since 1993.
- 2010
- Ernst Paul Dörfler was honored in recognition of his many years of commitment to the preservation of the European natural heritage, especially in the Elbe river landscape.
- 2011
- Goran Gugic for his outstanding commitment to the protection of the river landscapes on the Sava and Drava.
- 2012
- Dagi Kieffer , founder of the Ecology & Agriculture Foundation , for outstanding commitment to organic farming.
- 2013
- Dr. Mario Broggi, forest engineer and ecologist, for his commitment to protecting biodiversity in Europe.
- 2014
- Hnuti Duha, Czech environmental and nature conservation organization, for outstanding commitment to the protection of the Šumava National Park / European Green Belt.
- 2015
- Jonathan Franzen , American bestselling author and avid bird watcher, for his great commitment to protecting migratory birds in Europe.
- 2016
- Gabriel Paun, Romanian biologist and campaigner, for his outstanding commitment to the protection of the primeval forests in Romania.
- 2017
- Gudrun Steinacker , former ambassador to Montenegro, for “outstanding commitment to the protection of the Ulcinj salt works ”.
- 2018
- Roberto Epple , President of the European Rivers Network , for “outstanding commitment to the protection of European river landscapes”.
- 2019
- The “courageous women of Kruščica”, for “their extraordinary courage and perseverance to protect their river”.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ An ambassador for nature conservation. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Excellent river protector. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ EuroNatur Prize 2019 awarded to the “courageous women of Kruščica”. October 9, 2019, accessed December 31, 2019 .