Message from Ms.Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and CBD Executive Secretary

Ms.Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and CBD Executive Secretary, congratulated the winners of the Midori Prize 2020.

The winners of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2020:
Dr. Paul Hebert, Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada
Ms. Melina Sakiyama, Co-founder, Global Youth Biodiversity Network
Mr. Wirsiy Emmanuel Binyuy, Founder, Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch

The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity is a prestigious biennial international prize organized by the AEON Environmental Foundation and the CBD Secretariat. It honours individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

[Chairman]
Takuya Okada
Chairman, AEON Environmental Foundation

[Acting Chairman]
Kunio Iwatsuki 
Director, AEON Environmental Foundation

[Judges] *alphabetical order
Daizaburo Kuroda
Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Susan Gardner
Director, Ecosystems Division, United Nations Environment Programme)

Anne McDonald
Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Representative of Co-organizer of the MIDORI Prize

Shiro Wakui
Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Tokyo City University

Ning Wu
Director General, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences