Wangari Maathai Award 2012

Do you know any person or recently deceased, who has made exceptional contributions to forests? Nominate them for the inaugural Wangari Maathai Award 2012 before Friday, 20 July 2012.

Launched by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), the award honors and commemorates the late Environmental activist and Nobel Prize winner who championed forest issues around the globe.

The $20000 prize will be given to recognize outstanding contributions made by an individual to preserve, restore, and sustainably manage forests.

The award will be presented on 27 September 2012 on the first anniversary of Wangari Maathai’s death, during the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) and 3^rd World Forestry Week (WFW) meetings.

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