Nancy M. Abeiderrahmane
Mauritania
1993 Laureate
Open a milk-pasteurising and camel cheese-producing dairy
Erna Alant
South Africa
1998 Associate Laureate
Help Africans with speech difficulties to expand their horizons
John Fredrich Asmus
United States
1990 Laureate
Use technologies for pioneering work in art restoration
Jacques Luc Autran
France
1987 Laureate
Bring medical and technical aid, by ship, to isolated communities
Alexis Belonio
Philippines
2008 Associate Laureate
Turn rice husks into cheap, clean energy for cooking
Pisit Charnsnoh
Thailand
2004 Associate Laureate
Conserving coastal ecosystems by protecting a marine mammal
Sabine Cotte
France
1996 Associate Laureate
Produce a manual on conserving Bhutan’s fortified monasteries
Laury Cullen Jr.
Brazil
2004 Associate Laureate
Creating an innovative alliance to protect Brazil’s forests
Shekar Dattatri
India
2004 Associate Laureate
A conservationist fights to save his country’s wildlife through film
Luc Jean-François Debecker
Switzerland
1978 Laureate
Study cave paintings to unravel the life of our prehistoric ancestors
Martine Fettweis-Viénot
Belgium
1984 Laureate
Create the first complete catalogue of Mayan wall paintings
Anabel Ford
United States
2000 Associate Laureate
Establish archaeological site as a model for conservation
Bernard Francou
France
2000 Associate Laureate
Study a glacier to find the key to El Niño and global warming
Zenón Gomel Apaza
Peru
2006 Associate Laureate
Transform Andean communities through traditional agriculture
Steven Lurie Garrett
United States
1993 Laureate
Develop a CFC-free refrigerator to help the ozone layer
Wijaya Godakumbura
Sri Lanka
1998 Laureate
Prevent severe burn injuries by replacing dangerous lamps
Arturo González
Mexico
2008 Associate Laureate
Explore submerged caves to discover and study remains from the Ice Age
Gorur R. Iyengar Gopinath
India
1996 Associate Laureate
Expand ecological silk-farming to improve living standards
Kenneth W. Hankinson
United Kingdom
1984 Laureate
Pioneer studies of the effects of prolonged exposure to cold
Hans Hendrikse
South Africa
1996 Associate Laureate
Produce a low-cost, rolling water container for poor countries
Georgina Herrmann
United Kingdom
1996 Laureate
Explore the Central Asian Silk Road caravan city of Merv
Shafqat Hussain
Pakistan
2006 Associate Laureate
Develop a livestock insurance and ecotourism in Pakistan
Dave Irvine-Halliday
Canada
2002 Laureate
Supply low-cost LED lighting systems to developing countries
Rodney Jackson
United Kingdom
1981 Laureate
Use multi-faceted tactics to save the Himalayan snow leopard
Norberto Luis Jácome
Argentina
1996 Associate Laureate
Store reproductive material of endangered species in genetic bank
Karel Kolomaznik
Czech Republic
1998 Associate Laureate
Improve technology to recycle potentially toxic waste
Runa Khan Marre
Bangladesh
2006 Associate Laureate
A museum of traditional boats brings tourists to Bangladesh
Peter Knights
United Kingdom
1998 Associate Laureate
Halt trade in endangered species through an innovative campaign
Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
Germany
2002 Associate Laureate
Combine modernity and traditions to safeguard camels
Stephen Kress
United States
1987 Laureate
Develop new techniques for the conservation of endangered seabirds
Billy Lee Lasley
United States
1978 Laureate
Develop a non-invasive method for determining the sex of birds
Alexandra Lavrillier
France
2006 Laureate
Establish a travelling school to revive a vanishing culture
Nabil M. Lawandy
United States
1996 Associate Laureate
Develop an inexpensive photodynamic treatment of cancer
David Lordkipanidze
Georgia
2004 Laureate
Transform thought on human evolution through Georgia discoveries
Teresa Manera de Bianco
Argentina
2004 Laureate
The battle to save a unique collection of prehistoric footprints
Kenneth Lee Marten
United States
1978 Laureate
Attempt to stop the extermination of the Abyssinian wolf in Ethiopia
Andrew McGonigle
United Kingdom
2008 Laureate
Predict volcano eruptions using a remote-controlled helicopter
Rodrigo Medellín
Mexico
2008 Associate Laureate
Save endangered bats through protection and education
Pierre Morvan
France
1987 Laureate
Study ground beetles to understand formation of biological species
Nancy Lee Nash
Hong Kong
1987 Laureate
Broaden the understanding of conservation through Buddhist precepts
Elizabeth Nicholls
Canada
2000 Laureate
Extract the fossilised remains of a 220- million-year-old reptile
Dora Nipp
Canada
2004 Associate Laureate
Use oral testimonies to reconcile Canada with its social history
Francine Patterson
United States
1978 Laureate
Test the ability of gorillas to learn and use human sign language
Donald Perry
United States
1984 Laureate
Design research vehicles to open the unknown regions to observation
Suryo W. Prawiroatmodjo
Indonesia
1990 Laureate
Promote environmental awareness and respect in Indonesia
Johan Gjefsen Reinhard
United States
1987 Laureate
Discover and protect the patrimony of the Andean people
Mario Robles del Moral
Spain
1996 Associate Laureate
Establish a national reforestation programme in Spain
William Rosenblatt
United States
1996 Laureate
Transfer unused medical supplies to the developing world
Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo
Mexico
2002 Associate Laureate
Forge a unique coalition to protect the forests of Mexico
Gordon Sato
United States
2002 Laureate
Foster the mangrove tree as sustainable development in Eritrea
Valerio Sbordoni
Italy
1998 Associate Laureate
Discover new life forms in the caves of southern Mexico
Jun’ichi Shinozaki
Japan
1996 Associate Laureate
Research the environment in the mountains of the Pacific Rim
Alexander Stannus
United Kingdom
1998 Associate Laureate
An interactive circumnavigation of the planet’s inland waterways
Anita Studer
Switzerland
1990 Laureate
Plant trees and create new forests around Quebrangulo in Brazil
Geoffrey Summers
United Kingdom
2002 Associate Laureate
Map and explore an Iron-Age city to rediscover an ancient way of life
Jo Thompson
United States
2004 Associate Laureate
A community project to protect bonobos in the Congo
George van Driem
Netherlands
1996 Associate Laureate
Record the disappearing languages of the Himalayan region
Romulus Whitaker
India
2008 Associate Laureate
Establish a network of rainforest research stations across India
Reuven Yosef
Israel
2000 Associate Laureate
Establish a sanctuary along the world’s greatest migratory bird highway
