St Andrews Prize for the Environment

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St Andrews Prize for the Environment
Awarded forSignificant contributions to environmental concerns and issues
Sponsored by University of St Andrews
ConocoPhillips (until 2020)
CountryScotland, United Kingdom
Presented byUniversity of St Andrews
Reward(s) US$100,000 and Medal
First awarded1998;25 years ago (1998) [1]
Website www.thestandrewsprize.com

The St Andrews Prize for the Environment is a prestigious [2] [3] international environmental award funded and administered by the University of St Andrews in Scotland, United Kingdom. [4] Prior to 2020, the American exploration and production company ConocoPhillips sponsored the prize. [5]

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The award recognises significant contributions to environmental issues and concerns aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals. Applications are invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams or community groups. The winning environmental project receives funding of US$100,000 and each of the two runners-up receive US$25,000. [6]

The current Chair of the eight-person judging panel is CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Hayaatun Sillem. [7]

List of Winners

List of winners has been taken from the St Andrews Prize website: [8]

2019—Present

YearRegion ServedWinnerInitiativeURL
2022Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Misión TiburónCommunity-based project to protect and restore blue carbon sinks in the Hammerhead Shark Sanctuary.
2021Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Snowchange CooperativeA landscape rewilding programme which incorporates indigenous knowledge to tackle ecosystems affected by climate change, especially peatlands, in the Arctic and boreal areas of Finland.
2020Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Conservation Through Public Health A project which takes a multi-faceted approach to conservation integrating approaches addressing biodiversity conservation, health advances and livelihood improvements for local communities.
2019Flag of India.svg  India SaathiUsing agricultural waste to create a biodegradable menstruation product for women in parts of rural India.

2009—2018

YearRegion ServedWinnerInitiativeURL
2018Flag of Peru.svg  Peru The Mountain Institute Restoration of an ancestral water system to tackle water scarcity issues in the Nor-Yauyos Cochas Landscape Reserve of Peru.
2017Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Plantwise Improving information dissemination to reduce reliance on harmful pesticides, increase crop yields and to improve food security.
2016Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Liter of Light An innovative source of light which involves refracting light from a solution in a plastic bottle to brighten homes and produce no carbon emissions.
2015Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Wild Chimpanzee Foundation A multi-level conservation project, which aims to protect the largest remaining population of wild Chimpanzees on the Foutah Djallon-Bafing River (FDBR) region in Guinea, West Africa.
2014Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Blue Ventures Empowering local communities in southwest Madagascar to protect their marine environment and manage their resources sustainably by integrating holistic community-based health services within local biodiversity conservation initiatives.
2013Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Elephants and Bees Project developed from the behavioural discovery that honey bees can be used as a natural deterrent to crop raiding elephants.
2012Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Lion Guardians Thirty-two non-literate Maasai warriors in Kenya were trained and employed as community conservationists and field biologists.
2011Flag of India.svg  India Biolite An innovative cookstove, which provides improved air quality and a clean economic source of electricity inside the home.
2010Flag of India.svg  India Bhaskar Sen GuptaAn innovative method of removing arsenic from groundwater without using chemicals.
2009Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China One Earth DesignsFor the development of a high-performance solar cooker (SolSource) to meet the needs of Himalayan villagers. The SolSource 3-in-1 project aims to supply clean energy for cooking, heating, and thermo-electricity generation to high-altitude low-income communities.

1999—2008

YearRegion ServedWinnerInitiativeURL
2008Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Ian ThorpeThe Elephant Toilet provides an innovative and sustainable sanitation solution which could benefit millions of people across Africa, and beyond.
2007Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines David ManaloRiver, Fibre and Power Project providing sustainable lighting services in remote locations in the Philippines.
2006Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Erika VohmanPromoting the use of Maya nut in Central America.
2005Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Pump Aid Creation of the Elephant Pump, a pump built using simple technology and locally available materials.
2004Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Conrad FeatherDeployment of GPS and other similar technologies to enable the Nahua people of Peru to map and better understand the land they live on.
2003Flag of India.svg  India Bunker Roy Founding of the Barefoot College in Rajasthan to train semi-literate and non-literate women to spread solar energy in remote Himalayan villages.
2002Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Monina EscaladaIn collaboration with the International Rice Research institute of the Philippines, rice farmers in Northern Vietnam were persuaded to limit usage of insecticides.
2001Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya George Odera OutaA team from the University of Nairobi led by Outa developed a community education project to combat the environmental hazards that affect Lake Victoria.
2000Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Hikmat Hilal and Amer El-HamouzA team from An-Najah National University in the West Bank put forward a proposal to turn the waste from olive oil production into useful by-products.
1999Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Daniel LimpitlawLimpitlaw's work on further understanding the links between early mining developments and subsequent environmental degradation.

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