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2002 Blue Planet Prize: Announcement of Prize Winners |
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TOKYO, JAPAN, Jun. 13 -/E-Wire/--
Blue Planet Prize Winners are:
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Dr. Harold A. Mooney (U.S.A.) For pioneering in the field of plant physiological ecology, for providing objective measures of how plant ecologies are influenced by their environments, and for his conservation efforts.
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Mr. James Gustave Speth (U.S.A.) For a lifetime of creative and visionary leadership in the search for science-based solutions to global environmental problems and for pioneering efforts to bring these issues, including global climate change, to broad international attention.
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Blue Planet Prize The winners of the 11th Blue Planet Prize have been announced by the Asahi Glass Foundation (Chairman Hiromichi Seya). This prize is awarded each year to two individuals or organizations that have contributed in a noteworthy scientific way to global environmental conservation. The Board of Directors and Councillors of the Asahi Glass Foundation have selected this year's recipients for the following reasons.
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1) Dr. Harold A. Mooney, U.S.A., Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
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Dr. Mooney pioneered in the field of plant physiological ecology by introducing physiological methodology to the research of plant ecology and contributed methods for quantitatively understanding the impact of natural and human-generated environmental change on plant ecology. He has helped to establish many international joint research projects related to plant ecology, including problems related to invasions of non-indigenous plant species. He has also been instrumental in establishing the field of global ecology and played major roles in having these results reflected in environmental policies.
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2) Mr. James Gustave Speth, U.S.A., Dean and Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
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Professor Speth has devoted his career to creating and invigorating environmental institutions of extraordinary importance. After taking initiative to create the Natural Resources Defense Council, Prof. Speth in 1980 helped to predict the current challenge to the global environment in the Global 2000 Report as Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality in the Carter Administration. In the 1970s, he was among the first to call for action on global climate change. Prof. Speth then founded the World Resources Institute and led it in the search for science-based solutions to large-scale environmental threats. He went on to serve as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and focused the agency on sustainable, people-centered development. As dean, he now seeks to help the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies become the first truly global school of the environment.
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Both recipients will be awarded a certificate of merit, a commemorative trophy and a supplementary award of 50 million yen.
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The awards ceremony will be celebrated on November 14 (Thursday) at the Tokyo Kaikan (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) and the commemorative lectures by the recipients will be given the next day, on November 15 (Friday), at the United Nations University (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo).
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This press release may also be viewed over the Internet on the Asahi Glass Foundation website from June 17, 2002.
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