The United Nations Environment Programme is accepting nominations for the 2000 UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize valued at US$200,000. The Prize is awarded each year to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the management and protection of
the environment at the global level.
Some of the past winners are: Chico Mendes, the Brazilian rubber tapper; Lester Brown, Director, World Watch Institute; Dr. Swaminathan, founder of the ecological economics; and last year, Ian Kiernan, founder, Clean Up the World Campaign. (rallied 40 million people from 120 countries in a progressive clean-up effort!).
Nominations must be received by April 30 and will be reviewed by an international panel in July. The award will be presented at a ceremony in New York in November.
Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox, Secretary, UNEP
Tore J. Brevik, Director, Information & Public Affairs
http://www.unep.org/unep/per/ipa/sasakawa
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