Adult Nomination Form

(No person may nominate themselves or their organization.)

We invite you to nominate individuals or groups who, in your opinion, deserve to be considered for the Global 500 Roll of Honour for Environmental Achievement. Nomination forms and selection criteria follow.

UNEP also invites previous Global 500 laureates to nominate worthy candidates who have a proven record in promoting and achieving sound environmental management.

Complete and return the form to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) before the December 31, 2003 deadline, along with a 250-word summary describing the nominee's environmental achievements. Also send us any updated literature, press stories and list two references other than that of the nominator.

The Global 500 laureates become members of a growing global network of allies assisting UNEP in its responsibility to care for the environment.

Feel free to pass the address of this web page to anyone who might know of a suitable candidate.

History

To encourage individual and community action in defense of the environment, UNEP launched the Global 500 Roll of Honour in 1987.

The Award is granted every year to individuals or organizations for outstanding achievements in the protection and improvement of the environment. It is a tribute to successes at the front line of environmental action, because it is at the community and local level where action to protect the environment acquires its full meaning.

Participation at the community level is a precondition for promoting global environmental citizenship.

The Award, which was to initially last five years, has grown in prestige, attracting worldwide public and political attention and support. This has also helped spur other environmentally concerned citizens and groups into action.

Since its inception, over 700 individuals and organizations worldwide have received the Global 500 Award in the adult category.

Due to the growing interest in the Global 500, the award scheme entered its second phase in 1993. Former past winners include Sir David Attenborough, outstanding producer and presenter of environmental and wildfire television programmes; Go Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway; Anil Aggarwal, a prominent environmentalist from India; The Green Belt Movement in Kenya, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh; Raffi Cavoukian, ecotroubadour from Canada; the Tengtou Village in the People's Republic of China, Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian activist, Paul Crutzen, the 1995 Nobel Prize winner from The Netherlands, and Jane Goodall, the primate expert from the United Kingdom.

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Selection Criteria

Nominations are invited of individuals and organizations whose achievements in environmental protection have:

• Successfully solved a specific environmental problem or otherwise significantly advanced the cause of the environment, including it relationship to sustainable development;
• Succeeded in bringing to public notice significant environmental issues or in mobilizing local or national action toward their solution;
• Contributed significantly to intellectual, scientific or theoretical approaches to environmental concerns;
• The potential to serve as model to others.

Areas of Activity and Accomplishments

The Global 500 Awards are made in the following areas:

1. Toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes
2. Forests and ecosystems
3. Soils and desertification control
4. Genetic resources/biological diversity
5. Wildlife and protected areas
6. Atmospheric resources and climate
7. Genetic engineering
8. Water
9. Environment health and sanitation control
10. Human settlements
11. Energy
12. Industry
13. Oceans
14. Planning and development integration
15. Education and training
16. Legislation
17. Public awareness (media, information and the arts)
18. Other (please specify)

In addition to recognizing and honouring achievements in the areas, UNEP invites the Global 500 recipients to further promote sound environmental management for sustainable development. The Global 500 laureates become members of a growing global network of allies assisting UNEP in its responsibilities for the care and maintenance of the planet.

Adult Nomination Form - 2003 (No person may nominate themselves or their organization.)
Name of Individual:
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Name of Organization:
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Environmental Achievements Please provide 250 words describing how your nominee has: Solved a specific environmental problem or significantly advanced the cause of the environment, including it relationship to sustainable development; Succeeded in bringing to public notice significant environmental issues or in mobilizing local or national action toward their solution; Contributed significantly to intellectual, scientific or theoretical approaches to environmental concerns; The potential to serve as a model to others. Please refer to the list of categories in the selection criteria.
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