2016 (25th)
Blue Planet Prize Laureates
The laureates of 2016(25th)
Mr. Pavan Sukhdev (India)
Born in 1960
UNEP Goodwill Ambassador
Founding Trustee of Green Indian States Trust (GIST)
Founder & CEO of GIST Advisory
Associate Fellow of Davenport College, Yale University
Mr. Sukhdev is a pioneer in developing economic rationale and practical metrics for transition towards an inclusive green economy. He has drawn attention to the critical role of the Corporation in this transition. His work has shown how to mainstream the values of ecosystem services into improved public policies and business practises. By developing sustainability metrics for the corporate, provincial and national levels, he has driven momentum and capacity building to hasten the evolution to an inclusive green economy.
Prof. Markus Borner (Switzerland)
1945～2020
Former Director of Frankfurt Zoological Society Africa Program
Honorary Professor of University of Glasgow
Adjunct Professor of The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania
Prof. Borner has been at the forefront of conservation and management initiatives to protect endangered wildlife and protected-area ecosystems in Africa over the past 40 years. He was among the first to recognize that the conservation of individual species requires comprehensive conservation of entire ecosystems and the contributions and commitment of the Tanzania people to the conservation of their ecosystems. A guiding principle has been that wilderness, biodiversity and beauty are essential for the survival and health of our planet.
- Information on past Blue Planet Prize laureates corresponds to their titles and positions at the time Prize was awarded.
- Each year the prize winners give lectures at the "Blue Planet Prize Commemorative Lecture".
- Every five years, lectures together with essays are compiled and published in a periodical book titled "A Better Future for the Planet Earth".
- The video of the lectures are available only from 2009.