The Blue Planet Prize recognises outstanding efforts in scientific research or applications of science that contribute to solving global environmental problems. The prize was created by the Asahi Glass Foundation in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, and since then the foundation has awarded the prize to two winners every year. In 2012, twenty of the Blue Planet Prize winners collaborated on a joint paper that was launched at the UN Environment Programme's Governing Council meeting in Nairobi on 20 February
Blue Planet Prize - The Laureates
2012 (20th)
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Professor William E. Rees (Canada) Professor, University of British Columbia, FRSC (Royal Society of Canada) Dr. Mathis Wackernagel (Switzerland) (right) President, Global Footprint Network |
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Developing and advancing the Ecological Footprint, a comprehensive accounting system for comparing human demand on ecosystems to ecosystems' capacity to self-renew. Their approach measures human carrying capacity and helps assess the risks of overconsumption to planetary stability.
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Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy (USA) Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University |
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| Becoming the first person to clarify human caused habitat fragmentation damaged biodiversity and gave rise to environmental crisis. Since then, he has been influencing the world for environmental conservation. > For More Details  (440KB) |
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