Prizewinner If you have a candidate whom you would like to recommend, please e-mail us at the address below. We will send you a recommendation form (in MicrosoftWord). Te deadline for recommendations is April 15. EXPO '90 FOUNDATION E-mail: [email protected]International Cosmos Prize is awarded for excellent research and work that contributes to the development of the concept of Expo ’90, ”The Harmonious Coexistence between Nature and Mankind”. The Prize is an annual academic prize presented by the Expo ’90 Foundation in Osaka, Japan. The monetary prize is 40 million yen. Dr. Rockström cautioned that we have reached a saturation point in terms of human pressures on the Earth System, and that if we let these anthropogenic pressures continue increasing to cross the thresholds or tipping points defined as “planetary boundaries,” there is a risk of irreversible and abrupt environmental change. 2015 Prizewinner Nationality : Sweden Specialty : environmental science Dr. Johan Rockström WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRIZEWINNER? We are now calling for recommendations for the 2016 International Cosmos Prize! Dr. Philippe Descola Nationality : France Specialty : Anthropology 2014 Prizewinner Dr. Robert Treat Paine Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Conservation Ecology 2013 Prizewinner Dr. Edward Osborne Wilson Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Biology 2012 Prizewinner Dr. Phan Nguyen Hong Nationality : Vietnam Specialty : Conservation Ecology 2008 Prizewinner Dr. Peter Hamilton Raven Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Botany 2003 Prizewinner Sir Ghillean Prance Nationality : U.K. Specialty : Botany 1993 Prizewinner Dr. Jared Mason Diamond Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Geographic History 1998 Prizewinner Dr. Georgina Mary Mace Nationality : London, U.K. Specialty : Conservation Ecology 2007 Prizewinner Dr. Richard Dawkins Nationality : U.K. Specialty : Evolutionary Biology 1997 Prizewinner The Charles Darwin Research Station Nationality : Ecuador Specialty : Diverse activities in the Galapagos Islands 2002 Prizewinner Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of Marine Life Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Compiling the Ocean Biogeographic Information System 2011 Prizewinner Dr. George Beals Schaller Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Biology 1996 Prizewinner Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Landscape Architecture 2001 Prizewinner Dr. Raman Sukumar Nationality : India Specialty : Conservation Ecology 2006 Prizewinner Dr. Estella Bergere Leopold Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Paleontology 2010 Prizewinner Dr. Tatuo Kira Nationality : Japan Specialty : Plant Ecology 1995 Prizewinner Sir David Attenborough Nationality : U.K. Specialty : Zoology, Film producer 2000 Prizewinner Dr. Daniel Pauly Nationality : Canada Specialty : Marine Biology 2005 Prizewinner Dr. Gretchen Cara Daily Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Environmental Science 2009 Prizewinner Dr. Jacques Fran•ois Barrau Nationality : France Specialty : Ethnobiology 1994 Prizewinner Dr. Wu Zheng-Yi Nationality : China Specialty : Botany 1999 Prizewinner Prof. Julia Carabias Lillo Nationality : Mexico Specialty : Environmental Science 2004 Prizewinner
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Prizewinner
If you have a candidate whom you would like to recommend, please e-mail us at the address below.We will send you a recommendation form (in Microsoft Word). Te deadline for recommendations is April 15.
International Cosmos Prize is awarded for excellent research and work that contributes to the development ofthe concept of Expo ’90, ”The Harmonious Coexistence between Nature and Mankind”.
The Prize is an annual academic prize presented by the Expo ’90 Foundation in Osaka, Japan.The monetary prize is 40 million yen.
Dr. Rockström cautioned that we have reached a saturation point in terms of human pressures on the EarthSystem, and that if we let these anthropogenic pressures continue increasing to cross the thresholds or tippingpoints defined as “planetary boundaries,” there is a risk of irreversible and abrupt environmental change.
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